The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-27
{. D. STAPLETON
IS UNDER ARREST
Sightseeing Car Man
Charged With a Serious
0ffense.
ACCUSED or FORGING
TWO MONEY ORDERS
Defendant, However. Protests
That He Is Innocent of
WrOngdOing.

IT.. - "'r l'' i'u- i'l wv past Six
months ticket seller on the "Sseips
Salt Lake CITY, ears. WAS placed unl
der arrest Friday afternoon, ON COM.
plant of y. l. Couklu. paving ,ellcr.
of tho Continental bank. aud tnrncd over
Co Deputy United States Marshal Luciau'
II Smyth and Postofiicc Inspector {. ID,
Lowe. Stsplotou Is charged. ia tho cont
plant sworn tn hy Inspector bowr, with
having forged two government money!
orders and with having uttered one H4
was arraigu"d before United States Com.
missioner Charlie Baldwin. Friday aficr!
noon, aud held iu $1,000 bonds Tor ihe
United States grand Jury. In dol
fault of hail, he was committed 10 The
county Iail
n rs alleged bv tho authorities th,f
StsW"ton entered the Mathis Drug com.
pany's store on lower Main street.
whore sub station No Z Of tho United
States postoftice is located. and pur.
ch8zei "a 30 cent money order. As ".
u. Mathis was making out the order.
No. 1921. q customer entered. aud Nh.
Mathis turned Go wait upon him. Whfls
his back was turned. ~ is claimed 81
Mr. Mathis that Stapioior tore out tour
blank money orders. numbered from,
1925 tn 1927. inclusive As soon "A
der for StpulCtou the latter hurriedIr
took his departure, and n was no, nm
til some little time later that Nj Maihis
missed the four blanks
A. soon as the loss was noted, Nh
Mathis telcphoncd Postmaster Arthur u
Thomas. who I'm turn notified Demtv
United States Marshal Smyih and In.
spoctor Lowe. immediately the two mer
set out 10 locate Slapleion, upon :
description furnished by Mr.. Mathis. +
Blanks Filled Out.
After leaving Mathis s store. IL 4
claimed that Staplcion filled out two oi
Inc blanks. signing them James RI
lCy. One nc made ont for $50 aud tht
other for SlO0. He wondcd his way d
the clothing store Of Rowe & Kelly, ot
Main street. aud there purchased "A
oyorcoat for $lj. rendering the $3l
money order IN payment. 6. r. Grind
nett. the clerk who had waited upoi
Staplrton. after gIanriug NJ the mono,
order Informed Staplcton that tti
money order would have 20 be cashed a
tho postoilicc and he would attend 10 IA
Stap!oton protested. stating he would n
II himself. hui Grimmett was obdurstf
and when his back was turned. Stapi(
ton secured the order and fled.
Next, he went 10 the Continsnta
bank. whore he presented the order "a
500 Ia the paying teller. Mr.. CoukIiL
As the two were acquainted. tho orde
was caShcd AT once and Stapleton tod
his departure after expressing nj
thanks. Shortly after. Mr. ConkIi
looked at tho money order n little MOI
closely and discovered that the DAT
from another money order had been tor
of and pasted upon tho ono be ha
caShcd. The work was so crude tha
IN is remarkable he should not have nj
ticcd it in the first place.
Securing another bank employed
take his place. Mr. Couklin donned HI
hat aud coat aud ran down the strefl
| 20 Main. where ho boarded an Orego.
Short Line car. There be found Stap'|
ron calmly seated. and without n woI
/ took the alleged thief by the collar an
! pulled HIM from the ear. Stapletor VI
marched TO the office Of Marshal SmytN
! and when landed behind the counto
Coultlin. dropping into n chair, e
claimed:
Here is case / want YOU peopX
TO handle lie then related bis storS,
SupposiHg himself 10 he the only "
tim of the alleged forgcr. He was quici
" assured that the authorities were onrl
too glad 10 get their hands upon Stapl<
ton. and that he need not fear that ~
young man would mako getaway.
Mistake, He Declares
Staplcton declared that il was all
mistake. tie said that a man nam
James Riley owed him $3.50 for ear
era he had purchased of him and h1V
paid him i'm money orders. When scaret,
ed. the fake order for $50 which S4
pcton had tried TO work OF on Rowe =
Kelly was found on bis person. but -
other two blanks were missing. The%
nave not been found as yet and y
feared that Staplc;on may haye CASH
them in some other store IN town.
spector Lowe has notified all the pnH
cipal stores In town to be- on The loo|
out for them. The two orders rocoverl
arc numbered f329i and 1927. Tbs tFll
missing bear tho numbers of I5@fO -
1926. Each Of these orders bcsrs
stamp of subsiatiou I. as Mr. Ma'-fl
had stamped several Of the orders
advance for the day 5 business. -
Stapleton continually protests ms ~
noccucc. and sticks to his story as
told concerning where he received u
money orders The authorities. n@
ever. place no crcdencc in tho tale: a
Staplct0n WAS arraigned and heid
the federal grand Jury.