The San Francisco call., 1904-07-08
FORGED DRAFT
CAUSES ARREST
Young Ecuadorean Offers
False Papers and Is Now
Charged at City Prison
is NOT THE FIRST TIME
Neglects Captain Martins
Warming to Mend His
Ways After Former Case

With all the self assurance and
don't-care air of the man around town.
George Mario Buenaventura, alias J.
w. B. de Acevedoc, occupies a cell in
the city prison on a charge of forgery.
BY the time Detective Ryan gets
through with the case more than one
{ charge may be pressed to prosecution.
The prisoner is now under arrest for
presenting a forged Endorsement on
draft for 800 to Du Val Moore, son of
George A. Moore, 208 California street.
The young man presented himself and
self-signed draft to Mr.. Moore yes
terday morning. a letter of introduce
tion accompanied the draft, but the
Lawrence True affixed to the epistle
and also on the back of the draft, he
pronounced both documents forgeries
and summoned the police.
THE OLD STORY.
1t is the old story of the butterfly
life. George Mario Buenaventura is a
native of Ecuador. His father is
physician employed by the Pacific Mail
Company at the Central American
ports and through his parents standing
he was selected by the Ecuadorean Gov
ernment in 1897 as a promising pupil to
study mining and civil engineering in
(
three other native EcuadOreanS he was
sent to New York with $50 per month
( in gold for ordinary expenses, the Gov
ernment defraying the cost of tuition
and the incidentals in a collegiate
course.
His companions devoted their time to
I study while he found the glitter of the
merry merry more alluring and de-
voted more time to the midnight bowl
than to the midnight oil. But he says
he completed his course at Columbia
! University, and that ne is a member of
the D. X. z. fraternity.
WORKED ECUADOREAN CONSUL.
On June the young man called on
Alexandra Noboa, Ecuadorean Consul
General. 1t took but a little while to
get in the good graceS of that official
. and have him cash a check for SIS
There were no funds to back it, and
when that fact was discovered the mis-
guided youth was taken before Cap
tain Martin. He promised never to do
such thing again. Owing to the
position occupied by Mr.. Noboa. he de-
clined to prosecute and in fact gave
the culprit much good advice, with
transportation TO Los Angeles The
transportation was accepted but the
advice was ignored, for George turned
up in San Francisco shortly afterward
anu Dy representing HlnlSelI as a MEM
Der of the college fraternity induced
Thomas B. Bishop, 532 Market street,
to cash a draft signed by himself and
drawn on his father, for 500. Again
there was no money coming, hence
Bishop notified the police to be on the
lookout for the young man from Ecua-
dor, and also informed his friend
Moore to keep his eyes open if the fell
low tried TO get any coin from him
The warning was needed and the arrest
followed.
Buenaventura is % years old, and
says he has never been arrested before
AS he was being taken up the elevator
at the city prison he dropped several
letters of introduction. and also a
draft for S99 so purporting to be signed
by D. c. Burke of Los Angeles, His
record is being looked up by the police
Los ANGELES, July According
to the city directory. just issued. there
is no person named d. c. Burke in Los
Angeles, and in signing that name
George NJ. Buenaventura. alias De
Acevido, used a fictitious name. Dana
{. Burke, manager of the City Di-
rectory Company, whose name is near
est that signed, denies all knowledge
of the man under arrest Members OF
several families named Burke know no
person named ID. c. Burke