The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-09
SALT lake GIRL
UNDER ARREST
Pretty Madeline FIorin in the
Laws Tolls at Greeley,
Colorado.
ON CHARGE OF FORGERY
Her Determination to Obtain Higher
Education Influenced Her to
Take Foolish Steps.

Thirst for knowledge, which led a
Salt Lake girl TO utter alleged
forged checks upon a Denver mercan-
tile company 10 get funds 10 attend the
Colorado State Normal school. has
brought Miss Madeline e. Florin into
the tolls OF the Greeley. Colorado, pO-
lice.
Miss Florin. who is the daughter of
Mrs. Sarah l. Florin. OF 215 Floral
court. this city is accused OF forging
the name OF the Denver Dry Goods com
pany. or Denver. to two checks for $50
each and passing the bad paper upon
one Of the Denver banks.
Evaded Officers.
The bank being under the protection
OF the Pin1Lertons. detectives were i'm
mediately put to work on the case. and
though the young woman cleverly
eluded the officers for two months or
more. her arrest at the normal school.
where she was studying under an as
sumed name. was brought about Mon
day by information secured by Superin-
tendent ". 1. Wltsie. OF the local Pin
kerton office. The young woman is
said 70 have made a confession TO the
Greedy police after her arrest.
Miss FlOrin, who is a pretty brunette
p years OF age, and OF an exceptionally
bright and studiOus nature. left her
home in this city about eighteen months
ago. going to Denver in search of work
that would BILE her to complete her
course of study.
Her desire for knowledge and a high
eT education, il is said. led her to make
every sacrifice possible in the past, to
enable her TO pursue her studies. After
arriving IN Denver, the young woman
secured a position IN the store OF the
Denver Dry Goods company and
worked there ali the past summer. Her
wages were not large and her savings
II is said, were not sufficient to en-
able her TO enter the normal school.
Her determination TO go TO school
checks of the company and, after leav-
I ing the store, 10 sign the name of the
/ cashier 10 TWO Of them and pass them.
Under Assumed Name.
/ When the young woman thought that
officers were on her trail she disap-
peared and was traced 10 a small town
in Texas. Later she went back TO Den
Yer, and carefully cOncealing her iden-
| tity under the assumed name of Flor
enc6 Dunn, entered the normal school.
/ Here she exhibited a remarkable apti-
I tude and she soon became known as
one OF the brightest and most prOmis-
ing students of the institution.
In the midst of her brilliant career
/ IN the school she was arrested and Is
being held in custody for the Denver
| authorities.
] HEleHQs ana relatives OF the young
\ woman in this city are at a loss 10 ac-
/ count for the alleged action of the girl
and believe that there must be some
mistake about the charge that she has
forged checks.
Think IL Mistake.
Neither the young woman's mother,
nor Ed FlOrin. her brother, had been
apprised OF the girls predicament I'M
/ I'll informed by a neutrality-suspicious.
/ reporter last evening. Both were posi-
/ tive that the report was grOundless,
and that il would eventually be shown
/ that a mistake had been made.
'Madeline's mail is forwarded to her
from here under her right name, said
I the brother. she sent Us her entrance
I card from the Colorado Normal, and it
shows she entered the school by the
/ name Of Madeline FlOTin. and / can see
no ground for the report that she was
/ passing under another name. am
sure the matter is a deplOrable mistake,
and viii wire Immediately to the Gree
ley officials and see If the matter can
not be cleared up without causing Mad
cline useless embarrassment"
I Although positive a mistake had been
I made, Mrs. FlOrin was nearly overcome
I with the shock, and for a time could
not understand the serious nature OF
the charges which have been made
[ against her daughter
Visit Was Brief.
Ed FlOrin, the brother. had been
spending the summer with relatives IN
Fort Worth. he declared. The sister
taught school last year in Grand Lake
Colo, 40 miles from Denver, and was
in the Colorado capital but two days
en- route 10 Fort Worth, where she Wis
tied for a while. and with her brother
went TO Galveston for a visit. return
ing TO Salt Lake early in September
the brother returning with her. She
left Salt Lake in September going ia
Greeley, where she entered the Colo
I RADIO Normal
I According TO the young mans state
ment, his sister has never been EN-
DlOyed in a Denver store, and her long
est visit there was on her way to Fort
/ Worth, from Grand Lake.