Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
FRANK DUNLOP IN TROUBLE
Lands in Denver Tolls for Freedom
with Worthless Checks.
SAYS HE IS NEPHEW OF BRYAN
Throws Fit I'm House and r.
Carried on to Jail and Next
Day Fined I'm the PO-
lice Court.

Frank Dunlop. for years distinguished
around Omaha as an 'impersonator." has
fallen into the hands of the police OF Den
yer and into the papers of that city for
long stories and large photographs Of him
self.
According to the Times and Post. Dun
lop has ben panning himself off as a
nephew Of w. J. Bryan, throwing fits and
writing bogus checks and. the Times says.
made a daring attempt to swindle Mayor
Speer and the city.
Dunlop was very generally known in
Omaha for some years. He finally got into
the employ of the Great Western and sud
denly got out, and since then he has been
better known than ever in this city,:
Here is what the Denver Times says Of
his case:
Dunlop, Il is charged, e ideavored to in
duce the mayor to let him have the audi
torium for a six-day roller skating race
mitted a draft FOR S,GO, drawn upon his
wife atN Creston, Ia, through the Denver
This draft, according to Chief Of Police
Armstrong. is worthless. As a result Dun
lop was refused the use Of the auditorium.
Evidently he had hoped to make a neat
sum of money without any further capital
than an unlimited amount of nerve.
At the time he sprang the $1,000 draft on
NAp Nv Nae AoNoNAcAAS1 -
Armstrong, but released because he had
not injured any one. Chief Armstrong
circulars advertising a six-day roller skat-
ing race and soliciting entries for II made
their appearance in the city. Dunlop was
given to understand he would not be per-
mitted to pull off the race.
For the past two weeks the police have
been looking. for Dunlop. Not a trace of
him could be found until Patrolman
Schmitt happened to arrest him yesterday
afternoon on the charge OF disturbance:
Schmitt did not know Dunlop was wanted
for uttering worthless checks until Special
Officer Jack Payment, while In police court
this morning, happened to see Dunlop on
the 'mourners' bench" Payment notified
Chief Armstrong, who detailed Detectives
Ustick and Mulligan to rearrest the man.
Laughs Mt His Luck.
Smiling because he had escaped with a
IS fine on the disturbance charge, Dunlop
stepped off the witness stand, when the
detectives informed him of the serious
charge preferred against him.
Dunlop is charged with giving worthless
checks to MISS Kate s. oBrien' mi ma1aget
place, and to F. c. Simmons, a grocer
at lbs Broadway. Miss O'Bren accepted
a check for SIS and simmons loses to
exhibited his draft for 1900 and stated
he had been unable to cash It owing to
the lack of funds OF those to whom he
The charge OF disturbance which led 70
his undoing was based upon a scene he
mao created at tne nome Oh MIS-. w. T.
Wooden. ~ West Sixth avenue. Mrs.
Wooden is the wife OF a Chicago physi-
clan and HIVES here with her son. Yes
terday afternoon Dunlop called at her
house and requested to see DR.. Wooden,
who, he said, had been recommended to
him as a specialist for lung trouble. He
represented himself as a nephew of William
Jennings Bryan.
Mrs. Wooden informed Dunlop that her
husband was not in Denver. but in Chi
cago. The man then threw a fit" and
frightened the woman and her son almost
out of their wits. Helpless, Mrs. Wooden
called DR.. Cunningham and then notified
the police. Patrolman Schmitt was sent to
| the house and the arrest followed So
frightened was Mrs, Wooden by the mans
peculiar actions that she was taken Ill and
lice court and testify against him.
Further than to- declare he was a sick
man Dunlop could say nothing IN his be-
half when questioned on the witness stand.
He insisted that the draft found on him is
perfectly good. AS the reason for failing
to get any money on It he explained that
his wife had moved away from Creston
and that he did not know where she is
living at the present time.
"Sweated" by Captain OF Detectives
Rinker, Dunlop stated that his home is in
Omaha and that he is a promoter OF vari-
GUS enterprises in all parts of the country.