El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20
BOGUS CHECK IS
PASSED ON BANK
Stranger Uses the Name Of
Las Cruces Man to Get
$3.50 and Escapes

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Oct. 2O-A clever
fOrger has succeeded in cashing
check at the Bowman Bank and Trust
company for $3.50, forging the name of
3. T. Link, Of the Link Transfer com
The stranger came into town and
hired the use Of q horse and buggy
was apparently prosperous enough
we'll dressed, and with only an ac-
quaintance at the hotel Don Bernardo
and Links Transfer company, he called
on Mr.. Link to identify him at the bank
by endorsing a check which the
stranger had. Mr. Link refused TO 40
so, and the stranger paid for the use
Of the horse and buggy, which ne mad
never made any use OF, II later deFeI-
Oped. than to drive to the front OF the
hotel and tie. However, he insisted
upon having a receipt for the money
rendered, whereupOn Mr.. Link gave 1t
to him.
He then, so Mr.. Link states, from the
receipt copied the signature so well
that even Mr.. Link himself would have
believed it to be his own, cashed it at
the Bowman Bank and Trust company
and, hiring an automobile, left for I'll
PasO. Now the authorities are looking
for him, but believe 1t is very prob
able that he has gone across the Mex
leo line.
Governor Mills and party came into
Las Cruces in a private car, leaving
for the Statehood jubilee at FL PasO-
day, and left for FL PasO, accompanied
by Mrs. Nicholas Gales, who goes to
see her husband, who is very III at a
hospital there.
Adjt. Gen. Brooks was In the city,
accompanying governor Mills 70 the
Statehood jubilee; also N. L. PadgetL
of the Las Vegas Optic, one Of the
governors staff
Land office Notes.
The following business was done at
Homestead entries; Arthur G.. MOsley,
Deming, n. NJ, Sc II sc IA sec. "a, tp
Desert entries. Arthur c. ATosley.
Deming, n. NJ, ne IA or lots 1 and 2,
- ne IA sec. 3, tp "A s, r w Re
jected for the reason that sufficient
funds were not tender ed Collier W.
East, Las Cruces, n. NJ, II S II sec
%. n ID n II sec 80, tp % s, W.
Francesway NJ, COssit. Columbus, ~
NJ, filed affidavit Of contest against
John o.. OrtasuOrn, box 1890, Ell PasO,
Texas for the Sc IA sec. %, tp q s,
".
John Mayors, Of Anthony. was IN the
cit yand made proof at the land office
on 16G acres of valley land under home
stead laws. His witnesses were John
Hancock and RObt c. Adams, Of An
thOny n. N.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Foster. of the Rio
Grande Republican, left last night for
FL PasO.
A great many land buyers have come
into Las Cruces, Mr.. Burrows Of De-
troit, John Atterburv Of St. Louis, No,
looking into the valley with a view OF
investing.
The contest case Of Kimbau vs.. Yea
zey, involving a piece Of desert land
a few miles south of Deming, was
heard at the local land office before
register Jose Gonzales.
G. T. Burrows OF Detroit, Mich, has
arrived in Las Cruces as a result OF
the activity Of the Las Cruces cham
Der Of commerce to induce inquirers to
come and see the valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. II. Peterson are in
Ell PasO for the jubilee.
Mrs. H. B. Holt is in FL PasO, visit
ing her father, Rev Linus Blakesley, at
his home in Highland Park, and to
take in the jubilee
Mrs. Ella Elliott left for FL Paso.
to visit her sister, Mrs. Burrows, Of
the Postal Telegraph company and to
see the big parades.
Col Fleming Jones left as one Of the
staff Of governor Mills, also Col. Eu-
gene Van Patten from here, to take in
the Statehood jubilee.
c. F Weber, Of the Memphis Copper
company. was in town on his way
back to Organ from the east, having
been called away because Of the Sc
riOus illness and subsequent opera
ton on his wife, which terminated in
her death at their old home.