Arizona republican., 1909-06-20
AN ARIZONA FORGER
 IN GREAT DEMAND
FROM YUMA YESTERDAY
He Will be Taken to Larned, Kans
 By Pinkerton Man.

B. s. Winchester, a detective from Larned, Kansas, arrived in this city Friday morning with requisitiOn pap CTS for Gustave l.. Henderson alias Marks who has been serving for the last three and one half years in the penitentiary at Yuma and who was released yesterday morning.
 The popularity of the convict for whom the requisition is wanted is not confined to any one section Of the country, but there seems to be a de- mand for his presence in many sec tions. According to MT. Winchester, a number of detectives have been on the search for the man and there will probably be a number of sleuths in the city awaiting his release in order to return him to face the de- mands of justice in other states. In order to be early on the scene Mir. Winchester came to the capital a day before the mans release in order to secure his requisition at the earliest possible moment. However the gov ernor had not yet returned from his fishing trip and it was impossible to secure the necessary papers. The sheriff of Yuma county was notified to arrest Marks immediately upon his release and he will be held by the authorities until the governor returns and the papers for the transportation of the prisoner from the territory can be secured. In order that the call of justice from some states other than Kansas may not be first heard MT Winchester may make the trip to Yuma and attempt to induce the prisoner to return to Phoenix with him in order that the papers may be secured without any delay and that he may not be forestalled by any other of the guardians of the law from other sections, each of whom are very desirous of laying hands upon Marks.
 The man who is so badly wanted is reported to be a very clever forger who has victimized banks from New York to Arizona. His particular fields of operation have been in Kansas and in this territory. His method is the forging of bank drafts. In most of the cases which are attributed to him the names of cashiers of banks in New York have been used and it was rarely that any of his drafts were re- fused. In Larned Marks is wanted for a forgery of a draft for $150 to which he signed the name of a New York bank cashier Beside the forg- cries at Larned the sharper victim ized banks in Topeka and Hutchin- son. He made several successful hauls in the state of Texas and then came to Arizona about four years ago. He cashed some of his spurious drafts in Pima county and then tried the same game in Bisbee where he was caught convicted and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary On account of good behavior his sentence was shortened by year and a half and yesterday he was released, only to be immediately retaken by the sheriff
 MT Winchester comes to this city as a representative of the Pinkerton l agency which does all the work of ! the American Bankers association. | As the protective association of the ! bankers is most vigorous in following | and prosecuting all who victimize i banks, it is very likely that Tender ] son alias Marks. being wanted for the number of offences charged | against him, will spend the rest of | his natural life behind the bars