The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

Springfield Maintenance Go. while in this city, under the legal guidance of among many who would like to get remittances from Ponter.
 Cronan kept in touch with the Springfield authorities and was able to inform them a few days ago that Ponter was about to open up. The fact that he was doing business un- there occasioned a little delay in es- tablishing his Identification.
 When Captain Boyle of the Spring
 field police went into the office yes terday he found Kohler and MT. and Mrs. Herbert c. Banks in a handsome ly eqiupped suite. Mrs. Banks is an- other daughter of Mrs. McElroy. among the sportsnaen Of the State as Bunk" Banks. MT. and Mrs. Banks stoutly denied that Keh1er was known tain Boyle questioned them at length but did not detain them satisfying himself that he had the man he want ed.
 All this time one William Knob1ock, an industrious workman, with lit tie home in Goddard avenue, was be- ing annoyed by sleuths. Under the stigma of the same name as that of the fugitive, Knoblock, received letter after letter demanding that he could make good on checks that had been returned for lack of funds in the bank. Most of the checks were drawn, it was said, upon the Connecticut Ma tional bank. The innocent kn0block got so accustomed to being followed that of late he has been lonesome 1T he hasn't had a detective of some sort at his heels.
 Several times he has gone to police headquarters to find out why he should be so naolested and each time assured that the local police had noth- ing against him. KnOb1ock has or late adopted strenuous methods of rdding himself of his trailers. When he saw one following, he would call him, ln- troduce himself as William knobIock, and ask what he wanted. SeveraI times the sleuths were so taken aback that they walked away without fur- ther barley.
 Mrs. McElroy told Farmer report CT today that she knew Ponter only as roomer and knew nothing Of ms in-law, MT. Banks. she said she be- lieved he was engaged only for a re" days. . of the arrest of Ponter in Springfield She had been given to understand' she said, that he was arrested there for passing check upon her protner, John F. Foster, of the Foster-Besse Co., but MT. Foster, she said, had no desire to have him arrested.
 Information comes from Sprlngnelo to the effect that Ponter since leav- ing Bridgeport has been in Philade1- phia, Newark, Providence, and New Haven.
 name of knobIoch he opened in New Haven an office for the sale of cleo tricaI equipn1 ent, and sought con- tracts to keep up electrical machinery by the year. Business was bad ill New Haven, and he prepared to close up his business. )
 He summoned the janitor of the building to his office as he was about to go, turned over two packing cases each marked with a $250 valuation. to be shipped by express to New York He gave the janitor check for a small amount which the janitor cashed, dedueting enough to pay the express charges.
 But when he came to ship the boxes the janitor became suspicious and with the aid of chisel found the $25o boxes were filled with ex- ce1sior. Meanwhile Knoblock had flown.
 Later, in September, he was at the McE1roy cottage in Woodmont- The McElroy party moved to another cot tage. Knoblock was arrested for theft of silverware which it was aI- lesed he took from one cottage to the other.
 Believing that spite entered into his arrest, the authorities did not press the charge. Deputy Sheriff Maher however, remembered that Knoblock was wanted in New Haven and took him there for the bad check transaction with the jan1tor- He was placed under bail of $25O, | secured his liberty and vanished from New Haven.