The evening world., 1904-09-21
.P|AKERTON NAME
! F0RGER'S CAPITAL
Daring Bovus Check Worker
Casts Bombstsll Into Camp
Of Great 0stectks-New Js.
ssyites HE vlotlms

S%as vss A cir Of ~ sbous ms
o@ss q ne Ptnksrton bstsetv
Agsnoy today. ~ the greatest END
beedsst cf fouger 10 thought 70 have
bean srrsscsd. In the West Robsrs A.
ftnksrson was IN communication with
~ hsads OF departments hare In regard
% the increase Of orms, and Il WA
sad usvsr since the nAms Of Pinksrton
bad been associated with dstsotivs work
nd the entire force been 70 wrought
~ TROUBLED No. II was worse thar
6oubiA Whih the boss Of The dstso-
i've acAncy b In me West audsAvorins
b md out the man who laid down al
most 100000 In forged pager through
several Western States. Q man In New
xcrk became acquainted With the
etnksrton Signature and passed Q few
spurious Ptnkerton checks about thz
nsighborhoods where p0s great dsbse-
I've w~s known.
Astonished Detectives.
OF all the surprised men In the world
the men In charge Of the local inter
esfs OF the Pinkerton agency were the
most surprised when. q few days aga
ehs Chatham National Bank, wherein
Vie pcfs has q private account, called
them up and told them that the bank
had been forced to return paper to
dspositors rendered to them for col.
lection marked Forged" and the
name forged was Robert A. Pinkerton.
Chief Dousherty. who makes Q spe-
daily OF protecting bankers. was
shown the bogus paper. which had been
laid down In various parts Of Jersey,
and nearly tainted. When he recovered
he took the paper to Superintendent,
Bangs and showed him whore some
elev.r chap with q knowledge Of the
|. bad c~hirography OF tho Chief had
signed away q portion of his bank
account.
For a while It was thought the prrsr
place to look for the man was at the
race tracks. but the amounts were
small. and Dougherty advanced the
idea that while playing the races will
make q man insane and drive him 10
take the longest chances the man fool
sh enough to forge the name OF the
bead OF q concern hired to protect
bankers from forEers must be one VINO
bad become wholly 'daty' and who
vas In love.
Look Tor q Youth In Love,
The word was sent out to look for a
youth In love. Pinkerton men were
soon looking over the church soclabies,
steamboat excursions. the late Consy
Island cars and the barn dances OF
Jersey. They kept most OF their
troubles to themselves, but the distri-
button Of bogus checks continued,
Some were for q trivial AMOUNT. II
ope place they found that . young man
Md laid down a SIS check to pay for
Q couple Of suppers and the cab man
Then they knew they were working on
, the right theory.
1T Is a case Of a man gone foolish
On love-" said Dougherty. The nam.
OF the boss may be forged a hundred
times, but the deduction made
originally Is correct"
Catch Man at Ferry.
Finally Chief Murphy, OF Jersey City
struck a clue. He got wind OF a love-
lorn youth who n wered the descrlp-
ton of the man who had passed the
checks,
To-day Theodore Troutman, Of No. %.
Pearl street, Brooklyn, aged tyenty-ons
Is awaiting sStradilon 70 Jersey; II,
yesterday as a ~ferry.boat arrived al
Twenty-third street. II Ia said he gavt
. check signed Robert A. PInkerton on
Avg. s. The young man denies the
charge.
"Ars you In love-" asked Chief
Yes" "a the prisoner. "r'-
"Guilty, Nv deduction vas correct
~yc'si~ed n~ou9hertv.