Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-30
A Bold SCHEME FA|LED.
South Dakota Man Gives Orders
to Sell l.4OO,c00 Bushels OF
Corn.
Encloses Checks Which Are no
Good-.0perators Too Sharp
to be Caught.
Would Have Paralyzed the Mar.
ket and Melted a Fortune Had
1t Worked.


of trade firms received orders yesterday
from William Austin of Hill city : ID,
..so,, "a ,,a1s,,s,, ,, u-,t,,
order was lhclosed cheek on the Ne
braska National bank of Omaha for ST.
600. Nearly every one Of the twenty
81 s'sN4' ''is 90
bank about Austin's standing and re-
ceiyed the ply that he had olilv a
small account So ~, az .na(yn NM.
80 ~ 60,
y .ns o'asis Was' n'is',,
.on go 90 zAusei.. : ofaers p1sia eNecli3ea =
" ~ y ~ es
ilNeis Moulu nave oeesl soia. rue checks
~, Mouie nav t'.a '' 'ne trace cents q
su,,.ei' naa tne eeil zen soia AusS5'i
tnisiit raw ii'aee A4iil'lss az t1ie
soi'i n,aiAee Yesterday Vas %s'ah. oM 'ils
y. y, si., pieaniis " liie 5usSusiiS ''sfuoul
M VS.. ny heaNs iali.s uuiihS tite 'ass
'nit,s sS houfs t'ossipts tfe corn
ii''sne nave peeni ssoia any q ptoil' q :
~ eeuss,, " Fip'YVo - s-Vo'V lesi 49,
..ts ss.iiiss ~ ~ iiueh az 9iie siiNe
49, iiose i'lees eiiausit "
nay eiianiei nun 10 esser ON ehs usoi'
aAa s,iaue COCO i'1s oaiih account before
'''n ns IL pis.sei.tsu
TOO sharn /, he caneb, i, s1eh s,,,.s
rhey have had ,bem fried hefsra rhey
think checks an outs;e,e banks are All
riaht bur drafts are barter aud shay
did nor hasitata ,o ,nauire into me
standing of Mr. Austin al t,a bank on
which the checks were ORA wn. The bank
officials were surprised at receiving 90
many inquiries about Austin. ana in
most instances, sent back the same re-
ply. The answer IN the case Of j. r
Harris was:
Not good Very small account Never
attempted overdrasi. Seventeen simiia.
Inquiries this morning.
Naticnal Bank of Nebra ska
George H. Philips had one of the err
ders, and received the same reply He
was number twenty A commission
man Incidentally mentioned the fact OF
having turned down an order for 90
corn, and was surprised to hear that am
other man had done the same This leo
to an Investigation, and II was soon
learned that sb2ut every house IL the
trade had the same kind of ordeD from
the same mar with the 81 900 check, One
house wired Austin direct; We only
fill orders on receipt of Chicago eN-
change but received no reply
1t WAS q neatly planned game ane 4
the signatures wefe genuine and me
work was really that OF w imam Austin
as the checks We're signed, ne wa cyl
IDENTIFY taking pig chafcsa 70 ilahe
plunge with the p2ssioliltS OF Wihf'ifs
out az the market was ifloff IKE =
break trom the efiecss q ram ,th5H s
advance; II wa cotsllsies. f'i1 lhs o'ai
IN fals ilsht. mao heN9n' az flstls.
Hae the traces ptes' i'saes an. nv .oE
tl's s9si'liilssi9 ii.si 49, 70 ~
out ms commissions ahss sise toss ny ~
ailefetes s"ssi- = ~ l3as -
pfiee. lfscets 1880 :. Al2i' - =
remit 20 ger s2i''st1iit.s ~ -.
are Trying 80 tea Z s = ~
way y r.,f.a, 800
% ~ ~ ,s,,,,,,. l,e.sare ~
ilaiis' - 49,. ,,at
opaiu 81
ins epuas -. .,,.o s,,a,sAs i a.
-. 80 ,,a rrsiot,er
No. hes1;a,.a "a. a,,,3,e- 9
many houses there was l!kely Y 2
the $1,000 check good ard SEQ tn@ corr
William Austin eslsr n "a 8, ~
which MS orders iis N,ieee.1 =
business ike nanG lis IN Sam 9 -