The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-05-19
YOUNG MAN IS FORGER.
Paul kann, Travelling Representative of
&c. S., Is Nabbed.

Brown Co. Journal:
From travelling representative OF
the International Correspondence
Schools, of Scranton, Pa, thence tt
an ardent lover and finally making g
confession of being a forger seems
to be the checkered career of Paul
Kann. who has been soliciting bust.
ness for the above school in this
neighborhood for several months
Kann is a dapper young chap, about
"a years old. He always displayed a
rather nervous temperament, which
subsequent events seem to justify,
Chief of Police Ad. Klause was
called up phone by County Attorney
0. J. Finstad of Window last
Wednesday afternoon, inquiring as
to the whereabouts of one Paul
Kann. His solicitude as to the
whereabouts of the young..man was
caused by complaint filed by the
First National bank of Window,
where Kann had check cashed in
the sum of $500. The check had
been made out in Kann's favor by a
man named Geo. Stay of Adrian,
Mimi. Inquiry by the bank elected
the information that no such person
was known in Adrian, at least he
had no bank account at that place
and his check proved worthless.
Mr.. Kann was arrested by Chief
Klause and through the intercession
of ALT. w. Mueller, was allowed to
put up S95 in cash. which paid for
the forged check and the attendant
costs. The bank was not DESTROYS
of having the young man put in Jail
and he was released on parole and re-
NAMED under the surveillance of
the police.
1t so happened that w. J. Tellot-
son Of Mankato. who is the district
representative of the international
Correspondence schools, had arrived
in the city Tuesday and he interest
ed himself in the case, in an attempt
to determine whether the forged
check had really been given by a pu-
pill of the schools and sent to Scran-
ton, according to the story related
by Kann. He at first stuck to his
story, that after cashing his check
the money was forwarded to Scran-
ton and he was given the benefit of
the doubt. Other matters were
looked into and Kann was put into
the sweat-box Thursday afternoon
by Chief Klause. After a searching
investigation he made a confession
that he had committed forgery.
This fact was communicated to the
bank but as they had their claim
paid, the county attorney, on ac-
count of the attendant expenses.
prevailed on the bank not to prose
cute.
The Investigations conducted by
the police also brought out the fact
that Kann recently forged the name
of c. A. Carlson to a check on a
Sleepy Eye bank in the sum of
S62.42. This check was also made
out payable to Kann, who forged
Carlson's signature. He took the
check to Luverne, Mimi, and had it
cashed at bank at that place. The
bank also fell back on Kann to make
good, and not having the money, he
resorted to the same method by
presenting the forged check of S83 20
at the bank in Window.
Still another peculiar habit which
the young man seems to possess is.
that when mailing letters he deposits
them at the railway mail cars pass
ing through station, thereby being
able to keep his whereabouts un-
known and thereby cover up his
tracks.
kann claims to have a brother,
Alfred Kann of New York. who is
possessed of considerable wealth and |
IS IN the fur business, A fat remit
lance is awaited hourly, in order to
make good the money he has bor-
rowed temporarily. The sos in cash
was loaned to Kann by Carl Engel,
or., whose acquaintance he made
One of the distressing events of
this affair is that Kann is about to !,
be married shortly To q vo,nr LODI,