The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-13
Claimed TO be Member Of s'fe keokuk
Lodge But Die Not and Was
Arrested for False
pretenses
RESISTED ARREST HARD
claimed keokuk and Burlington rs
His r4oms sut Could MOT Prove
Himself MemDer Of
Order


member of the Keokuk lodge Of Elks,
after the police got hin in jail at
Amarillo. Texas. and examined the
top Of MS head 10 find if the Elk
antlers had ever been grated upon
his Uranium. was exposed. He claim I
ed TO be member Of the Eiks lodge
of KeoEluk and later said that ne oe-
Ionged 10 the Burlington lodge, gut
the truth Of the matter IS that ne
does not belong TO any lodge
He Is now in Jail charged with VeaF-
ing the emblem Of an order Of which
be is not member and also on pta-
er charges. since his arrest, tne sec
retary of the lodge Al Amarillo mas
found our thai Patterson was q one
time a member OF lodge IN 0hle,
but vas expelled ID 1908 for good
and sufficient reasons
Both the KeokuR aud Burlington
lodges received kilograms during last
week. inqairing about this man, but
ais name was not on the list The
following from an Amarillo newspa-
per tells Of the eapers cut By The fei-
low ana nis downfall watch viii
prove interesting reading matter 70
members OF any secret order
After short struggle that had al
the earmarks Of intended gua plaF,
in the hallway Of the qrudingt on-
Neeley building yesterday afternoon,
Dr. j. 81 Patterson was placed IN
The custody Of chief Snider and lodg-
ed in the Potter county jail On 2
complication Of charges.
shorty after the arrest CON-
plants we're filed against Patterson
Oh unlawfully wearing lodge insig-
MA, unla fully practicing medicine
and swindling. The frst charge Was
made by the Amarillo lodge 81 Els,
the second bY doctors OF this city
and the litter by victims q me game
the doctor is sid to naYe 0een sue
cessfdlly Working since his arrival
! ID Amarillo. His hearing will BE-
held TO-DAY
Patterson. veil dressed. hand
some mar. came 70 Amarillo several
weeks 40 and rented the second
! floor or tse recently completed
! Crndington EeeLeg building, BE-
SIDES the businesz Of guo-renfing me
various office rooms Of the building
/, be opened an Employers Protective
+ association
TIE wearing n IN FIX bin is me
immediate Cause 9f the Doctors az
soeiatlon vim Tie Potter county
isil shortly after opening his bust
ness i'd TITS eisY be bought woman's
APPAREL amounting ~ fftY dollars
, froai the Famous Store 70 some hf
! Sad vas for hfs wife others were
tod filas his daughter you'd don thu
!, d4as and 50 intimate friends we're
/. INFORMED that he vas buying TN
goods tor his niece THESE badly con
ae@ad stories. coupled eith an indis
9os49ea - meet the bin when it wa
presented, led sam lsaacs, one Of tn
p40priesgrs u the store 10 beliey
aai mere gas something rotten i
: Denmar
Mr. lsases used every honorabl
means Of collecting the bin and b,
= ng C1rHed down All every move
made me deai personal affair, b.
ieRing ma + tne man was irregula
d private business affairs, publ
dealings we're open TO suspicion
lssaGa asked him II he were a
fytfs ~ 81. hA IA
lonaed HeoFuk. Iowa, but failed
respond ID he manner that one goc
FIX recognizes another. and me
sage ~ KeoRu6 brought an answ'
tIsat Patterson did not belong to th
iodee the amarillo lodge then too
~ The matter and on investigate
found the doctor wanting in mar
things mat members OF the he
4. should know Patterson said lat
thal he belonged at Burlington, low
under the name OF l.. f Patterson.
wire 20 hat lodge disclosed that sa
I. n Patterson Is in Burlington, a
had never been IN Amarillo
on His evidence chief Snider a
1T ~ ~ WIZ HthFitu Out 10 HHu q
- arrest Patterson on the charge
~ wearing The insignia Of secret ord
Of which he waa not q member Tn
~ encountered him on Fifth street a
IA he took them TO his room 70 find
ID card Ne said The card could I
~ 10 found and when they started
jail Witil theif man ne turned to
by Woman whom lie represented as
sk wiia aad sald
IN Here IL my poeketbook "
pg plenty Of monty for YOU
,aa 5nider atopped tue move and
Il showed tho ofileef agalnst the y
70 ~ an attempt q slip the book TO
ca woman she began 70 iiEht the
tleer also ana he throw her 70
CIV floor ana Wit arriving At thai
,ey stance rom the ataifs below. hel
ian anider 70 place The man under
trol Patterson attempted o dfA,