The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-16
SHE WAS NO THIEF
YET THE BANK REFUSED TO
CASH HER CHECK.
She Had Lot Of Excellent Identified
lions to Offer, but They Did Not
Satisfy the Hard-Hearted
Paying Teller.

You will have to be identified be-
fore can cash this check for you,
madam"
You mean that l have to prove that
am the lady whose name is written
on the check?"
Yes. ma'am. You are stranger
to me, you know. Do you know any
one in the bank?'
mo, l don't, but l know lady
whose husband is president Of bank
in Detroit, and one of my cousins Is
cashier of a bank in Louisville.
have some Of my visiting cards In my
purse, and-O, here is 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.
II hope you don't think that I am
trying to get something that doesn't
belong to me- Do look like person
who would come in here and try to
get money on a check that wasn't
mine? / can tell you just exactly how
and where l got that check. 1t was
sent to me as a birthday present by
an uncle of mine who always sends
me 9omething 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.
and-I have his letter right here IN
my shopping bag. Won't that 1dent''
fy me?"
II am afraid not"
why not?" AS l say. do look like
a thief? You'd better be little care
full in regard to your insinuations, sir.
l have lived in this city Is 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 identify you?"
Il can't think of anyone. l used to
know Mr.. Saul Smith who repaired
watches in the next block, but he died
a year or two ago and-Oh, l think
that a friend of mine named Jones,
Mrs.. W. B. Jones, has an account
here"
Eyes, she has. You bring her here
with you and it will be all right
"You don't mean to say that have
to 70 and get her and drag her In
with me to say that she knows me be-
fore you pay me that money? or ali
things! l can't do that, for she has
gone to Bermuda for a month. Isn't
it enough that l know her and that l
know she has an account here? DO
YOU think that l am liar? II my
husband or my brother o, here
Is a little tintype picture OF myself.
taken on the beach one day last sum-
mer, Won't that do as an identif1ca-
ton? You see that have on the
same chain and locket that l have on
in the picture and the same dress
skirt"
This is no Identification, madam,
for"
"Td like to know why it isn't.
There's the picture and here am l.
What more do you want? And here
is a letter in my bag that I am just
going to mail to sister OF mine liv-
ing out west. You can see that the
handwriting on the envelope is the
same as that on the back of the check
where l have written my name"
IT am afraid you do not under
stand Just what 1t means to be identi-
fed, for"
Il understand it means lot OF
bother and red tape, and it implies
that a lady is thief II she cannot
drag in three or four people to take
oath that she isn't. I'll have you to
know that I stand as we'll in the CON-
munity in which l live as any lady in
It. and my family connections are
good enough for me to be member
of the Daughters Of the American Rev
olution, for both of my parents had
ancestors at the battle Of Bunker Hill
and mother was direct descendant
of one of the first governors Of Vir-
einia, and yet I can't get check for
$40 cashed here without trailing in
lot of people to swear that am who
I am, and Why, Mr.. Grigsby, is
this you? didn't expect to meet you!
I never was here until this morning.
when came in with small check
to be cashed. Identify me? o. thank
you. Mr.. Grigsby-"-Puck.