Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-03-10
NAB MAN AND WIFE FOR
RENDERING BAD CHECKS
From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
Bert Shepperd, a baseball player,
formerly with the Prescott Grays, is
in Jail with his wife, charged 18th for
gerry, charge which ne does not de-
ny. Shepperd and his wife arrived in
the city on Friday and stopped at the
Commercial Hotel. Yesterday he be-
gan operations He offered at the
Boston store a check for SO, bearing
the signature of Montgomery & Cooke,
cattlemen of Arlington. Mrs. Shep-
perd bought goods to the amount of
about $50.
Shepperd next appeared at Goldberg
Bros. with another cneck signed by
Montgomery & Cooke. The amount of
this was also $75. Shepperd bought a
suit of clothes, other articles and a
suit case, all coming to about $50,
and received the balance in cash.
One of these checks was made payable
to Clones and the other to "Mul-
len"
SEepperd offered another check foT
So to Doe Jones at the Anheuscr sa-
loon. For a wonder, he was turned
down. Shepherd then went to the
Phoenix National Bank, on which the
checks had been drawn, and offered
this one. Vernon Cook was suspicious
of it and compared the signature with
that of the firm of Montgomery &
Cooke and found it, at least a very
good imitation. 1t was shown to Man
ager McClung, who directed tele-
phone message to George Cooke, but
the line was out of order. 1t was as
sumed, however, that the check was
genuine.
In the meantime the other two
checks had come in, and after awhile
communication was opened with Mr..
Cooke, who said that he had not issued
checks for those amounts and bearing
those numbers.
He said that Shepperd and his wife
aad been employed on the ranch and
had been paid off on Thursday with a
check for S25.
After he received the telephone mes
sage Mr.. Cooke discovered that three
blanks had been torn out of the back
part of his check book, stubs and all.
1t was assumed that Shepperd had
used the genuine signature on mis- $25
check for a copy.
The forgery having beeing establish
ed, the matter was reported to the of
flee of the sheriff and inquiry began TO
be made for Shepherd and his wife.
Ii was learned that they had taken the
southbound train for Tempe at noon.
Sheriff Hayden telepnoned to Marshal
Brown at Tempe directing the arrest
of shepherd. In few minutes a re-
ply was received from the marshal,
saying that he had a man and a wom
an in custody, but that the man said
his name was Bert Smith.
The sheriff, accompanied by Leon ia
cobs, at once left to bring the pair to
Phoenix and arrived with them early
in the evening. Shepherd still insist
ed that his name with Smith until the
sheriff told him that Montgomery &
Cooke had understood it to be Shep-
perd. Then Shepherd said he guessed
they had understood right.
When he was arrested Shepherd had.
besides his new clothes and the suit !
ease, two tickets for Santa Ana, Texas,
and $50 in cash. The tickets had cost |
$S1. Counting the goods he and his
wife had bought the amount was
brought up to 1925, plus the $25 Shep-
perd had actually been paid by his late
employers.
Mrs. shepherds parents live at San
Ia Ana. She is a rather good looking |
and innocent appearing woman. No
charge will be lodged against her.
says that his father lives at
San Jose, Calf, that he is worth $125,-
900, but that he was not a favOrite
son and for years mad been east on his
own Republican.