The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-14
ALLEGED BAD CHECK
MEN UNDER ARREST
They Had Been Operating in St. Al
bans and Prior to That in Swan
ton and Morrisville.

st. Albans, Dec. ia pair Of al
legged check workers and confidence men
we're captured red-handed at their work
here yesterday BY Chief ]. r Mahoney
and deputy Sheriff u II. Alfred, and
are now in the county jaH awaiting a
hearing
The men are known as Fred Il. Du-
charme, formerly Of Fairfield who claims
to have lived recently at Springfield,
VT, and X. G. Russell, late Of Wor-
cester, Mass They arrived here from
Swanton on the l0:l5 train in the morn,
ing, at once checked their grips for st.
Johns, Que, and Immediately started out
to do the town Russell went to the
clothing store Of Badgers & Revoir on
Lake street, where he got suit valued
at Sl6 in payment for which be ten
dered check for $50 on the Second
National bank of Boston, drawn by j.
Hapgood' and made payable TO Albert
Russell" Young Mr. Badger who made
the sale, told Russell that he did not
have the money called for to make up
the balance OF the check, so Russell told
him that that was all right and that
he would call for the balance to-day.
A few minutes after the deal had gone
through, Badger reached the conclusion
that he had been cheated, and hunted
up Chief Mahoney and told him his
troubles, besides giving him descrip-
tion OF his customer, which. as it turned
out, did not fit him at all.
Chief Mahoney started out, however,
looking for suspicious acting man, and
found that he had been at Harold Co.
hens store, where, after inquiring for
the proprietor and being told that he
was out. he presented to the clerk afl-
other check for about S25, telling him
to cash ii and take out 81 that he owed
the store. But the clerk was suspicious
and would not come across.
The men were finally located about
noon. Just as they came out of the st.
Albans house, where Chief Mahoney col
Jared Russell after questioning him a
minute, while Deputy Sheriff Alfred
grabbed Ducharme as he tried to sneak
away. Both men protested innocence
and insisted that big mistake had
been made in arresting them, hut they
were taken TO the Jail and searched,
Ducharme having on him. it is said, the
sum of S3656 and a number of bogus
checks. while Russell produced S43 and
number Of pawn tickets on Worcester,
Mass, shops
When the men were grilled by the of
ficers, Russell claimed to be working
for Dueharme, and later claimed that
Ducharme had him completely under his
control and could make him do anything
he wanted. Dueharme claimed that he
and Russell represented the Hapgood
Mop company of Boston and insisted
that everything was all straight and
right.
Following the trail of the men to
Swanton, it was learned that they had
been in Alorrisyilre, where Russell at one
time was employed, and here Russell
got check eashed for S2S.40 This check
was cashed by H. r. Munson and was
also on the Second National bank of Bos-
ton, signed by j. II. Hapgood and made
to X. c. Russell At Swanton
where they arrived Tuesday, they got
check for $27 65 cashed at the West Side
inn. This was signed by -. Hapley
& Co" Ducharme then vent to the
Swanton Savings banl; and sprung an
other for $35, payable to himself and
also signed by O. Hapley & Co.." which
he got away with.