The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-14
WALL|NGFORO WAS
MERELY A "P|KER''
In Comparison to Edgar Rob
ert Boyer, Bank Employe
Now Under Arrest.

Chicago, June III. Rufus Wall.
lngford was 'piker" beside Edgar
Robert Boyer. former bank note teller
under arrest on charge OF operating
Q Conscience game and passing forged
checks, according to evidence devel.
oped by William T.. Webster, assistant
superintendent OF the banking depart
ment OF the Pinkerton agency, who
brought about Boyer's arrest.
Noted Men Named.
Instead Of using "Blackie Daw" as
b "come-on" in his high finance
scheme. Boyer, II is charged, used the
forged names Of Thomas +. Ryan,
George w. Perkins. Mortimer l..
Schiff, J. Ogden Armour, Edward Wey-
erhauser and others. To intended
suckers Boyer posed as a business
partner OF these fnanciers. IL Is al
legged, and In his effects were found
several contracts with the alleged
forged signatures of these men at
tached.
In keeping with the company he
claimed to keep. Boyer was no piker
in the sums he named in his con-
contracts. His pet project was the f.
r. Boyer & Co concern, capitalized at
100000. which he intended to use
to hold the stock and for floating the
bonds Of the Klikithat Irrigation and
Power company, a regularly organized
concern operating under the laws OF
Washington.
Large Sums Mentioned.
His partners In this scheme. Boyer
claimed. were George w. Perkins.
Thomas +. Ryan and Mortimer F..
Schiff. Their alleged forged sigma.
lures were attached to the contract.
Among the stockholders alleged by
him were j. Ogden Armour. 100000.
Ira NJ. Cobe. 100000. and Frederick
Weyerhauser, 100000.
Boyer. according to the contract,
was to receive go per cent OF all of the
profits accruing to the firm in consid-
Grafton OF services rendered"
Boyer's energies were not directed
solely to the r. II. Boyer & Co., con-
Germ, according to the Pinkerton az.
ency.
Passing Of Checks.
He IL charged with having passed
hve forged checks. aggrcgating sever
nj hundred dollars. on Chicago banks
and hotels. within the last week sign
ed with the bogus signature of d. NJ.
Frederiksen. president OF the Scandi-
navian-Canadian Land company.
Promissory notes aggregating $1O,.
900. bearing forgery OF Frederik.
sens signature. were found in Boyer's
pockets. II is claimed. when he was
arrested at the cashiers window of
the Central Trust Bank Saturday as
he was attempting to cash an alleged
forged check for $4S.
In his room at the Hotel Sherman
was also found correspondence show
Ing that Boyer anticipated taking a
"hyer" In the affairs of the Sloan
Gold Mining Company. Colorado con.
Germ.
signatures Are Practieed.
In the possession OF detectives are
twenty or more sheets OF paper on
which Boyer. 1t Ia charged. had been
practicing the signatures OF various
financiers. Efforts are being made to
ascertain where he obtained the orig.
inals. II Is said several other arrests
may be made.
In his cell Boyer was extremely reti.
cent. He refused to talk OF his
schemes. but admitted the signatures
attached to the T.. r. Boyer & Co.,
contract were forgeries.
Boyer's father ia II. e. Boyer. cash.
Ter OF the national bank in Creston,
Iowa. The son was note teller in the
Hamilton National bank up to the
time Of Its consolidation in 1909, with
the National City bank.