Arizona republican., 1906-10-07
F0RGFRS ARRESTED
 BY NIGHT POLICE
A Han and Woman Who Confess
 When in Custody.

' The Phoenix police last night jailed Q man who is undoubtedly guilty of i forgery here and may be a profes- 1 sional crook. and a woman who claims ! to be his wife, and who IS at least guilty of helping her husband dispose l of some forged checks here yesterday, ! whether she has ever been mixed up 1 in criminal matters before or not. In i her own defense she says the two were without funds and the man made her pass the forged checks. an enterprise ! she undertook last night for the first time.
 The woman was arrested. under the name of Mrs. Charles ". Clark. early 1 in the evening, and the man was ar rested well toward midnight at the Ford hotel, where he had retired, after registering under the name of A. Fred ] Weng. He said after his arrest that his home was in Salt Lake City and that his name is David M Baer.
 About o'clock last evening s. J. Tribolet reported to the police that a woman had passed a check at his meat market for SIS and that he believed it to be spurious. How he discovered that fact was not learned. He described the woman, and the night police at once began a search for her. About o'clock she was located in the Hub clothing store, and as she left the place was put under arrest It was learned then that she had just made a $125 purchase and rendered another SIS check, which was cashed. She had s16.75 when arrested. The check passed at the Hub was drawn on the National Bank of Arizona It was made payable to C. w. Clark or bearer and signed P. J. Keiser. It was en- dOrsed on the back in lead pencil by Charles w Clark. It was a check for the same amount passed at Tribolet's. and though the particulars were not learned, it was presumably made out the same way A third check for the same amount was passed in a store at the corner of Third and Washington streets.
 At the station the woman said she was very sorry and knew she was do- ing wrong, but that she was forced to do so by her husband, whom she feared. Asked for the motive, she said that they were simply without money and her husband adopted this method of raising it. She said they had a room at the NOrdrach. and thither the po- lice repaired in the hope of finding the man They learned that the couple had been there one night. and yester-
 
 By this time the woman was induced to tell a little more and among other things in her possession was a card on which was written the name David M. Baer and which she said was her husbands right name. She also said their baggage had been taken to the NJ. x P. depot, and it was their plan to leave on last nights M & ?. train had she not been arrested She did not know where her husband was then. and, hardly thinking he would leave town alone, the police visited the ho- tels in search of him. At the Ford ho- tel they learned of the arrival in the evening of the man Weng, who an swered the description of the man wanted and whose signature on the register betrayed a similar handwrit- 1 ing The police went to his room and ! aroused him. AS soon as he turned on i the light they knew they had the right l man, and about his first remark was. | Well, I guess I am in for it." He wa l taken to jail and locked up with his l wife
 Baer admitted to the police that he was the one who forged the checks l He said he had about S13 when he ar rived the day before and wsa so nearly ] strapped he thought he would try this method of raising money He said a man showed him how to do it back east some years ago. He never tried 1 1t but once and that was in Wiscon- l sin. It failed to work that time. and he was scared and never tried it again. | He said he was a street car motorman by trade, and married his wife in Salt Lake last March. He said that he knew his wife was arrested for he was nearby and saw it. The plan had been for her to cash the checks and meet him outside and give him the money This worked twice but the third time k it failed. He said there was a fourth check for SIS, which he had lost. When !. taken into custody Baer had about S46 ' in his pockets. He said he intended to | give himself up today, anyhow after . his wife had been caught, but he could hardly bring himself to do it last It night
 The woman, it is believed is telling } straight story. and much sympathy is expressed for her by the officers. |, She is in a delicate condition and does not have the appearance of a criminal pr an adventures. Baer was inclined | last night also to tell the entire story 1f his croOkedness here, but whether he las followed such practices before, other than the incidents confessed. re- mains to be determined.