The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01

 POLICE MAKE A GOOD HAUL Murphy, Alleged FOrger,
 Caught in Eufaula. LOCAL MEN LAID TRAP He is Wanted in Washington
 for Forgery Charge. He Has Posed, It is Said, as Min ister and Evangelist in Georgia and Virginia and Was Running
 Business School in Eufaula.

Through the efforts of City Detectives Payne and Rapport, s. F. Murphy. said to be A noted forger was arrested yester' day in Eufaula by the Chief of Police or that city. Murphy Is wanted on charge of forging a check on the American .ns NE tional Bank of Kansas City. Mo, TOT .sc sieo, frpm Tne 1esa of the Police Bureau at Washington, D. C. ask- ing them to be on the look out for Mur- phy. Detectives Payne and fappor. nas been watching the postoffice of Montgoms, cry for the past week. It was learned that Murphy had been in Montgomery on November il. under the name of s; F: Mitchell. He left here and the omcers received tip that he vas liable to be here again and call for mail. They sta tioned themselves near the general de- livery window and have been there every day this week.
 Yesterday Detectives Payne and Rap port got a clue that Murphy was in Flu faula. They at once 'phoned the Cnlei of Police of that city to arrest Murphy.
 The circular sent to the Montgomery police from Washington says that the mar is wanted for forgery and false pre- tences. He goes under the name or sam uel Franklin Murphy alias J. Thornton alias Captain J. B. Hamilton alas James l.. Douglass. and is ss to 70 years or age lished in the circular. Murphy claims to he a Mason and wears the lodge emblem on the lapel of his coat ana 1requentiy speaks of his lodge. The man poses as a minister of different denominations. Al Lithonia. Ga.. he was Congregationai evangelist. and during the months oi September and October. 1901 held revival meetings in Remington, Va, In behalf oi the United Brethren in Christ denomina- ten: also claims to own gold mines in California which he speaks Of frequent ly.
 He is charged with having succeeded in getting indorsed and cashed in the city of Washington a check drawn on the American National Bank of Kansas City. Mo. for s125. payable to S. F. Murphy and signed s. S. Kennedy and Son.
 The letter says the mans scheme Is to gain the confidence of church people of means and induce them to indorse a check or draft which afterwards proved worthless.
 in the following special:
 Enfaula Nov. so.-(special.)-s: F Mitchell a stranger who opened a busi- ness and shorthand school here a few days ago. was arrested h"re this after noon, and lodged in jail The order came through the Chief of Police at Montgom- cry. Mitchell has been travelling under several aliases. He is wanted in Wash ineton. D. C.. for forgery. The Chief oi Police here had been previously notified to be on the lookout and had received a photograph and description to which Mitchell answered perfectly. Mitchell had good school here. and his incarceration proved a Treat surprise to his pupils. He will he taken to Montgomery tomorrow ard thence to Washington.
 Murphy it is believed. married a well known young woman of Decatur. Ga. after holding evangelistic services at Lithonia. deserting her the day after the ceremony
 It is said that the authorities of De- catur. together with the young woman S relatives. have offered reward of sev- eral hundred dolalrs for his capture.