The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
YOUNG MAN UNDER ARREST
ne BELONGS TO A PROMINENT FAM
lily OF BLOOMINGTON, IND.
II. Henley Gave Conrad Mueller a
Worthless Check I'm Payment for
an Automobile.

II. Henley. of Bloomington, Ind, a son
OF a prominent Chicago attorney and a
grandson OF one of the representative citi-
zens of Monroe county, Indiana. is con-
fined in the police station on charge Of
obtaining goods under false pretenses
Young Henley has the distinction of being
the first man arrested for an alleged GRIM
inal offense in procuring automobile in
this city. He is accused Of having obtained
from Conrad Mueller, an automobile and
bicycle dealer, automobile by paying
for il with a bogus check for $50.
Henley was arrested by Detectives Lam
caster and Kurtz. The detectives were in
formed by Mueller that Henley had called
on him Saturday morning and arranged for
the purchase OF a secondhand automobile.
Henley was pleased with the machine and
asked TO try il. He said he thought IL
would suit him and signed check for $3.50
on a Bloomington. Ind. bank with the
signature of II. III. Henley" He then
took the machine and started out with Ii
ON trial trip. He was absent for an hour
or more when he called Mr. Mueller by
telephone. informed. him that the machine
had died at College avenue and Tenth
street and asked for help. He asked
Mueller how long IL would take to repair
the machine and Mueller told him he could
not tell until he looked IL over.
The machine was hauled to the shop and
repaired. 1t needed nothing more than
charging, and this was quickly DONE Mr..
Mueller had some misgivings about giving
the young man the machine on the check
and he told him that IL would not be ready
for use until l o'clock in the afternoon.
Henley left and promised to return TO get
the machine. Mueller called the Blooming
ton bank by telephone. but could not con-
meet with any OF its officers He waited
INT fAF Nn IT,
and was successful in locating the book
keeper OF the bank. That gentleman
laughed when told of the Henley check. and
declared that the boy had no money in the
bank, but was known there. and he advised
Dir. Muellers not to handle the paper.
Mueller Informed the detectives of what
he had learned, and they telephoned the
bank and made inquiries. They were as
sured that the check signed by Henley was
not worth the paper II was written on. and
that IL did not bear his own signature, but
that OF his grandfather. The detectives
were told of several incidents OF young
Henley's career that led them to believe he
was acting peculiarly, TO say the least, and
they so informed Mueller and then looked
for the young man.
When they found and questioned him he
admitted that he had no money in the bank
but assured them that the paper would be
taken up. and that there would be no risk
20 the dealer who sold him the machine
aeniey SAID ms grandfather would settle
when he made the purchase He also in
formed the detectives that after signing
the check he had recalled that he did not
have so much money as the face value of
the check indicated. and had written his
grandfather to deposit $4,000 TO his credit
In the bank. Young Henley was frank in
his interview with Captain Gerber, and was
of good appearance and address. Although
admitting that he was in the wrong, he
suggested that all would end nicely IL there
was no Interference by the detectives The
detectives are certain the young man op-
Grated under the belief that his grandfather
and other relatives would see him safely
through any trouble that might arise from
his misconduct.
The detectives learned from Henley him.
self that he has done the same thing often
before. He admitted that he had given n
bad check TO Mueller once before for the
rental OF an automobile and also one to
Charles Miles, a restaurant keeper who
allowed him to settle for cash the day fol-
lowing his presentation OF a bogus check
Henley Will be held under bond until his
relatives come forward and get him out
OF the trouble. IL Is probable that he will
be released IL he makes a satisfactory
settlement for the use OF the automobile
and TX his grandfather will assure the de-
tectiye department that his check would
have been cared for.
Henley gave his age as eighteen at the
police station. but he appears to be older
and from his manner OF talking, general
knowledge of affairs and assurance Is
thought by Lancaster and Kurtz 10 be at
least tWenty-one years. old.