The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
BAD CHECKS MARK
NE RRY TRAIL
Of MINER"
Breezy Nevadan Spreads
Disaster in Tenderloin and
Ro5s a Man of His Wife
HE WAS BURNETT OF
GO-DFIELD, HE SAID

A. Burnett, who halls from all the
mining camps between Nome ana
Search1fght, New, is sought Dy the po-
lice; by Edward Shattuck, cigar 0caIer
and outraged husband; by Wllham
Brackett, an automobile man. and by
a score or more of resort keepers along
the tenderloin who hOnOred Hurnetts
"phoney" paper. Detective BaIIey rs
searching for him because he Is the
author of about $4,000 worth OF queer
checks; Shattuck wants him because
he ran away with Mrs. Shattuck, ana
the others have Joined In the quest be-
cause they hOnOred the paper that
came back from n score of banks with
the mOurnfuI legend Inscribed across
the face, s'No funds"
Burnett, according TO the limited in
formation which the police have been
able to secure, blew" into san Fran
cisco about a week ago. He said that
he came from Goldield, and he proved
1t by wearing a big nugget In his era
vat, a large white slouch hat, soft
shirt, a heavy fur overcoat, and by
spending money freely and swearing
like a mineowner. The only point
wherein his impersonation OF the part
failed to meet the popular conception
of a Goldfeld magnate was that he
did not attempt TO sell stock. But he
spent his money like prince and MS
palate could endure nothing less than
the liquor which pops a cork but is
not beer.
He waited into Casserly's last Fri
day and soon made the acquaintance
OF Mrs. Ed Shattuck and ed Sutton.
Pm from Goldfield." he said, with the
loud pedal open. Everybody have a
drink"
Everybody did. and the formality of
an introduction was thus over. He was
certainly good, and when he proposed
TO take little auto spin Mrs Shattuck,
Sutton and the latter's lady friend nat
urally acquiesced. Chauffeur Gillett, OF
a FeIl-street automobile company, was
handy and the four climbed in.
TOUCHES SCHIFF BROTHERS
BY this time according to the infor-
nation the police have secured, Bur-
nett was about all in" So he went
with the party to Schiff Brothers, on
Golden Gate avenue, where he had pre-
viously established a record as
spender, and gave one of the proprie-
tors the quick touch" for a hundred.
In return he wrote a check on the First
National Bank of Los Angeles. The sa-
loonman fell so easy that Burnett went
around again on the other brothers
shift that night and got a check cashed
for $500. BY that time he figured on
going to San Jose, so they all went to
Brackets garage, where Burnett wrote
a check for $685. to pay for the
machine and chauffeur and incidental
expenses as well.
But Burnett didn't take the merry
party to San Jose. Instead. he had
Chauffeur Gillett proceed TO Walnut
Creek. Passing through Concord Bur-
nett recalled that he had a friend in
the town 1t was Cashier NJ. E. Lyon
of the Concord Bank. The two had
met on the train between San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles about year ago.
and Burnetts winning ways did the
rest. Lyons advanced the facile pen
wielder $500 on a draft for $1,000 drawn
against the State Bank and Trust Com
pany of GoIdheld. Then they went on to
San Jose.
Chauffeur Gillett reported to the po-
lice that there were few towns be-
tween that were not touched up for
a check or two, and before the destina-
tion was reached everybody lost count
of time and money. The automobile
broke down near Concord and another
machine was sent from the automobile
concern, with three men to bring back
the broken one. Burnett said that he
didn't care "a whoop how much it
cost"
But everything has an end and so
did the automobile ride. The party re-
turned to San Francisco on Monday
night. Meantime the checks had also
come back. Brackets check for
sS9S.35 was unhonored; /. G. Treadwell,
the well-known liquor dealer. had
cashed a check for 5000 and 1t came
back; so did the two Sehiff checks; so
did Harry Corbett's. and finally a weak
voice from Concord walled across the
fields that his thousand dollar draft
didn't have a ''look-in" at Gold1eld.
MAKES A GETAWAY
While Detective Bailey was looking
for the party, which put up at room
g-house at 1929 Webster street, the
quartet was enjoying final drinks at
the Second Glass saloon on O'Farrell
street, near Van Ness avenue. Bur-
nett was broke" and the boss called a
policeman to arrest him for the non
payment OF the IS bill That was
where Burnett's nerve showed clear
and sunny He invited the policeman
to accompany him while he dug up the
poser; Carmen" Chopin" and the
great New York double bill, THE Bar