Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-16
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Typewriter Salesman Known Here
Arrested For Grand Larceny.
ACCUSED OF ASCENDING WITH S5S5
Robin P. LeFeber, Salesman for oliver
Typewriter Co., in the Toiis-Sweet-
heart Tilted Him When His Record
Was Exposed.

heart Tilted Him When His Record
Was Exposed.
Robin P. lie Feber, a salesman for
the Oliver Typewriter Co., who has
visited this city several times in the
interests of his firm, was arrested last
Saturday at Peoria, H., charged with
absconding with S5S5 of the company's
money. The following from the Kan
sas City Journal tells of his alleged
method of procedure.
"a telegram received by Chief of
Police Hayes yesterday announced
that Detective Young would arrive
from Peoria, ILL.,, this morning with
Robin P. LeFeber, a typewriter sales
man, who is wanted in Kansas City by
Manager Walter e. Warren, of the
Oliver Typewriter Co, who says Le-
Feber by devious business methods Sc
cured from him the price of six type
writer's, valued at $97.50 each, with no
adequate return. The entire sum in
volved is $685..
"The charge against LeFeber is that
his alleged crooked trail began about
the first of the year and continued until.
i y,
brief time he is alleged to have com
mitted several forgeries and case of
grand larceny. There was woman in
the case, to whom LeFeber was to have
been married, who, when she learned
of mis- alleged misdoings, very prompt
" rejected his suit.
Superior, Neb., was LeFeber's for
mer home, and his family is said to be
oh
for several months as road salesman
by the Oliver Typewriter. Co. On De
cember o. 1902, Manager Warren re-
CURED LeFeber to give bond, which
he furnished, with the supposed sig
natures of George L. Day, a wealthy
slumberman of Superior, and G. e.
Adams, cashiersof the Superior bank,
as sureties. 1t is said that LeFeber
sent in principally installment orders,
which caused some comment but
aroused no suspicion. He would de-
liver machine, sending the first Sis
payment to the Kansas City house,
with set of notes signed by a sup
positions purchaser for the balance.
Some time in January he came into
Kansas City and his stylish appearance
and suave manner won him the posi-
ton tof city salesman for the Oliver
company. Manager Warren says Le-
Feber left town without notice ON the
night OF February ~, and soon there
after things began to happen.
A machine had been left at Wag--
ner's undertaking rooms for trial. 1t
Is said LIE Feber hal charge OF the
sale. and when he left, the new city
salesman went down to close the deal.
He reported to the office that LeF'eber
had taken the machine away several
days before, and then Manager War
ren's suspicious were aroused. He To-
Gated his typewriter in the office OF
Senator Allen at Topeka, who said he
had purchased it of lie Feber for cash.
Then two sets of notes sent in by LIE
Feber in payment for two machines OF
certain serial numbers fell due and
when the Office went to collect from b.
r. Dyer of Wamego, Kansas, and
James o. KEGS, hypothetical Topeka
real estate man, whose names were
signed to the notes, Warren claims to
have found that both men were non
existent, and LIE Feber or some one for
him. forged their signatures. The two
machines were located one with En-
bacher Bros, of ST. Mary's, Kansas,
the other with Topeka banking
house. Both firms said they paid LIE
Feber cash for them and held receipts
and he had, it is said, sent the office
SIS on each sale, and a set of ''phony
notes for the balance. Warren says
two other cases OF the same nature
turned up and in addition, lie Febel
is charged with having disposed OF
one machine and simply turned in his
own notes for it. besides the one taker
from Wagner's.
1.-THE six machines would figure
S5S5, and of this Warren says the of
fee never received as much as 500
Naturally he looked to LIE Feber's
bondsmen for it, but the real George
l.. Day and c. E. Adams Indignantly
denied ever having signed any kind O
bond for LIE Feber and pronounced
the signatures forgeries. A warran
YRS issued for LIE Feber and ever since
detectives have been looking for him
He was in Chicago for time, ant
was located last ween in Peoria. sell
ing typewriters for a Chicago house
and was arrested Saturday on fuSi
tive warrant lie Feber took his arres
cody and offered to waive examination
on the charge of being fugitive from
Justice and give bail, but was held TO
detective Young, who was sent afte
him. If he should be acquitted G
grand larceny Manager Young says h
has seven other cases against him an
will prosecute them seriatim.
lie Feber is about % years OLE
handsome, we'll groomed, faultlessl
attired, and is said to he popular i
society circles. He is said to hay
been engaged to a popular and prett
stenographer at the National hote
Topeka, who gave up her position an
came to Kansas City to marry him
few days after he left town. Whe
convinced of LIE Feber's alleged pc
fidy she went back to Topeka and
low employed in the state house.