Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-25
JAMES WILLIAMS IS
NONE OTHER THAN
CHARLES MADDOX
Clever swindler Arrested in
Petaluma, Cal, Monday
Sent Up to Santa Fe from
BernalillO County in 1901.


Santa Rosa. Cal Drc. -
Arrested in Petahma asst night,
james williams, q bank fUrger.
with criminal record stretching
ncruss the continrn' md y vio-
lated parole behind hIm In ColO-
RADIO. admitted his idrnlI'y here
today and cOnfeEscd 90 his latest
sWlndle Yesterday when ne oh
tHincd WOO on u npgu- letter ~
credit from the FIRST Na'iOnal
bank ~ IcbastopUi For the last
ten years. his special. hiss been
instaihiing himself iI'p he con.
iidru " ~ Clergym,u whom h"
would then persuHd, .. introduce
him nt banks ~, 10 80 years
Did.
Williams IL wanted r"r an at
tempted &ls,OUu .rd'' ON
bauk IN Sew London Wisconsin.
aud MANY other .4lg.I.r4 sue.
urssfuI ana unsuCCr.,d ~ nrHt-
2. nll th" states between m" Two
.pasls H." was gi,ru au nd"t"r-
inmate ."ntcnCc ui 90 ~ one 90
tuyIi,uu years ia tulp'udu, poe
'.."I aud broke his ..I"l".
Tho james william go whom Tue
foregoing HriI'i, refer - none other
than 'htrIna Maddox ul .a NJ Donald.
alias. IIugg. alias Thompson aias
Iinrn's. who VAS HTT,".oI b thi"t
~ Poll .' " Mlun ir NpJlIsrpu" m
January. l'yI Tor fUigrr, ana sen.
fenced ur march T. thai year. 1"
serve tnr,' ears In IA" santa Fo
p"uttontu,r..
Tn" stDr, rom SIuJa Rosa. telling
~ William. arrest. was purlIEh"d m
the Evening Herald yesterday. Chici
Ne Millln 80 once conn. ted williams
and Maddox aud Wa .uuv,u,rd that
Williams Us Maddox. operating m a
new territory undrr IN assumed
| name. The chief TO-DAY received IN
formation from thr pInk"rtOns VI
Denver which confirmed his belief D'
~ IA" identity ~ tn man under ar
rest IN california.
chief MrMillln II murr than u llttl6
Interested IN Maddox .irrer. For d
was lru 20 Chicf VI Mllun to nj
| Maddox Iu't Ha hc had pulled IN d
| clever .puildrn,c gam, here, ana ~"
cure his CONVICTION, when resulted "
| q pCnItCnllHty sentence ~ dIrCHtint
| Maddox her" chief NJ MIllin WAS en-
| abicd ~ provide tn authorize
Throughout tn" country. aud vspc .idl
Is the detective agencies, With th'
| frst photograph and accurate dcs, rip
ton ,hat had ever been taken uf tn
man, Who had operated all over tn
United states. leaving behind him
traIl al forged bank notes ma bike
preachers For gaining the confidence
Of ministers Of the gospel ana uperat
ing on banks through them Is am
tWHE MaddOXs specially.
| Maddox showed UP IN Albupuet
que soon after the htst ~ January
| 1901" said Chicf Of POli,e McMillil
TO-DAY. speaking ui thu occurrence
| lie introduced himself L. OH, 81
ut the First National bank, An
stated that h- wished t. open - ban
IHrCuunt desiring a. transfer som
twenty thousand dollars ~ s"ruftiic'
then IN Texas hank. TIL" ban
Iagrccd to look after the business an
Maddox expressed his appreciation
IuAkIug before he left the bank, how
lever, PERMISSION t. draw one hundr"
dollars IN advance. The pan
agreed. but requested idrnutrHtluI
! Maddox forged the nHIuC 81 NCE
| j. Marsh. then pastor or IN" on
| gTCgatiUndl ,huT,h, ana - whom "
had introduced himself, as hn 20
durseInCnt tee q check Tor Alnu. Tn
bank cHsh,d the ,hrok. I'm tn" mean
time the bank officials had h"rnW
suspicious T"l"phunluR I" Rev. NJ
| Marsh, u WHp learned that IN" mlf
lister had not endorsed IN" check. W
Harvested Maddox ~ the old ~. Kim
Latter he had lust lost -four dollar
lat faro bank W. recovered $40 u
the Fra, National, uH Maddox ma
unly been away with tho money u
ten minutes when h" VAS ARRESTED
Maddox was sent up tor lhTrc veal
when he was s,hhTg"d from ~
prnitcntiarN Maddox returned to y
huuucrQur ", called on Rev. H.
Cooper. of the Presbyterian 'hutcI
ana told him h,a story Kew VI
Copper agreed 10 help him, again
z my adv Zee" AMI secured cnplnS me
for him at ia" iuruucr mills, Mdddt
!, worked q fcW dtDs. and on hollda
Etulr - transit from Cihll tnBinte
J, stole an uv"r,unt from SuprTintcndtl
Gov lrS and passed a worthless vhe'
for nfrCn dollars He got out
town ana went into northern Ne
M,Ai,u. all trace "r him being lost ~
Ian h. was arrested IN that sc'u'
land sent a. IN" p"nit"ntiHrN again Il
a u short term Tor mlsdcrdS,
After nnlshlng the second term
santa Fu, Mnduu. went - tulurhu
- a, drTraudrd the Flurcnr" state bar
To- at FlurrnCc, colo. and Was scnt I
. for from nine 10 fourteen years. ;
served tiyr years aud Was released
ID November -, 1872, bcUduHr ~ 60,
4 behavior. Taking advantage ui u
n parole law. Maddox went 10 Iowa !
I defraudcd bank In W"ndl""n @
A OF 500, defraudcd a bank ~ 'rd
Rapids, Iowa, cut - u similar nnl1u
a and theu went Ia California, NJ
n see that ne " IN troubl" again
i PrtHluma understand that TO
I. ITNnan, warden ut the Florence pei
. Tertiary. viii cndeHvOT to nave u
= authorities permit him To have MA
a dox returned to Colorado 10 serve q
r the nine years ~ his uneNplred sc
;, tcuCr. this becoming operative U
- luUus. az broken parole,
Maddox In one OF the best kho,
>, criminals In the country nov, '
" methods of operating having De
: Iudopted by many other crooks. Ma
u dOx told me that he had spent thirl
y, seven years Of his NE In jail ana e
y, pected to end his days behind prs
Mhlln lie ID now slXty.seNen Neu