Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-22
PROVES TO DC RESIDENT OF WA
TERLoo AND HER NAME
MRS, MILDRED WINNER.
coNFEssEs HER CRIME,
PART OF MONEY RECOVERED
Woman Who Passed Check for $500 On
Waterloo Bank Made Mistake OF
Paying or Note for 500 At Another
Rank-Suspeetcd Of Other Shady
Transactions.
pecial to Times publican.

Special to Times publican.
Waterloo. June 22.-The woman who
! yesterday passed a check for $500 on
the Security Savings Bank and secured
! $500 in cash has been arrested. identi-
F.. fed and has confessed. She Is Mrs.
Mildred Winner. a resident OF Water
! loo. She passed a forged check in ia
vor Of Mrs. Stella Smith and signed BY
the Ga lloway- Gibson Company. re-
ceived $500 in cash and deposited the
balance TO the credit Of Mrs. Smith.
After the woman had departed the
officia! became alarmed and upon tel
ephoniEg the Ciaiioway-Gibson Com
pany it was learned the check was a
forgery The police were Immediately
notified and all Officers were informed
and the chief and sergeant started ont
10 pick up the clues. 1t was learned
a., one of the banks that Mrs. Win
ner had paid 500 on a note which she
gave the bank in January, besides the
interest of $3.50 Upon this evidence
the chief took up the search for the
woman soon after having her under
surveillance. When she had entered the
Yetters & Waters store on Commercial
!
of his mission. One OF the clerks was
detailed TO hold her interest while the
chief slipped out and 'phoned the S.
curity Savings Bank 70 send Miss Celia
Mccarthy. the young lady who had
cashed the check, over to Ietter & Wa
tiers to identify the woman Miss Nc
Carthy arrived in few minutes, ana
when Mrs. Winners was pointed on,
10 her by Dineen, she declared that she
was the woman who had cashed the
check.
Admits the Forgery.
Dineen then placed the woman un-
der arrest and brought her to the sta
ton. After a most gTue!ling exam
nation, in which Mrs. Winner told
many conflicting stories and made
many contradictory statements. the
| chief vas called IN, and under a most
severe cross frtm from him and Mrs
Dineen. Mrs. Winner broke down ana
admitted the forgery.
The three, accompanied by a report
! CT. drove to Mrs Winners residence at
102. Lafayette, and there IN hal! tree
she pulled out $3.50, in $50 bills. in
single roll.
She further accounted to the chief
! Cor the balance Of the $500 After hav-
the woman made no effort to get out
| of town. or even to avoid the police
Instead, she took some OF the money
and went about to various business
houses paying bills which she had
previously contract
Disposition Of Money.
! The money, 5000. was distributed as
! follows:
paid on note for 800. secured at the
| Black Hawk National Bank in January,
slo5.5o
Deposited check at same bank for
! $50.
/ Paid Woods Bros. on account. 81.
| Found on her person. $3.50
! Found in hall tree at her home, 1851.
| Total. 5000.
! Mrs. Winner has lived IN Waterloo
about year. having come here with
her husband from "averiy. she mas
now on Ale in the district court petit
zion for divorce from her husband,
Max Winner The case vas to have
been tried at the May term OF court
but did not come up. The husband has
had a police court record and while
the womar's name does not stand on
/ the docket here she is also known to
/ the police. having visited them on sew
/ eral occa sions 10 recite her domestic
| troubles TO them
Evidence Against the Woman.
| That this is not the first time Mrs
Winner has forged a check is becom-
ing more evident from the chain OF
evidence the police were able to weave
about the case yesterday. At least
/ two notes we're placed in Highlands OF
| the police yesterday. after it had been
/ learned Of Mrs. Winners arrest that
she had signed and presented to local
merch ants. and which had been turned
! down at the bank upon whom they
were drawn when presented for pay
! ment.
| New Sharon News Notes.