The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-04
Three Firms Losers for Having
Been Accommodating.
NO MONEY ON DEPOSIT.
Was Wonderfully Fertile in His
Excuses.
Thinks His Father Will Come
and Settle Matters.

wichita June 1.-THE Eagle says.
o. S. Carr was arrested yester-
day by officer Wachob and
taken to the city prison,
cha rged with cashing a number of
worthless checks on different mer-
chants in Wichita. One check for S35
was cashed by George lines & Co"
one for $50 was cashed by Louis klst-
Ter of the Pennsylvania hotel, and an
other for SIS was cashed by Apple x
Young of West Douglas avenue.
Carr is about 50 years of age and
came to Wichita about month or
two ago from Fairbury, Neb- For
time he was employed here as dis
patcher at the Missouri Baclnc depoI'
He boarded at the Pennsylvania hoteI'
and the first worthless check was
cashed by Mr.. Kistler, the proprietor
on April 16.
"TTe came to me-, said MI. klstleT
last night. land said that he wanted
10 60 to Nebraska and bring his fam
flv to Wichita, but he was snort OF
money and asked me to lend him $zO.
He showed me a bank book Tor a 30 .
depOsit in the First National bank OF
Tairburv and he made out a check
for $50 on that bank and gave 1t to
me. / gave him $40, and he asked
me to hold the check until ne re-
turned when he would redeem it. He
went to Nebraska and in three days
returned with his wife and child Ihey
stayed at the hotel for three days
after they arrived in the city Then
thew moved to North Waco, and when
I spoke to him about the check he
said that he did not have any money
but would pay me soon. He SAID,
Tuesday night, that when his tather
got here everything would be settled.
and that is what we are waiting on.
If he settles for the checks he Will
probably not be prosecuted on ac-
count of his wife and child"
The check that was cashed by
Apple & Young was drawn on the
Fourth National bank of this city and
was refused when presented there.
When speaking of the transaction last
night Mr.. Apple, one OF the pro-
prietOrs, said: Carr came into our
place Saturday and Mr.. Young cashed
a check for SIS for him. Carr re-
quested that we hold the check until
Monday for presentation, but Mr..
Young neglected to tell me and 1 took
it with our other deposits to the Bank
of Commerce. When I returned Mr..
Young asked me if I had taken the
check and I told him that I had. He
then telephOned the bank and they
said that they would hold the check
until Tuesday morning before pre-
senting it at the Fourth National.
Later in the afternoon, on Saturday,
Carr returned and said that he hal
received some money by express and
wanted to redeem the check. NV
partner told him that the check had
accidentally been turned into the
bank and he could not get it. Carr
then said that he was sorry. as he did
not want to have any trouble over the
check.
When the check was presented we
discovered that it was no good. Carr
returned again this morning and gave
me the impression that he had money
and wanted to cash the check. He
left however, without doing so, and
as knew the officers We're looking for
him I called policeman, who arrest
ed him at Louis Kistler's"
The check for $35 cashed by Innes
q Co was also drawn on the Fourth
hours on Saturday." said Mr.. Times
last evening, "and the man entered
the store and asked us to cash the
check for him. I found out five min
utes after the check was cashed thai
II was not good one, and last night
talked to the man about settling it
do not as yet know what viii be done
however, 1 do not think our COMPANY
VIII get out a state warrant for him
on account of his wife and child"