The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-08
FORCERlES BY
WHOLESALE
DELICATE YOUNG WIDOW is NOT
FROM ARoMoRs.
Her Arrest IN Guthrie Followed by
Facts That the Same Woman
Worked Oklahoma city-Her
Husband Also Arrested.

Facts that lead authorities to be-.
iievc forgorics amounting 80 moro
than $1,000 have been committed In
Oklahoma within the past few weeks
have come to light since the arrest
of Laura Adams I'm this CITY Max
Ostcr Jew Of Oklahoma City. who
admits he Is her husband. was arrest.
I'd in the city Yesterday afternoon by
Sheriff Bart Murphy and is now I'm
The county jail. Ostcr came 10 Guthrie
as result Of a telephone message
i'om the woman In Jail hero and
though at first denying that she was
his wife admitted when pressed that
they had been married three years
A. the Jail last night hc declined TO
make any statement
FORGED checks passed in oklahoma
city are now in the hands Of the au.
thortios and there is evidence to show
that she has carried ON systematic
passage of Worthless paper.
The admission of the oklahoma
GIFTS jew entirely upsots the womaas
statements about being widow from
Ardmoro and Sheriff Murphy thinks
ho has made the most important catch
Of the season
The delicate little widow from Ard
more who tainted in the county jain
Thursday after being arrested for
forging two S25 checks and cashne
them at Guthrie furniture stores was
positively Identified yesterday after
noon by two merchants of Oklahoma
city who heard Of her arrest and. hav.
inr been victimIzod IN similar man.
n'r. came to this city 10 investigate
J Lloyd. grocery merchant OF
oklahoma City, when ne saw the wo.
man at the county Jail yesterday pos !
itively declare dthat she was the wo.
man who gave him L bogus check last
Friday and received s2i in change.
James Dillingham;. q Oklahoma.
wiih Johnson 4 Co. grocors of that
ing cashed s2j bogus check at his
store last week. receiving twenty odd
dollars In change
To date County Attorney Mcclure !
has evidence OF checks amounting To- !
S2l5 which the young woman Is al. |
legged to have forged in oklahoma |
CITY How many more will turn up !
rs the matter Is given publicity Is I
q question. The woman Is said to have /
worked the game systematically for /
months and is supposed 10 have had
companions
Though she grew hysterical and |
old pathetic story of misery and
hardship when arrested In Ripley af-
Ter cashing the checks on w. l.
Rhodes and JoFeph Willis Of this
city. the woman, when confronted
by the additional and more serious
charges yesterday, hluntly denied the
charges but remained calm when the
merchants from Oklahoma City iden.
Iifod her
Both the Oklahoma City merchants
,ell how the woman entered their
stores, ordered -four and groceries
amounting to dollar, directed that
The goods be- sent to an address
which afterward proved fictitious
departed after getting the change on
he $25 checks
The ease Is now In the hands o'
County Attorney Mcclure and the wo.
man will probably be taken to Ok
ahCma City To he given hearing
here.
Her pathetic story told here and the
act that the money secured from
iuthrie merchants was returned 10 !
hem Influenced the authorities To be
eniont with the frail creature, but
alter Developments are such that she
must face the many charges that are
coming 10 light.-Guthrie state Capt
al