Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-11-10
JOHN B. G|LTMER
HELD FOR COURT

John y. Cieltner. whose arrest In
connection with n note alleged 60 have
been forged is noted on another page,
was given hearing before Just
irc of the Peace Dalton ut id O'Clock
Yesterday morning. Hr was held FOR
court and in dafault af bail was rutu.
mittod 20 jail.
The information lodged by J u.
I Frv. the music dealer. set forth In et-
/ feet that John -. Geltnrr. November
5th. was concerned IN the fraudulent
making. signing and uttering Of a
certain check in amount of sll.5o pur'
porting to have the name Of G. g.
Snavely signed thereto, with intent to
defraud said ]. II. Fry. In the in
I formation the value of the violin case
and bow was stated to be si4. 10. IL
was also alleged that Sc. 9. snavely
never made or uttered to- said John B.
Giltner any such check.
The defendant on being arraigned
pleaded not guilty -
/ Mr.. Fry on being sworn testified
/ that at about lO:3O O'Clock Saturday
night the defendant appeared at his
place of business, Mill street, and sell
ected violin, bow and case. which
/ he wished to borrow, explaining that
/ he had an invitation to play at the
home of the Rev. G. @. Snavely. Mr.
Fry demurred, as the borrower was a
| total stranger. The man, however,
seemed prepared for just such an en-
ergency and offered as security the
check above described made 10 the ord
er of himself and purporting to be
signed by G. G. Snavely.
/ Mr.. Fry agreed to accept the check
/ as security but called the mans atten-
/ ton to the fact that it was not endors-
ed. The stranger Immediately proceed
/ ed to endorse the check. Mr.. Fry was
/ impressed with the fact that he was
very long about it" and found some
! fault with the pen. The signature as
/ it appears on the check, the witness
said, is written in a heavier and more
| labored hand than the name on the
/ face of the check but it leaves little
doubt that the hand writing is one
and the same.
ID A couple of townspeople were in the
store at the time and after the man
departed with the violin, bow and
case they remarked to Mr.. Fry that in
their opinion he was very easy, as
/ the check might be forged. The wit
ness Immediately started ont in pursuit
and the arrest followed as described
in our last issue.
The Rev. c. O. Snavely, pastor Of
the Trinity Methodist church, was
sworn. He identified the check in
evidence as one which had been shown
him Saturday night and denied that
he had signed it. He also denied that
the defendant was to play at is house
Saturday night.
In his own behalf the defendant un-
dertook to explain how he happened
to have the bogus check in his pos
session. He said that he had cashed it
for stranger late Friday afternoon !;
that he was busy at some work for the
Y. NJ. G A. Saturday until after the
bank closed. On being requested 20
give some description of the stranger
he said that so far as he could recall
him he was a man of about his own
size, which would imply that he was
a rather tall, wellbuilt fellow. At
this juncture he was reminded that on
Saturday night lac described the fel-
low of whom he obtained the check as
being short of stature. He was non
pluSed for a moment and then said :
I"I beg to differ with You, He met
the stranger, he declared, in the vic.
unity of the post office corner. He ad-
mitted that he told IA falsehood when
he said he wanted the violin for use
at the home of the Rev. Mr. Snavely.
He was afraid he would not get the
violin, ne explained. if he told the
lIuth anu saIu ic Was SoiiiS W q ho'oi'
Justice Dalton concluded that n
prima facia case had been made out
and announced that he would hold the
defendant for trial at the January
term of courU fixing bail at five hun.
dred dollars. The man took the mat
ter coolly. No attempt was made to
find "a bondsmm, and in default of bail
he was remanded to Jail, where he
was committed at the time of his ar
rest Saturday night.