The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-13
BOGUS { lEcK MAN.
Opersted In Jasper Mondny Two
Checks W ere. cashed

man, at least he gave several differ
ent names as being his. He went to
the Bank Of Jasper and asked Wesley
Spaid IL he would Sash, o check for him
to the amount of IS 90. Tho check was
made payable to Pearl Hall (that being
the name he was then going by and
signed A. A. Lamkin. Mr.. Spaid not
Knowing him began to question him.
and by the time Mr.. Spaid was through |
with him he was glad enough to take
back the check aud "ekidoo."
He went to the First National Bank,
and there, asked N. H. Patterson II he
would cash check on A. A.. Lamkin
for S., saying that he was working for
Mr.. Lamkin. Mr.. Patterson questioned
him pretty close, hut the fellow put up
such talk and the check being only
a small amount Mr.. Patterson Dashed 1t
for him. The check which he presented
at both banks was made on the Garth
age National Bauk. The fellow said his
homo was three miles southeast Of Car
thage, but he had to come to Jasper
that day, and was out of money and
didn't want to go to Carthage IN order
to get the check cashed, so Mr.. Patter-
son let him have the money.
The fellow made his way to the store
of j. F. Bright and wanted to purchase
suit OF underwear aud pair Of gloves
provided Mr.. Bright would cash q $40
check, the wanted more money this time)i
but Mr.. Bright told him rs he did not
know him he could not cash the check.
AT this he fellow left, saying he would
come back and get the goods as soon as
he could 6 the money. That was the
last Mr.. Bright saw o: him.
He then went to Webb Bros. M srcan-
tile Co. store and told Mrs. Webb he
wanted to buy a pair Of gloves. Mrs
J Webb showed hi.n che gloves, whereup-
| on he told her he would take them If
she would cash o check for him to the
amount Of $500, but Mrs. Webb didn't
1
like his looks, and refused to to cash
the check. He didn't seem 10 care
much whether che cashed it or not, and
took his departure. Had the fellow
stopped at this and left town he might
| have never been caught, but as he had
his heart set on gloves, he must have
pair, so he went to the clothing store OF
Add Joyce and asked to look at some
gloves. The glove were shown him,
and, finding pair to his liking said he
would take them il they would cash a
$500 check. This check was made
payable to Sam Odell and signed Bill
Mccoy. The check was cashed aud
the gloves were sold. But before the
fellow had time to leave town it was
learned that the check did not bear Mr..
McCoy's signature, so MIR. Mccoy was
called up over the telephone and asked
if he had given check for $500 to Sam
Odell. Mr.. Mccoy said that hel had
not given a check to any one recently
for that amount Whereupon Marshal
Ward was summosed and the bogus
check artist was arrested.
The First national Bank got back
their money and Mr.. Joyce got his
money and gloves.
The fellow was taken to Carthage
that night and placed in Jail. He gave
several names as being his, aud several
towns as being his home. He finally
said Ttiance Popejoy was his real name
and he would swear to is. From tht
Carthage Democrat We learn that this
fellow PASSED bogus check on the
Hatch Clothing Company Of that city
to ths amount Of $40 90 in payment fol-