The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30

a. Barnes, got 5000, and at Kokomo, IN
December of the came year, under
the alias Of w. NJ. Dawson, obtained
$500, and under the name of A w. Saw
yer, at Rushville obtained &, 500; at La
fayette, in November. 1897, as H. H. Par
ker. s., goo; at Freeport, H., in October,
1897, failed in business as j. w. Warren,
leaving thousands of dollars of forged
deeds and mortgages in the hands of
Judge Hyde; at Lebanon, in July, 1895,
again failed IN business, leaving more
forged papers; at Logansport, in June,
1900, as Alonzo Howell, $4,000 His move
ments were then lost track Of. and he is
supposed to have left Indiana for the
West and located at Independence, Ia,
where, in July 1901, under the name of
Edward Evans, he got $780,
Auditor White relies completely upon
the testimony Of Inspector Kile to clear
his name of the criminal charge of having
msappropriated public funds.
His Indictment is founded on the $500
which was loaned to the supposed Charles
E. Sneed on what afterward turned out
to be forged mortgage. White has all
along maintained to the school trustees
of Ripley county that he was an innocent
party to the transaction; that relying
upon q certificate OF the clerk and re-
corder Of the county as to the title Of the
property he made the lean. The trustees
fed with Whites version of the affair and
caused the indictment to be brought In
spector Kile will be important witness
in Whites defense, as since that trans
action he has run down Charles e. Sneed
and ascertained that he is Stephen B.
Beasely of Linton and many aliases.
Inspector Kile has in his possession the
original money orders cashed by sneed at
the Louisville postoffice, together with
other papers forged by him.
After leaving Independence, Ia, the
forging school teachers next transaction
was at Davenport Ia. where operating
as J. J. Dudley he succeeded in getting
$4,000 from Mr.. Pullman, one of the
weelthiest attorneys and real estate own
ers in that state. It was this transact
ton that led to his undoing He had ne
gotta ted a loan of $4,000 from Pullman,
on which he received the sum of 81, 200 in
cash. The balance he was to receive on
the following day. Daring the interval
Mr.. Puttman's suspicious had become
aroused and he began to investigate and
ascertained that the property on which
he was making the loan, the title to
which was in Dudleys name, had been
secured by a forged deed
The Davenport police were notified and
then began chase for Dudley.
OF the money received from Pullman
$500 was on deposit at the local bank
there, and Dudley, in some manner be-
coming aware that his transactions were
being investigated, hurriedly departed,
leaving the 1,500 in the bank. Among the
many things found in grip he left at
his boarding house were number of
photographs of a. lady and two children.
Dudley as precaution had cut the
photographers name off the card In every
case except one. On this one card he
had blurred the name of the photographer
with ink. This erasure when put under
magnifying glass, showed the name of
prominent photographer In the city Of
Philadelphia. The Pinkerton detectives
employed on the case and the postofflce
inspectors Immediately went to Philadel-
phia and, showing the photo to the pho
tographer. ascertained from him that the
picture was one of DIR. ]. B. Thomas wife
and two children who resided on a promi-
nent street in that city.
1t was ascertained by the officers tina
Thomas had purchased the Wallingford
hotel at Atlantic City and was making