Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-17
FEAR BIG 6 FORGERY
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Duplicate Pay. Check Worries
Officials of the MiIwau.
kee Railway.
VAST FRAUD IS POSSIBLE
Detectives Seeking Source OF Copy
OF COmpaDy's
Forms.

| Detectives of the Chicago, MilwaI-
kee q st. Paul road are investiga ting
what may prove to be one of the most
extensive series of forgeries the com
pany has experienced.
| Whether the amount involved is
many thousands of dollars or that the
single instance that has come to light
is the. sole example of the work of
the forgers is not known. The indi-
cations, however, point to the fact
that the forgeries may prove far
reaching This belief is supported by
the elaborate preparations for work
by the gang. which it is deemed GER
tain would not have been made had
only a few dollars been the object
of the forgery.
| The forgery consists of the duplica-
ton, according to the statements of
| officials of the road, of pay checks
of the company MI employees are
paid in checks. These are on an en-
graved form, and are twice signed in
the auditors office, and once in the
paymasters office.
An Exact Duplicate.
According to the story told by Col.
John 4. Hinsey. who is at the head of
the detective service of the company,
a check was received at the paymas-
ter's office in Milwaukee that had
/ been cashed at an interior point. The
check was made payable to "Jack Dill
lon," and was for $6S. 1t was on Il
form similar to those used by the
company, being an exact duplicate of
the railway check, save that it was
| printed instead of engraved. 1t bore
what purported to be the signatures
of the two officials of the auditing de
partment that are necessary to make
the check valid, and of the assistant
paymaster
The check bore the Endorsement of
the supposed Jack Dillon and those
of others through whose hands it had
passed. Special detectives of the
company now are engaged in an eff
| fort to trace it back to the person
who originally received it.
| While the paper is not like that
used by the railway company. the rail
way checks being printed on paper
especially made for the company, it
is good reproduction in color, if not
texture. The printing itself is nearly
perfect, and the signatures are said
to be executed in Il manner that gives
Indication that the work is that of an
expert penman.
Three Roads Reduce Rates.
The schedule of revised freight
rates, showing reduction effective
Oct. Is, published last evening as in
force on the Burlington, includes also
the Rock Island and Milwaukee, The
schedule is a joint one.
j. d. Gallary, of Buffalo, n V, the
newly appointed yardmaster for the
Rock Island in the tri-cities and at
Natick, arrived yesterday and entered
upon his duties. &. II. Bremmerman,
who has been filling the position, re-
turns to Trenton. Mo, where he is to
serve in the same capacity for the.
company.
H. w. Wenbigler, of Monmouth.
has taken the position of chief clerk
in the office of Agent NJ. J. Young, of
the Burlington.
Burlington Has New Train.
Effective tomorrow the Burlington
adds another train to its Rock Island
freight service. The one now arriv-
ing from Chicago at $50 daily via
Clinton will be made local between
here and Clinton, and a new train will
be put on between Rock Island and
Chicago, leaving the latter city at s
p. m. and reaching this city at a. m.
via the Illinois side.
Makes Record Run.
The run on No. Is from Chicago to
Burlington. distance of 200 miles.
in even 200 minutes, which was. made