Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30
CLEVER SWIXDLcB
WORKS BOISE BAN.
Deposits Worthless cbo..
Draws Out Good Money
And Gets Away
HELPED PRISONER TO ESCAPE
Lnos Mills, of L. 5. Tore.tr, g..
addresses Columbia Club o,
Trees and Bird,
Special Correspondent.

special Correspondent.
D olsE, Ida. Nov sS-c,,.
u Police. Francis has lsf, .,',
tradition papers Tor Bum. =,
to bring back to Boise ONE 49,
Marks who is now held bv m. ~, w..
authorities Marks is the MAJ. |
swinled the Capital State bsps ~ %. wa
out Of 1924 during fair v..ot w. 0'''
month ago. The game WORK NJ, g,,1 Q
was an old one tnourn 30 I1,t
proves successful, especially usiY
case, did L work smoothly A.'
Marks came to Boise with t,.
ers an Immediately upon srrir-, "a
isterod at the Idanha hotel la. \, a., lFs'
ale could not get a room. bov.s,''-l
went TO the Capital hotel Hors W. %
not register but roomcd vitb ~
acquaintance. Joseph Leonard nv.
frlGay morning, oct Is ~.
wen 10 the Capital State bank ANA
posted 500 In cash u the nBm. =,
Icon. The next forenoon be
went into the bank and gave W..
Wallace, the receiving fsu..
-Iecks, one on the BOISE civ N,,t,.
ank for SiT5, made out to A ~
ana signed by Al MenJry. Tbn a,,
vas for tl56 on the Bank of C S.
nerce. also made out to a I.a6, vs. '.'
igned by z. Frank
BANK LOSES sset
About an hour following his tr.
isit Saturday morning Marks arss
Inferred the bank and. presenting H..
checks. drew out $40. SIPS ard t,,
lhe man at the cashiers window al
ed II Leon had the money on osno.'.
and was Informed that he had. mn
payments on the three checks a.
aim all but S27 of the amount il h..
oppose he had deposited Il Is sun.
POSED that after getting the rnonir
4arks left His swindllng was not o,..
oNered until Monday afternoon an
that time Marks, the officers lear.
q, was out OF the state. The hart
closed on Saturday. The last dav n
he fair, none Of them made excbsna,
hat day. This was not done until Mon.
Jay when the deception was olson.
red and II was learned that the Can.
tai State bank was loser 1924
The police could not get the man q,
once as the swindle was not learned
until Monday but the case was Ial5
efore Chief Francis Immediately auI
e went TO work at once. When lhe
; tie officers picked Marks Nd last
week for attempting the same line Of
ork there they had the Information
lat he was wanted in Boise and d.
me officers beat Marks TO the mon,y
ney did not have a strong chsne
gainst him and decided 10 let the local
Ulcers have him. Chief Francis has re-
leived a telegram from the sheriff Al
Suite In which he stated the local o.
lcers could have the Jew KID As
darks is known, and that they ws1
loid him until the arrival Of a Boz,
officer.
NoT GUILTY THOUGH GULLY.
The case against Cal Emerson ne
man who assisted Bassett the hicy.a
thief 10 escape from the Ada coun.
jail about two weeks ago, was Up beior
he district court the forepart OF h
week. and under the direction Of lode
Wood, the jury returned q verdict 0lnt
guilty.
II is conceded that the man was gul.r
enough, but the whole proceeds
lung on a technicaiity 90 the law. %,
statute applying 10 the case az b..
eads; Every person Who wilfaig aS-
isia any prisoner confined IN ar prs
pa or In tho lawful custody of ans s..
r or person, tJ escape. Ormaa-
"Tp; 60 escape from such prison
tody Is guilty OF "a felony"
the question involved ls when sa
pyif3ner's escape complete Tho or
inIWcd that the Information dd m
harge an onense under the statutes
mat Bassett had made hls escap, 'io-
he jail before he met Emerson, i,i
hat sGch assistance as the latter d.
itrcd was after such escape had PEA
.1ected.
CONVICTED or FORGERY
In the case Of the state ys % N#
y ~ Meridian. on q charge OF f1nN
hc jury returned q verdict Of guh
The penalty will he imposed lfll
illi. The complaining witnesses D
ne ease were two brothor5-in-law u
uyetts and Walter Thompson, To- ll'
l1me Of which latter person NoV
forged a cheek Of 500 for which b
Procured cash at a bank n MerldlA
nd then fed TO Baker city upA
dvice from the county Fh,rin the ius'
$50 was taken into custody.
TREES AND BIRDS.
Enos Mills. OF Colorado. member
ne United States forestry service
poke Tuesday evening before ne e.
Imbia club, on Trees and Birds
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