The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-21
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Vs.. w. DEAN, FAM iLiARLXsK KNoWN
as as SPORT d ! IS in $AE SERIOUS 81
BOX. 81 IN IN
For some time past MIR. Az Hale
Fleming has been annoyed BY hay..
ling mail distracted from his box 1t ,I
the postoillcc. The matter can came Is
the attention OF the authorities about
the last Of September, when a check;
for $500, made September IA to the the
order OF Miss Jennie Fleming, Of this
city was returned to Prot. lt.s s.
Fleming, OF Parkersburg, with Miss
Jennie Flemtng's Endorsement forged
on on jt:f the back, and the further indorse.
ment Of WI. Dean and wv. a. i$Ul.
rich. ; y q 4,
The forging. was very 8cleyerly
done, Miss Fleming's name being
,@rltten5swith writ one kind of55 Ink and nns
Deans with another. The check was
taken to Inspector L. Il. ALLEN, 81
.Pl'arkersburg, who has charge of this
entire territory. The inspector camo
on On to Fairmont looking for Dean He,
traced himsto Pittsburg where all clue
to to his whereabouts was lost. Is:
8 The case then rested until last
Tuesday 7 y when Mr.. Allen was NOTIFIED
. that II Dean was In town and he I'M;
imtIlse.dlIialttelyscame med on from Parkersburs.
"a sdecoy arrang for SDea /. re:s
cues. being sen Sto lin ID iii III h ths;
Office ra1 6 :; for O lstered sIstteFs Dean
came lin slastsnight at $50 ana sifi.i
CURED lat the delivery window for his
letter. lEe He told that Mr.. Brand
s',ae wanted to see him In the inner Office;
Dean "smelled aEmlcett and went out.
and up to the Marietta Hotel; He vas was
followed thereby Inspector Allen and
Postmaster A.. Howard Fleming.
Dean was not in sight when they en-.
tered having concealed himself In the.
water Svs,ll closet. Upon their going out
and coming back a few minutes later.
however, they found him and took him
back to tie postoalce. When ques:.
toned about the check Dean protest.
ed his innocence, claiming that he
found 1t wrapped up In handker.
chief8atithe end Of the bridge leading
to the South Side. He continued as.
sorting the truth Of this statement
even after the inspector, accompanied
by Postmaster Fleming and Mr..
Brand had taken him over to hear.
what Miss Fleming had to say; about
the matter. When the party returned
TO the postoffice Inspector Allen, who
has quite a arecord in this line Of work,
told Dean that he was5tired Of his IL.
Ing, and that he wasn't going TO stand
anymore Of his foollng. He produced
q pair Of handouts from his grip \ and md
the sight sof them affected Dear, very
yisibly Hesbroke down and told tLe
inspector that he would tell him all
about il. Deans confession, I, in the
main, was as follows He had found
the check in one Of two letters which;
he had $abstracted from the Fleming
box, he thought about Septembers16.
He destroyed both letters, forged
Miss Fleming's name:to the check and
had It cashed at the bar Of iMerifelds|
Hotel in the First ward. The. third
Endorsement on the check was that
OF W. a. Ulrich. Merrifeld'ss bar:
tender: When asked why he did lit,
Dean said 81 needed the esmoney, and
yet knew I'd get caught at it, Dean
was taken before United States. Com.
Fred II, Martin last night
and his father, o Nv. Dean, of Oh
Green street, Fifth ward, notified: Mr..
Dean went on his sons bond for
81 900 to o5appear for a hearing some
time in April.
Dean, twill be remembered, used
to run a5news stand on Market street,
and is familiarly5 known n as aJoesI
Dean, Sport Dean, has been siu |
some slight difficulties several times
before, but, on the$whole, e, lis not a bad
young fellow. as great deal of sym;
pathy Is expressed for his parents.
Mr. Mr. Dean is q carpe enter in the employ
Of the FEIaatirmont Coal Company. He,I
has as. resided IN Fairmont for over
thirty years and has Won the respectE
and and Sestem s; of the community Hell
stated before the mmissione that
$1,000 was all he was worth. andsE
thatif his son, should fail to appear all
The hearing he would have to sacri,
fee his little home on Green street,
10 satisfy the bond,