Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-05-30
LATER DEVELOPMENTS
IN GLENDALE fORGER|ES
THE ARREST OF A NATIVE OF
JAPAN.
Who Was ALWAYS Ready 10 Meet His
Who Was Always Ready 10 Meet His
Poker Obligations.

There We're further developments
yesterday in the matter of the un-
healthy initiation of the Glendale cir
culating medium which was disclosed
on Saturday when p. b. Smith,
rancher near town, found through the
Bank of Glendale that his name had
been forged on checks aggregating
more than $500.
These checks had reached the bank
through most of the merchants of
Glendale who had cashed them without
questioning the genuineness of the sig
nature. They had all been made pay
able to "A Mex" 1t was known that
Mr.. Smith had frequently issued
checks according to this formula when
he either did not know the names of
the Mexicans whom he had employed
orbecause he liked this simpler form.
A Mexican by the name of Padilla
was taken into custody on Saturday
| because he had been recognized as a
man who had cashed one of the
| checks. He said however that he had
received it from another Mexican and
under questioning he told story which
the officers believed to be straight
However, he was detained though no
warrant was issued.
One development of yesterday was
the capture of Clemente Larine from
whom Padilla said ne received the
check. Larine was taken at Glendale
after a shot or two had been fired at
| him by a self constituted posse Of
citizens who resented the shock which
| had been administered to the towns
financial system.
The second development was one
that convinced Mr.. Smith that in spite
OF all the friendly talk in which Japan
has engaged it's motives toward the
United States are really sinister, this
incident following so closely upon the
sinking of the dry dock Dewey under
suspicious circumstances.
The arrest of Larine vas followed
| by that of Ben Yuchida, Japanese
who has been hanging out about Glen
dale for some time. Larine said that
| faith in the course of the settlement Of
/ poker games which he had with Yu-
| chida who was not much of a player.
Larine said that at the close of games
| in which Yuchida was almost invari
ably the loser. the Japanese issued one
| of the "A Mex" checks and signed the
name of Mr. Smith to it. Larine ad-
mitted that he knew that Yuchida was
not Mr.. Smith.
] After this information had been Civ
en- out by Larine and the Japanese had
been taken into custody, his room was
| raided and several checks ready for is
sue were found.
Yuchida makes a sweeping denial of
| the story of Larine. He said he never
gave him any of the checks; he never
played poker with him; he never play
ed poker with anybody; he did not
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was not taught at the Sunday school
where he had received his English ed
ucation.
1t was stated yesterday that the
amount of the checks supposed to have
been put into circulation altogether is
not less than $500. Though the sigma
| .,,ra Of NJ Smith had heen very well
initiated it was discovered yesterday
that one important feature had been
omitted Mr.. Smith in writing his
name, after completing the h. with
out removing the pen from the paper
makes a backward flourish which
crosses the It" In the checks which
have deluged Glendale this flourish
does not appear.