Arizona republican., 1902-05-03
SLOAN FORGERY CASE
The Prosecution Finished Its Side of
 It Yesterday.

The trial of William Charles Sloan Of Mesa, indicted for forgery and for aiding and abettirg q forgery, was be- gun in district court yesterday. The story of the forgery, resulting in the arrest of Eugene D2ly. William Els worth and later. Sloan. is an oft told tale. On November 21 last, Daly and Ellsworth came to town with lot Of forged checks on the Mesa city bank. The checks bore the name of A. C. Nc Queen. Some of them were made pay able to Carl Foster the name adopted by Daiy. and the others were drawn in favor of Bert Carpenter, pen name Of Ellsworth.
 They passed one of the checks to Ezra W Thayer. one to Q. F. I-echler. and distributed the others among other merchants. They got scared then and on their way home that night destroy cd the rest Cf the output.
 They were arrested three weeks later and after a confinement of a day or two. having been positively identified by their victims. they admitted their guilt and implicated Sloan as tha in stisator Of the project. H. was ar rested at once. Daly and Ellsworth, as soon as they were indicted. pleaded guilty. Sloan protested his innocence and said that his accusers had stolen his check book, for he had a small ac- count with the bank. Ellsworth and Daily were the principal witnesses for the territory. Daly said that on the
 
 Der T. Mesa was thrilling with dog fight. the first important event that had broken the monotony of the will ! .zre for months. He went along with : q ccnsid .r.lhie part of the population ! sc sae it and when the excitement had i died away and the crowd began tn dis pcrse Le found himself in company with ! Sloan and Ellsworth Daily remarked ] JhHt ha wanted a job. He said that if some one could find one for him he would give him the first two or three : days waFes. Sloan. he said tcl1 him ] that he could give him something bet ! ter than steady job. and then he un- i folded the forgery project. Sloan eX- hibitsd q blank cheek and by the light of an are lamp showed his companions how to fill it out. They afterward went to q vacant house in the edge of town where Sloan made out five or six copies of checks. Ellsworth and Daily "oried them oyer au1 ever. until their instructor told them that their work was rassabie. Sloan was b get out of the enterprise d pistol and saddle ana reasonable share of the cash re- Ccipts. Daily said they could not carry q saddle back to Mesa. and though they bought pistol for Sloan. they did not succeed in giving il to him. In fact thcy could not get an audience with . him He made an appointment with them but failed 10 keep it. The latter part of this statement was rather faV- crab!e to the defendant. Another un- . reasonable statement was that mad . whom Daly was asked how the vacant house was lighted and with what in slruments the checks were filled out He replied that Sloan had piece oi candle and pen and ink. Without fur theT explanation that is a difficult story to believe. The meeting at the dCe fight was casual. Sloan could not have been expecting. though he might have been intending to do so some time, to open Q banking school that night. And then. also, the vacant house. according to Da- ly's story, appears to have been ar actarthousht. for the three were work ing in the street under an arc light until Sloan got scared and suggeste, q more secluded rendezvous.
 Other witnesses for the territory wer, A. C. Mcqueen. whose name was ol the checks. his son. Donald Mcqueen who tho forgors said had been author ized 10 sign them and Cashier Spang : Ter of the Mesa City bank. Severa witnesses to having seen Sloan, Els worth and Daly together about tha time completed the case for the terri , tory.
 At four o'clock court was adjourne, for the day, and as this is law day. tn case went over until Monday morning The case of Mort T.. Hackney fer burg : laIy which was set for yesterday Wa continued to May ,.
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