Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-23
Clyde Robinson, Prominent
Young Man Of Hardin Conn-
ty, Arrested at Eldora
HE MADE BAD $40 BILLS
Succeeded in Passing Several in
Christmas Rush Young Man Ac-
tive in Church and Sunday School
Work - Taken to Cedar Rapids to
Face Federal Authorities.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to mes-Rcpublican.
lIldora. Dec 2S-To ferret out, run
to earth and capture with the goods on
his person. a counterfeiter of national
bank notes, within two hours from the
time the circulating Of bad bills was
reported to the authorities, was the
work accomplished by Marshal II. w.
Scurry, Saturday afternoon.
In the rush of the Christmas trade
Saturday two counterfeit tens We're
passed on the Larson Hardware COM
pany. A young man bought u shot
gun, shells, etc, amounting to $22.75,
and in payment handed out the bad
tens, so covered by a good five thai
only the ends of the tens We're visible.
and in the gloom of a cloudy day they
passed muster and he received his
1925 change, and departed. Later Mr..
Larson went to the cash drawer to
make up a bank deposit and the feel
of cheap paper attracted his attention
to the tens. A consultation of clerks
was called and the man who bought
the gun was suspected. Marshal
Scurry was called up and, started on
the trail. He followed the gun TO the
Jepsen department store, where pair
Of shoes had been purchased and q
ten offered in payment Being short of
change Mr.. Jepsen sent clerk to a
bank to get the ten broken. The bill
&,l- III ~,
the young man as not good He said
he would get the shoes Monday as he
had no other change and he thought
he knew where he got the bill. Jepsen
knew the young fellow and had be-
lieved him honest. From Jepsen
Scurry learned his name, Clyde S.
Robinson, and he was soon in the
county Jail.
On his person was found not only
other tens like the ones passed on
Larson Hardware company. but the
original from which they had been
copied and national bank note is
sued by the First National bank of
Enid, Okla. Later his house was
searched and five dollar bill was
found in common scent note book
l.
two thirds complete and was pen
and ink and lead pencil copy Of a
five dollar bill which Robinson had
in his pocket The five was better
piece of work than any of the tens.
A lead dollar was also found, a dye
for making them. Also a box of win
dow glast, with the label For the
iowa Industrial school pointing
strongly toward the theft, Robinson
first claimed to know nothing about
where he got the bad money but later
confessed having made and passed the
same.
Clyde S. Robinson is about "a years
of age and is related to scores of peo-
pie in the vicinity of Eldora.
His grandfather was Levi w. South
ard, who was one of the earliest and
best known settlers of Hardin county,
coming here in 1851. His mother
married Frank Robinson, who deserted
her and afterwards married her sister.
He is now somewhere in the south.
Mrs. Robinson afterward married
Charles Merrill, and lives at Salem,
Mo.
Clyde is member of Rev. WI IT,
Stanley's Sunday school class. He re-
Gently purchased residence in the
Fourth ward, and has been living
alone He has spent most Of his life
on a farm.
Marshall Scurry this morning took
him to Cedar Rapids to turn him over
to the federal authorities.
A counterfeit $40 exactly like the
Robinson ones was taken in by the
James Scurry grocery nearly two
weeks ago, but they had kept it quiet.