Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-26
ASSERT FORGER
PRINTED CHECKS
POLICE SAY ANDREWS is A
CLEVER WORKER
Man Charged With swindIIng Many
Merchants Believed to Have
Broken Into Printing offices
to Carry Out Plans

G. L. Andrews, considered by the
police to be one of the cleverest and
boldest forgers with whom they have
had to deal for some time, has been
arrested by Detectives Jones and
Boyd.
According to the statements of the
police Andrews did not secure blank
checks from banks and I'LL them out
like an ordinary forger, but entered the
Ford, Smith & Little printing establish
ment and printed blank checks with
the name Of the firm upon whom he
wished to draw the check. When not
able to print his own checks, Andrews
made rubber stamps, the officers say,
to print the names across the ends of
the blank checks.
Andrews worked for some time in
Los Angeles as waiter. Being of an
extravagant nature he was compelled
to pawn all of his jewelry to keep in
money. The fact that he used the same
name at the pawnShops that he signed
to the forged checks led to his undoing.
In examining the books of the pawn
shops, as the detectives frequently do
in tracing stolen jewelry, they noticed
the name that was used on the checks.
From the pawnshop keeper they were
able to obtain good description of
the man.
On June Andrews is alleged to have
passed a check upon Allen & Allen,
payable to Henry e. Palmer and signed
f. o. Engstrom e. Co. The amount of
the check was $3.50. Later in the day
Andrews is said to have passed a
check on Isensten brothers, ia East
First street, for $1O.50. This check was
payable to A. c. Lee.
May Enter Burglary Charge
Another check which the police say
Andrews passed the same day, was one
for $21.00 upon Darmody & Schaeffer,
signed by q. e. Vile 81 Co. and payable
to Arthur C. Pierce. All of these
checks were stamped across the end
with the name of the firm upon which
they were drawn.
Andrews. according to charges, broke
into the printing shop of Ford Smith
& Co. on the night of June Is and
set up the type and on the follow
ing Saturday night again broke into
the printing establishment and ran off
number of blank checks bearing the
name and address of the Los Angeles
Construction company, 303 Los Angeles
Trust building.
Andrews filled out one of these
checks, it Is charged, for the sum of $12
payable to Fl. w. Lee, and forged the
signatures of F. S. Robinson, president
and j. b. Cook secretary, of the Los
Angeles Construction company. This
check he passed on Julius Solmonson of
the California Clothing company on
South Main street.
Andrews was arrested June 81 and
since that time the Officers have been
collecting evidence against him. Wheth-
er or not the court holds him on a
forgery charge. charge of burglary
VIII probably be brought against him.
Not the Grand avenue Man
Charles L. Andrews of 235h North
Grand avenue, for three and one-half
years and at present employed in
The Herald composing room, says he
has been subjected to considerable an
noyance from the fact that his initials
and name are the same as those of the
accused man. Added to this is the
statement that the man arrested is also
said to be a printer.
Mr.. Andrews feels that full publicity
should be given to the fact that the
man arrested and he are not the same.