The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-04

OTHER CRIMES APPEARED
Charged Bills to Others and
Passed Worthless Checks.

Last night James Howard. the owner Of
the horse and buggy driven by C ". An
derson in his daring escape from Deputy
Marshal Hawk at the band concert on
College Hi Wednesday evening, received
a telephone messags from Towanda say
ms that the horse and buggy were at thai
place. The description given by the Of
hcers at Tovanda correspondent fully
with that Of the horse and buggy owned
in this city. Ar Howard went TO To-
wanda last night to identify the rig. The
officers believe that Anderson drove from
this city to 1owanda Wednesday night
and took an early morning train. To-
wanda is the third station east OF Wich-
iul on the Missouri Pacific and about
twenty-five miles by wagon road from
this city.
Anderson could catch an east bound
Missouri Pacific train at 10 o'clock that
morning. He could hardly reach that
pcunt in time to catch the night train.
There are any number of freight trains
passing through Towanda during the
night.
Yesterday the police learned that An
derson had been hiring hacks TO take him
10 his home al all hours Of the day and
night. and buggies Of Mr.. Howard, and
having them charged 70 J. r. Anderson,
who lives at So27 East First street, and
c. W. Anderson, who is wanted by the
officers. lived one block further east.
Mr.. Howard has several bills against one
Anderson and ali were contracted for
by the man VINO drove away with the rig
Wednesday night
c. W. Anderson. the alleged soap swim
der. added another 10 mis- list of victims
when d short time before he skipped out
he passed an alleged bogus check on H.
S. Freeman. who runs a feed store at
1892 East Douglas. The check was for $50
and was drawn on the First National
bank of Oklahoma City
Wednesday Anderson bought five tons
of coal OF Mr.. Freeman. the bill amount
ing 10 $685.. Two tons of the coal were
delivered at Andersons home on College
Hill during the day. After Freeman had
closed his store in the evening he met
Anderson at the meat market which is
near by and the latter said that he would
like 10 pay for the coal that evening and
If MIR. Freeman would walk over TO the
office with him he would make the set
Element
Mr.. Freeman stated that when Ander-
son started 10 write out the check he
said that as he needed some change he
would make the check for $50. Mr.. Free
man saw nothing wrong in this and the
check was drawn Up for that amount.
The difference between the coal bill and
the face of the check. Sl3.75, was paid 10
the soap man
The check was on the regular printed
form and when Mr. Freeman picked it
up he noticed that the name and amount
were all right. but paid little attention
20 the name Of the bank upon which it
was drawn. He only glanced at this and
saw First National Bank in large type
and supposed IL was a Wichita bank.
Mr.. Freeman laid the check away and
thought no more about it until he read
of Anderson's second arrest and escape
yesterday morning He then examined
the check and found that the bank named
was in Oklahoma City. As the soap man
had said nothing OF this he became alarm
ed and had his bank Wire the Oklahoma
City bank TO learn whether or not Ander-
son had any money on deposit there. Mr..
Freeman felt that he had been victimized
and he was sure Of this when he received
the reply from the Oklahoma City bank
that they had no depositor by the name
Of c. ". Anderson. The S13.75 was gone.
bat wagon was sent al once 70 get the
two tons Of coal that had been delivered
to Auderson's home