Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-11-29
PASSES FORGED CHECK!

buckm1n Hotel v1ct1m.-
Mrs. Anna Rogers in Jail
as Consequence
The Buckman hotel received .
spurious check Friday for $35 made
out by one Mrs. Anna Rogers, a
woman who registered at the hotel
Wednesday of last week, payable at
the Merchants National Bank IN st.
Paul. The check was returned as q
bad ore. and an immediate search was
Instituted for the arrest of the rorger.
As above stated the woman came to
this city and registered ct the Buck.
man hotel Wednesday afternoon ct
last week. Nothing was too good for
Ter. she said, and she chose the best
the house could give her. That after
noon. shortly after the banks had
closed for the day, Mrs. Rogers went
to the hotel clerk and asked him to
cash q CHI OK fer her which was in the
sum of &35. he remarked that tie
banks were cl sed. She then stated
that she would like very much to
have it c8shed IS she wonld need it
all to shop with. He finally cashed it
and thought no more about it.
She remained at the hotel Wednes-
day and in the eaing gave it as her
intention to 90 to BrAinerd on bust.
ness. saying she would be back in q
day or so, and in the meantime she
ould like to have her room reserved
for her. She left for Braine1d at
9:55 p. ID. ......99 ~.
In a letter which tho hotel received
Thurday afternoon she stated that she
had been unable to make q
satisfs Glory contract In that city,
and would therefore go to Aitkin, but
would be back Friday night and that
size would like to have them reserve
the room she had asked them to
reseve for her, and the adjoining bath
room kept for hsr. .caz;-rz
When, Friday came. the check she
had Gained at the hotel for thlrty'l1ye
plul ks slso made its appearance with
q q protest attached. There was no
money deposited in that bank to: her
credit =. Landlord Snow ., thereupQn
telephoned to Aitkin In aid endeaVor
to locate her, but received answer that
no woman, suca, ~ he described, had
not been there Bay Boyd, the tel
clerk, then hunted up the brakeman
TO- whom the woman had given the
letter. he found him and obtained
an exact description of the woman,
and also obtained the information
that she had boarded an east. bound
train at 2:26 D. m. The lantsl ;rd of
the Grand Central hotel Of St. Cloud
was then communicated with, and q
description of Mrs. Rogers was given
| him, and he was also asked if she
made her appearance there. As
luck would have it, i'll luck to her,
! sne had already made her appearance
| there, and bad gone so far as to try
| to have another $S5 check cashed.
| which was made p yable at the same
fictitious bank that she had passed
! the check on the "Buckman;; In
| this case, however,, the ho'el til H.
phoned to St. Paul and found that no
| bank existed in st. Paul by that
name.
/ This was a rather ticklish matter to
handle: and the message Re received
from Mr.. Suow OF the Buck man''
relieved the situation with him con-
siderably. He notified the deputy
sheriff OF that county, and it was not
many minutes before Mrs. Rogers
| was III IA0 uduu6 u eO0 law
| Sheriff Long, accompanied by
Landlord Snow and Ray Boyd, went
down to st. Cloud Friday morning
and returned with the prisoner at
l 30 p. M. -... :--::s
She was at first given a room in the
Buchanan on her return. but was
later placed IN the county jail where
she became Quoted.
Mr.. Rogers appeared in justice
court Saturday morning for q hearing.
but tho proceedings we're postponed to
next Saturday, owing to lack of
WITNESSES. He bail was fixed at 81,
COO. and being unable to secure the
lece ssary, bond, she y as incarcersted
in the county Jail Until her case comes
for . hearing. ...~.. d,
Manager, Leimbacber of the Grand
Central hotel. st. Cloud. and Landlord
g. q. Griffith Of Storm Lake, Ia,
have been summoned to appe ar
tomorrow to give evidence
The proprietor of the hotel ut
Merrill, Wis, writes that he was
swindled out of e85 on q bogus check.