, 1904-02-24
CHECK
FOR LARGE AMOUNT CASHED BY
THREE RULES STORE FOR A
FORMER RANCH EMPLoYE.
Believed to Have Forged Name Of Man.
aeer Of Riverside Livestock Com
pa1y to Check, Upon Which Young
Man Secured Small Bill of Goods
anG Balance In Cold Cash.

The officers of Albany county are
of a young man named F. H. Rhynor,
formerly an employee Of the Riverside
Livestock company, who is wanted
here for forgery and for beating the
Three Rules store out of $104 by means
of a bogus check. He has a good
start of the officers, but is believed to
have gone to his former home in Hi
nois, where there is hope of apprehend-
ing him and getting him back here for
trial.
The matter was reported yesterday
morning, but Mr.. Hurt, manager of the
store, desired to be sure the check
was bogus before letting the facts get
to the public, and reporters for this
paper were asked to remain silent on
the subject. Mr.. Hurt sent a man to
the ranch, where Mr.. Emmons declared
the check a forgery. The man return.
ed to the city last night and, the facts
were placed in the hands of the of.
ficers.
Rhynor went to the store on Satur.
day, informing Mr.. Hurt thai he had
been working for Mr.. w. b. Emmons
on the Riverside ranch, but had left
his employ and that Mr.. Emmons had
given him a check for the wages due,
drawn on one of the blanks used by the
company, with the name of the con
pany printed ON and with a blank for
the drawer of the check a the repre-
sentative Of the company. Mr.. Hurt
sold the fellow a small bill Of goods
and gave him the balance in money,
When the check was taken to the First
National bank, on which it was drawn,
the bank refused payment, claiming
that the signature was not that of Mr.
Emmons.
1t was then that Mr.. Hurt sent a
man to the ranch. Rhynor is supposed
to have left the city on Sunday, going
east, and kilograms to his old home in
Illinois were sent by the sheriffs in
their efforts to head him off.
Mr.. Hurt said this morning that he
had a good show of overhauling the
fellow. and did not care so much for
the money loss as for the imposition
upon his good nature. He had cashed
many checks for many people. n had
sometimes had to do with bogus
checks, but he had seldom been caught
for so large a sum. The check was on
the blank of the Riverside company,
and the managers signature showed
that it had been hastily written. Mr.
Hurt is acquainted with Mr.. Emmons
signature to a certain extent, but he
believed that in the hurry OF paying
the man and getting rid Of him he had
not followed the usual form of care
fulness, making a signature unlike
those he usually made on bank paper
The officers are inclined to doubt the
existence of Rhynor, insisting that the
name is fictitious. and that the young
man who has gone to Illinois is not
the man who drew the check, but his
dupe. They say that the Three Rules
store gave the man al good check for
part of the money, which was cashed
at another store in the city. The good
check was signed by a professional
gentleman and is good for its face.
County Attorney Gibson stated at
noon. just before taking the train for
Cheyenne. that he had not been asked
to issue an information, for q warrant
and had not been spoken to on the
subject. The sheriff's of3cers are try
ing to overtake the missing man, but
seem to doubt their ability to do 30.