The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-28
lSMOOTH TRICK
. WORKED ON BANK
TENT TO NEWBERRY AND WIR-
ED HIS OWN ENDORSEMENT.
double Forgery Alleged-Man Said
To- be Youmgblood Represented
Himself to Carolina Nation
Ess al Bank as Mr.. Crooks.

8dEAtts made on the Carolina Nation
sSalXBank by R. l.. Crooks, or rather
~ Ssinhis name by Youngblood, appear
8edSin the State of yesterday:
5RThe Carolina National bank has had
issued warrant for the arrest Of a
|, young man named Youngblood, who
isSsaid to be resident Of Newberry
county, the charge against him being
3forgery. The circumstances of the
fase are quite unusual. The follow
lg%facts were obtained from an Off
81 alspf the bank last night:
"Wednesday morning a young man
|9e9into the bank, presented bank
81 81 spass' book bearing the name Of
gSsSt hooks" and showing that that
patty had on deposit in the Newberry
Savings bank 1851. He asked to be
d permitted to draw on his account for
! $$$300sSMaj. T. H. Meighan, the cash.
} ierspf the bank, declined to let him
Il dose until the young man should be
\ endorsed for by some responsible
man.
;;8S88SSs!sWdll Judge Fuller Lyon do" he
&inqhired. Maj. Meighan stated that he
would accept Mr.. Lyons endorse
sidnent. A little later Lyon called the
bank on the phone and said that he
q AgsSa bonded officer in the service Of
state and he could not endorse
5HApers for anyone, but so far as he
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. Nhe Crooks applied at the bank he
s Informed that the verbal state
si1ent of Mr.. Lyon was insufficient and
ssafRsre must be a telegram from the
saMk authorizing the Carolina Ma
atpnal to pay the amount Of the draft.
SIhSthe afternoon Maj. Meighan re-
Sceived a telegram from Newberry
signed "Jos. E. Norwood, cashier of
Nswberry Savings bank" This mes
sage stated that the Newberry bank
would honor the draft Of Crooks for
5000 The next morning Crooks ap-
peafed in the Carolina National bank
and inquired if they had heard from
kaWberry. Maj. Meighan stated that
4 heghad received favorable advices and
DE draft was presented and paid.
s The young man said that he had a
\ &fsWSpurchases to make and that he
would deposit whatever he had left
with the Carolina National and, in
Sfact,swould transfer his business from
$Ne@berry.
iIs5ssThat was on Thursday. Friday the
Carolina National sent the draft for
collection and attached to the draft
Was$the telegram purporting to come
from the Newberry Savings bank. La
ter&in the day Friday came a tele-
gram from Jos. e. Norwood, cashier,
stating that the telegram attached to
the draft was bogus.
>.$IS3iTheH bank had the address Of the
,Rarty representing himself as Crooks
lid upon application Isere it was
Annd8t Shat the mans real name was
AungbIood. II was understood at
Doarding house that he had left
I'M going toward Raleigh, N. c.,
the, Carolina National bank had
ple I'll along the line posted rs to
Charge against Youngblood.
now transpircs that Youngblool
Wis in NcwbcTy Friday, and when
53Ae Carolina National bank heard Of
ZIG the police Of Ncwbcrry were COM
with. A police officer who
&saw Youngblood is said to have re-
marked to some bystandcrs that he
: would arrest Youngblood as soon as
he could get warrant. OF course
Youngblood heard Of it and left the
community.
The bank now has information
that when it required a telegram
rom the Ncwbcrry bank, Young
blood caught the midday train to
Newberry, sent the telegram himself
Ind signed it with the name Of the
= cashier. IF this can be proved it will
constitute an additional charge of
Forgery.
Saturday morning a young man
talked in the Carolina National bank
: nd said: edo 7 look like the man
no tried to get You to cash draft