The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
SHE WAS NO THIEF
YET THE BANK REFUSED TC
CASH HER CHECK.
She Had q Lot Of Excellent Identified
items to Offer, but They Did Not
Satisfy the Hard-Hearteo
Paying Teller.

You will have to be identified be-
fore / can cash this check for you.
madam"
{ am the lady whose name is written
On the check?"
Yes, ma'am. You are a stranger
20 me, you know. Do you know any
n in the bank?"
mo, l don't, but / know a lady
whose husband is president of a bank
In Detroit, and one of my cousins is
cashier of a bank in Louisville. j
have some Of my visiting cards in my
purse, and-O, here is a little news
paper clipping about the death Of an
uncle of mine whose name is the same
that mine was before / was married.
He was my fathers brother. and"
That would hardly serve as an
Identification. You would have to
bring someone here who knows you"
Il hope you don't think that | am
trying to get something that doesn't
belong to me. Do / look like a person
who would come In here and try to
get ulOuty On q ChCSh tAoe
mine? / can tell you just exactly how
| and where / got that check. 1t was
sent to me as a birthday present by
an uncle of mine who always SENDS
ne something on my birthday because
| his birthday and mine comes on the
very same day. This year he wrote
| that he would send me the money
and let me get something for myself
| andAI have his letter right here IL
| my shopping bag. Won't that identi
fy meT
81 am afraid not"
why not?" AS l say, do l look IKE
a thief? You'd better be a little care
,ul in regard to your in~sinuations. sir
| have lived in this city 20 years
and"
Then you ought to know someone
| who could identify you In this bank
| Don't you know someone In this part
Of the city who could identity your
81 can't think Of anyone. used TO
know a Mr.. Saul Smith who repaired
watches in the next block. but he died
a ear or two ago and-Oh, ] think
| that a friend of mine named Jones.
Mrs. W. B. Jones, has an account
here"
yes. she has. You bring her here
with you and 1t will be all right
You don't mean to say that / have
to 20 and get her and drag her In
with me to say that she knows me be
fore YOU pay me that money? OF all
things! l can't do that, for b has
gone to Bermuda for a month. Isn't
IL enough that / know her and that }
know she has an account here? DC
you think that / am a liar? II my
husband or my brother 0, here
is a little tintype picture of myself
taken on the beach n day last sum
mer. Won't that do as an identified
ton? You see that l have on the
same chain and locket that / have OF
In the picture and the same dress
skirt"
"This is no Identification. madam
for
"rd like to know why 1t isn't
There's the picture and here am i
What more do you want? And here
is a letter in my bag that I am just
going to mail to a sister OF mine hv
ing out west. You can see that the
handwriting on the envelope is the
same as that on the back OF the chect
where / have written my name"
81 am afraid you do not under
stand lust what 1t means to be identi
6ed, for"
81 understand it means a lot O.
bother and red tape, and 1t implies
that a lady is a thief II she cannot
drag in three or four people to take
oath that she isn't. I'll have you t.
know that ! stand as well ia the com
munity in which l live as any lady II
II. and my family connections are
good enough for me to be a membe;
If the Daughters of the American Rev
olution. for both Of my parents hat
ancestors at the battle Of Bunker Hi
and mother was a direct Descendants
of one of the first governors of vir
ginia. and yet / can't get a check fol-
$40 cashed here without trailing in ,
lot of people to swear that | am whit
I am, and Why, Mr.. Grigsby, IL
this you? didn't expect to meet you
7 never was here until this morning
when 1 came in with a small checl
to be cashed. Identify me? o. thanl
you. Mr.. Grigsby-"-Puck.