The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-14
OFFICERS MADE
GOOD CAPTURE
Patrolmen Fuqua and Wilson Arrest
ed Elton A. Cook at Grand this
Morning, Who Later
Confessed
HE TOOK BILL BOOK
Made Written Confession this After
noon that He Took Bill Purse
of Rev. A. T.
Pornblom.

Pornblom.
With practically no clew to work
on and with just plain facts to guide
them. officers Fuqua and Wilson of
the police department, did strategic
piece of work this morning when they
arrested a man, Elton A. Cook at the
/ Grand hotel. Cook was without
doubt in the minds of the officers and
other witnesses the man who took
the bill book containing fifty-five dol
lars in currency from the writing
desk in the post Office yesterday NOR
ing at 1920 Rev Pornblom was at
the station this morning after the two
officers had arrested Cook and iden-
tilted him as the man who had direct
ed him to the money order depart
ment, jus. previous to his missing the
bill purse. Shortly past one o'clock
today Cook made written confession
| that he took the money, and signed
| the confession
What seemed to be the best evil
| dence that Cook was the man wanted
though, is in fact that Carl Blom, son
Blom- Collier wholesale house in this
of Jacob Blom and messenger for the
city, positively identified Cook, as the
| man he saw take the bill book from
| the writing desk in the post Office cor
ridor. Although somewhat timid about
| coming forth with the information
| young blom Is certain that the man
with whom he was confronted this
morning Is the one who took the mon
ey and recepticle belonging to the
| Swedish minister.
Denies Taking the Book
When put through sweating this
morning by Chief of Police Henry
Schever and officers present, Cook de-
MED having taken the money. He did
not deny however that he was the man
/ In the post Office yesterday morning
who directed Rev. Pornblom to the
money order department.
Travels for Eastern House.
Cook travels for soapine house at
| Providence, r. |. and has been in Keo-
kuk number of times He said this
morning that he had sold many of the
! Keokuk wholesale and grocery houses,
! his goods and seems to be well known
here. His home is in Danville, ILL.,,
where he says his parents live. Cook
would make no statement to newspa-
per reporters this morning except
! that he had been in the postoffce cor
| ridor but said he had not taken the
bill book. Later however he must
4 have changed his mind about the mat
/ ter for he wrote out a confession
which he gave to Marshall Sshevers,
| after signing.
A Good Capture.
Officers Fuqua and Wilson turned
a good trick this morning when they
arrested Cook The two police went
/ to the Grand Hotel where after ascer-
! tanning that Cook was there by some
envelopes and mail which were in the
hotel, they placed Cook under arrest.
One of the city letter carriers with
whom Cook had been talking yester-
| day morning, informed the officers
where Cook could be found although
he did not know the travelling mans
name.
Previous to his going to the Grand
Charles Allen. When asked this
last evening, Cook had registered at
| the Royal hotel under the name of
morning why he took the assumed
name, he explained that he did not
wish to make the management of
either hotel "sore" because of patron
izing the other, etc.
For over two hours after Cook was
arrested this morning, he was held at
/ the station and given sweating but
would not confess. U. S. deputy Mar
shall A. d. Dunlap requested that he
| be locked up and held until word
could be gotten here from the house
which Cook represents at Providence
On account of the money being taken
in the government office, the case be-
comes federal one and will be look
ed after by U. S. courts
The only money on Cook this morn
ing, was s7:15. The bill book had
been disposed of by him and the mon
ey taken another course.
Money TO be Returned.
Cook when pressed for more infor
4 nation regarding his theft this after
noon stated that he had sent the
mney to Quincy in one his sample
cases to hotel in that city, where
he had intended going today The
money viii be returned today from
Quincy.
Cook has been turned over to the
federal authorities who will lock him