The Forrest City times., 1904-08-05

On Monday 4t. ". l.. Kirby. of the linn of Kirby X Stout, merchants ol this city, received the following letter
 Friend kirhy:-Pleasp collect and pace to my credit. l will te oyer to- morrow or Wedte3daY.
 Trains failed to stop yesterday.
 Hfs,
 Madison, s-f0f. Harris
 This letter contained three postal money orders for .ig0 each, dated The following day, Tuesday, Mr Kit ty received anoshar letter as fellows
 Bud Please collect and plaae to my credit. Graves and 1 VII be over tomorrow f he IS able to trayel-if not l NilI cone anyway.
 With best wishes. r. II. HARRIS Madison, Ark < 2-'0l.
 Il aayy ralu and Wlud storm here yesterday, No cam ge"
 Th's letter contained two postoffce money orders for $l00 each
 Harris owed Kirby nothing except 2l.25, which the latter had Eaid out for the fGmer on his request, few days previous, to send him bottle of whiskey, and this is no doubt hat he Lad reference to, Wh-n h. kept writ iHs ttat he would be over tdnarfoH as he nd promised Mf kirby to re lm5urse him for the whlskpy, when he should ceme to Forles: Cay in I few days Nr Kirby was 90 ast5nished at receiving the money orders, knowing the circumstances of Harris, that he immediately informed Postmaster Bpa of the matter. and of Is su7plclon7 that aIi was not just ight.
 In tie mean time Mr. Bel had re- ceiYpd the adyices from the Madsion offices signed by Y Graves. am0unt- ing to S5o0 Kirby. v15 formerly Ie- sided at Madison, knew that very ht tfe money passed thlpach that office ha had never heard of any person named T 2 Graves, and he could nat figure out the why or wherefore for Harris sending the orders to him. and al these facts and circumstances strengthened H.s suspicious and those of the postmaster, and Mir Bell then called up the inspector at JoHesboro and astar e'ating the : 0ry, the warrant Ha, issued as slut ed above.
 When Officers MmpArep and swan entered the cnice at Madison Harris was in the eet of mailing a letter to his N fe a Neil-kaowu woman about town, gho is rev supposed to be in Memphis. in which he had incl0sed a money order for B. and another letter lai! upon the table, which contained an order for SD, Harris attempted to c1hcefl these, and failu9. was in the act of tearing them up, when Deputy swan sigea hm ard prtyantcd their distruetian. The ppce~ Wsre placed together and found L. conuin ius.ruc- tions to her as to how to obtain the money en the orders.
 When questioned as to the where. a5outs of he mal ~ which he should have had fer the orders sent 10 Nr Kirby, he stated that Mr. Graves would aluye in day or two with the money. The money fer the other or- lefs lie said ves ill Lis house but lie failed 10 produce it.
 Inspector Stegner, of Jont bofe. ar rived Wednesday and spent the entire lay checking up the efiee at Madison and endcayorirg t1 ascertain iast how much money Harris had paid to other Tarties for his credit cut of the funds of Urcle sam.
 | may be sone fine before tie ex- tent of ae fraud comes to light as no pelsan is aware ef tie exact number of bogus orders that Ie has sent tott
 Harris is 2 man of about 65 wears of age and cane to tAis county al # two years ago as vl4t is commonly known as a tramp pril CT He worked a hort time on this paper atd la .r for some tire on tle st. Francis Cauuey News. Las November lie left the News 10 accept the psi, Dn If postmaster at Mad son and las since