The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-18
Frank Tyler, Who Worked in This
City Under Name of Ballard, i
Taken in Chicago
LONG RECORD AS A F0RGER
Man is Charged With Forging More
Than a Hundred Drafts on Arrows
vile, Ill. Warrant Is
sued for His Arrest Here

Frank H. Tyler, alias Charles Ballard
and any number of other names, wanted
in this city on a charge of passing
forged draft on Eichelman and Hale,
has been taken in Chicago by detec-
tives of the Pinkerton Bureau and is
now being held awaiting hearing on
many charges. 1t is claimed that Tyler
is one of the smoothest crooks that
ever worked in the middle west and
that he has cashed more than hundred
drafts in cities between Ohio and Mis-
souri, lines. Tyler will have a hearing
in Chicago on June %, and he has told
the officials that he will enter a plea
of guilty to charges of uttering false
drafts and will take an indeterminate
sentence at Joliet penitentiary.
Tyler worked in Kenosha under the
name of Charles H. Ballard on May
and it seems that the draft which he
cashed here, which was for $50 was one
of the last cashed before he was taken
by the detectives. Before that time he
had put scores of the forged drafts IN
circulation and Pinkertons had been
looking for him in all parts of the
country, but he had been smooth enough
to keep out Of their way by changing
names at every place he stopped. 1t is
claimed that the drafts which were
supposed to have been issued by bank
at Arrowsville, ILL.,, had been stolen
from a lithographlng firm in Chicago
and the bank at Arrowsville did not
know how Tyler had secured possession
of them until after the arrest of the
man Then he made a complete con-
fession. He admitted that he had cash
ed hundreds of the drafts, but no state
ment could be secured as to the amount
he had secured on the drafts. Many
of the forged drafts are In the hands
of the detectives and it is thought that
the man who is now facing long pri-
son term managed to get away with
, thousands Of dollars. Tyler will not
time as there are many indictments
against him in Illinois cities and should
he be tried and serve time on all Of
these indictments he would spend a great
many years in prison. A warrant has
been issued here for the arrest of
Tyler charging him with uttering false
drafts and should he find any way to
slip through the meshes of the Chicago
officials he will be promptly arrested
and brought to Kenosha for trial. The
officials here have clear case against
! Tyler and there is little doubt but that
he could be sent to the state prison
, at Waupun for a long term if tried in
the Circuit Court for Kenosha county.
Tyler has been one of the most danger
Gus men in the business and it is claim
ed that he has been working for nearly
year notwithstanding the hunt that
has been made for him by the Pinker-
tons. The Kenosha people who were
caught by Tyler will go to Chicago on
the day set for the hearing armed with
the warrant so that should he refuse to
keep his promise to plead guilty there
will be no chance for his escape. Tyler
is man Of high education, a college
graduate and an expert penman. The
forgeries are said to be so perfect that
the officials at the bank at Arrowsville
were fooled by some of them. .aes