The sun., 1901-11-11
LIFE WORK FOR A BAD CHECK.
SLICK TALKER HAS AGNEW'S
PATENTS AND HE NOTHING.
ma, Is. Except Check for % 900. First
payment. with Forged Certincation
That It's Worth That Much-Msn VINO
cave II in q Cen Charged with Forgery.

That It's Worth That Much-Mon VINO
GsyeIt in q Cell Charged with Forgery.
Everett Bodine Latham, 20 years old.
Who says he Is a promoter, was arrested
yesterday by the Tenderloin police and
locked up in the West Thirtieth street
station charged with forgery. Latham
has bcen living in good style In an apart
uent at 1 West Forty-sevenh street. Tho
comp lainant against him Ia Lee A. Agnew
the business representative in this city
~ the Chicago ecord-Herdid. Agnew
lives at the Hotel Victoria.
For the last ten years Agnew has been
xorking on a machine which he hoped
would make him rich. This machine
folds. wraps and pastes wrappers on news
pspcrs and pamphlets. thereby doing
away with considerable manual labor.
Early this year he perfected the machine
and patented II in this and other countries.
Aencw says IL is now in successful use in
the mailing department Of one New York
newspaper.
Last July Agnew arranged with James
c. Lenney, a lawyer Of i<s Broadway. TO
M, his machine on the market Lawyer
Lenney represented capitalists who were
on the lookout for an investment. and after
several talks he offered Agnew $4,000 in
cash for his patents. Agnew had almost
made up his mind to accept the offer when
he met Latham. This Ia the story he tells
OF their dealings:
latham was introduced to me early in
Aucls, He told me that he was a pro-
n,otcr. and the representative In this country
of the Barlngs Of London. From his APP
pearance and conversation l had every
reason to believe that he was telling the
all .lNa
machine and was enthusiastic over It's
merits. lie told me he would like TO take
hold Of il and finally he made me an ofer.
He said he would give me $4,000 In cash
and S250O00 In stock at par In n company
which he would organize and capitalize
at 81, 100000 This was good oner ana 1
talked il over with my wife and Mr.. Lenney'
The lawyer told me IL was certainly better
offer than he had been authorized TO make,
and, Of course. as thought Latham could
make good. | agreed TO accept 1t.
'On Sept. latham showed me check
for 5000, made out TO his order and pur-
portine TO bear the signature OF ". {.
burnnt OF Flint, Mich. Mr.. Durant is a
manufacturer OF carriages. He lives in
this city at the waldorf-Astoria. Latham
told me that Mr.. Durant was one OF the
moneyed men who were backing him. The
5000 check latham said, was tho first pay
plent of the $50, 600. Inasmuch rs the check
was made payable TO latham he suggested
that he deposit II TO his account and give
me his personal check for the sa me amount.
This simplifed matters and readily agreed.
A day or two later latham gave me his
personal check for the first payment. This
check bore the alleged certiication OF the
Knickerbocker Trust Company. Pending
the complete organization of the company
the check was TO be placed in q safe deposit
box at the Nassau Bank. Both Latham
and I wcre 10 have keys to this box and we
agreed that neither would remove the
check without the presence OF the other
sIu return for the check turned over to
Latham seven patents on my machine
covering 300 claims in all civilized countries
When latham got possession OF these pa
pers he Incorporated the new company
under the laws Of Michigan "a the hgnew
Auto-Maiiing Machine Company.
while these negot iations were going on
saw a good deal Of him. ! introduced
him 10 my wife and we took him up socially.
Through me his name was posted for
membership at both the Union League
Club and the New York Athletic Tub. He
TOLD me that his home wns IN Detroit and
that hi- father was wealthy lawyer There.
He said that Edwin y. Dwight Of the law
FIRM Of Carter, Hughes a Dwight At Q Wall
street was his brother-in-law. From his
talk thought he wns the sort of man who
c1vld make good on any sort Of n business
yaffu-e he might take hold Of. ! signed
vari no. contracts with him IN regard 70
ulvmeuts one of these was that | was
onl payment for my paicnts.
Whom hat day came around ! didn't
g. the second payment. When J saw
l4rtarn 7 minated tna' tho =~cOnd pay
mott was due. but be- told me not 20 worry
nv lead abaut D. lie seemei - sinoers
thai ! didnt suspecf anything wrong, but
Nv Wife logan 90 get suspicious. On
saturday she urged me 10 20 % "a" Kulck-r-
isuckrr Tnnf tomtsny and see n the
o"r'thcsttIn On the 5000 clIeck sa- gen
IY. Much tO my furpris" ! latued
thsf lie tnIat C0MInny had hot csuifed
o., ruoh check fhen I hunted W NJ
DuraH a. tie NAdod Astoria he De
cArrd h. va not interested in my mailing
. ralhiis ueT bad D." given latham t-,nSo
ci.rk Mf Dlrani AID thai h. had never
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