Evening star., 1911-06-02
CONSPIRACY ALSO ALLEGED
Sum of $465 Said to Have Been Sc
cured on Bogus Orders.
OTHER TRUE BILLS RETURNED
Isadore oppenheimer, Accused of
Embezzlement; William johnson,
HOUSEKEEPING and Larceny.

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indicted today by the grand jury on
charges of forgery and conspiracy grow
ing out of the securing of $4S5 from the
Western Union Telegraph Company on
alleged bogus money transfer kilograms.
Wynn and Wood had been in the employ
Of the company as telegraph operators
and become familiar with the cipher code
in which kilograms for payment of money
were transmitted from one Office of the
company to another. The indictment
charges that the four men entered into
conspiracy May / to defraud the tele-
graph company. In furtherance of the
alleged unlawful agreement, 1t Is charged,
one or more of the four men forged and
passed upon the local agent of the West
ern Union Company three money trans
fer kilograms, one for $75, one for $50
and one for $500.
The first two kilograms were made pay
able to and the money received by Read,
it Is alleged. and the third telegram was
claimed, received the $500 for which the
telegram called.
Wynn and Wood are under arrest The
other two men have not been located.
Alleges Scope of Conspiracy.
The indictment charges that the scope Of
the alleged conspiracy was the securing
Of $1,000 from the company, but the
scheme was discovered before half the in
tended amount had been realized.
Seven counts are set out in the indict-
ment. The first, after setting forth the
business methods of the Western Union
Company in the matter of transferring
money from one Office to another. and the
fact that 1t had such offices at Atlantic
Iowa. and In this city. gives the mean
| ings Of the cipher or code words used In
transmitting money. This count charges
| that the four men indicted. being con-
| versant with the companys business
methods. and knowing it's secret code for
| transmitting money, made and forged a
.Atlantic, Iowa, May l.
Transfer Agent, Washington, D.. c.:
PAY to Edward ]. Read. 511h 18th
street northwest, Washington, d. c..
Atlantic, Iowa.; caution. M. T. A"
This telegram. 1t is alleged. purported
to be genuine money transfer telegram
to pay Edward J. Read $75. the sum
being expressed in the code word 'ldtch-
en-" when the payee had been satisfac-
torily identified. which requirement was
contained in the word caution" in the
| alleged bogus telegram.
The second count charges that the men
or some one of them, in furtherance of
L
gram at the local Office of the company
and received $75 In cash for It.
Additional Counts Outlined.
In the third count II is charged May 4
last the men forged another telegram
from Atlantic, Iowa. also made payable
to Read and purporting to come from
| Mary Read. This telegram contained
the words 'elongate sudden" which. the
4 Ind In ho
code $50 The cashing of this order is
made the basis Of the fourth count OF
| the indictment.
| The defendant Wynn is made the payee
of the third alleged bogus telegram con-
| corning the alleged forgery Of which the
fifth count of the indictment treats. This
order is also dated at Atlantic, Iowa, and
directed to the company's local agent.
It reads: Pay Thomas Wynn. care F.
8. Wynn. purchasing agent Southern
/ railway, special cognate digest from VIII
son Bros. & Co., Atlantic, Iowa. vigilant.'
| BY the cipher CODE II is claimed, this tele-
gram was an order on the local agent to
! pay 800 when the payee had been salts
factorily identified: that, May S. the tele-
gram was cashed by the company on the
presentation Of one of the four men in
dicted, is the charge contained in the
sixth count of the Indictment
A common law conspiracy Is charged
| against the four men by the last count
/ in the Indictment. In which it is alleged
( they combined and agreed on a scheme
| to mulct the telephone company to the
extent Of $1,000.
Criminal Libel Charge Ignored.
| The grand jury ignored the charge OF
criminal libel presented to 1t agains,
Nettie NJ. Post. It was charged Mrs
| Post wrote a letter to q sister of Mrs
Fannie Lebman, living In Sharpsburg
Nd. which reflected on Mrs Liebman
| The sister forwarded the letter to Mrs
| Liebman, who sued out q warrant. Mrs
| Post was held in the Police Court unde,
bond for the action of the grand jury.
Other indictments returned today were
Isadore Oppenheimer, embezzlement and
william johnson, housebreaking and
larceny.