Cañon City record., 1911-07-27

OPERATED
LIN MANY
CITIES
]. R. Blocker, Held
Here, Charged With
Many Crimes.

Investigations conducted here on
Wednesday by Elmer e. Prettyman.
Superintendent of the pinkerton Ma
tionai Detective agency of Denver and
by Detective H. w. Casey Of the same
orga- ization on Tuesday established
the. fact that John R. Blocker. who was
arrested by City All hal Julius Cram
or at Florence on June 30th, for OBJ
tsing si.4oo from the Florence State
bank by ssans OF worthless check.
IL c. II. Evere.ts. one of the most
noted gamblers and crooks in the
United States
His operations az a swindler during
the last few years have extended over
most Of the states west Of the Miss
issippi river and he is wanted By the
police Of more than a score OF cities
and towns for forgeries and other
crimes Of q similar character. Ac-
cord9ag to Mr.. Prettyman he was TAX
en- into custody By Detective Casey at
Hot Springs. Arkansas. on January
14th OF this year for swindiins bank
1t Seattle. Washington. out Of si.s2i-ss
and locked IN II the Hot Springs jail
to await trial. He managed TO make
his escape from s,1risonment there
on February 18th BY cutting the bars
Of his cell with a saw smuggied to
him by q friend on the outside and
left for parts unknown. Although
the Pinksrtons have ocen searching
for him all over the country they were
unable TO locate him until his identi-
ncatIon here by Messrs. Pre,,yman
and Casey this week.
Everetts is thirty-three years OF age
and is pronounced by the Pinkerton
men detailed to run him down as one
Of the shrewdest and most dangerous
bogus check operators with whom they
have had to deal In many years. A
teiceram was received by City Marshal
cramer on Wednesday from the VIII
liam J. Burns Detective agency at
Kansas City saying that Everetts was
being searched for by the authorities
at Tacoma. Portland. Oregon. San
Francisco and. indeed. in nearly every
large town in the west from the Ca
madam bcsrier to the Mexican frontier
The messSse stated that an officer
from Kansas City would arrive here in
day or two to interview tho prisoner
and the request was made that he be
held until his career can be thoroughly
Investigated.
Among the aliases which Everetts
was known on the Pacific coast were
Roy r. Thorpe. Robert Newell and j..
n. Reynolds and 1t is believed that
hj~ swindiing operations during the
last twelve months have netted him
At least fifty thousand dollars. Ev-
srett4 was born in Texas and within
the last half dozen years by his cum
ming and success as a swindler has
achieved for himself national repu-
tatioh among the police OF tho country
as forger. gambler and thief. He
came here couple Of months ago from
Oklahoma and rep esented himself as
= retired business man desiring to
mako some investments in land and
other py2srty.
He frecdented the banks Of this city
ant Fgsrence and opened an account
With them as preliminary move In
his scheme to filch from them what
money hs could. He rented house
on the outskirts Of this city and lived
quietly with woman whom he In
troduced to the nsighbors - his vifs'
n,>x who Il believed by the authorities
70 have been associated with him IN
Als sNindling operations. Failing ir
- ssorts to secure money BY fraudu.
ut nsans from the Fremont COUNTY
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