The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-15
DAN CUPID AND LOCAL
BANK NIP A BAD DEAL
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily
Dan Cupid came very near to get
ting himself in bad in this city on
Saturday. But the foxy little fellow
got wise in time to put a stop to
what no doubt would have proved
to be a very undesirable marriage.
Dan had the assistance of a bank
official in nipping in the bud two
transactions that appeared to be of
fraudulent nature.
Assistant Cashier Charles Hoerr
of the National Bank of Commerce
has for the second time in the past
month had the delightful experience
of stopping the operations of what
this time appears to be a very re-
markable crook. Last Friday man
giving the name of Herbert Hedden
entered the bank and wanted to
draw a draft on the National Bank
of Shreveport, La. Mr.. Hoerr in
formed him that he could not do
this until he had heard from the
bank in question in regard to Mr..
Heddens reliability. This Hoerr
said would take about a week.
Wanted Small Check Cashed.
That evening Hedden called Mr..
Hoerr over the phone and asked
him to cash check for SIS. He
said that he was an Elk and after
he had given assurances of this Mr..
Hoerr agreed to cash the check. Be-
fore doing so however, Mr.. Hoerr
called up a friend who said that
Hedden's check was good for SIS but
no more. On Saturday Mr.. Hedden
came to the bank with very re-
spectacle young lady of this city,
whom he intended to marry, and
asked the name of reliable jewell
err He was directed to a jeweler,
where asked to be shown some di.
almond rings. He selected one, Valu-
ed at $175. AS Mr.. Hoerr had sent
him, the jewelry man allowed linn
to take the ring and he then went
to the bank and wanted to cash a
check for that much. Mr.. Hoerr
said that he had not yet heard from
the bank in Shreveport and could
not accommodate him: At He'd
denis request, Mr. Hoerr telegraphed
this bank and found that there was
no such account on deposit there.
That afternoon, Saturday, all trains
were watched to prevent Hedden
from disappearing with the ring
which he had in his possession. He
had made known his intention to go
to Minneapolis to have the stone in
the ring reset. He made no at
tempt to get away however and
when short time after the train
on the Omaha pulls out at 4:45 p.
M, he was confronted with the
telegram from the Shreveport Ma.
tional bank, he seemed little fius-
tered. He tried to make some eX-
PLANTATION, however, saying that he
was expecting man to deposit a
large sum of money at this bank
and that he probably had not yet
done this. He said that he knew
he had money at the State and Ma.
tional Bank of TeXarkana, Texas,
but Mr.. Hoerr told him that this
experience was enough to arouse
serious suspicious and did not care
to do any more business with him
The jewelryman arrived on the
scene about this time and demanded
the ring. 1t was given him without
protest.
Papa Was Suspicious.
1t seems that Mr.. Hedden's pros
pective father-inlaw was not favor
ably impressed with his prospective
son-in-law and said he wanted to
know him better before he allowed
the union of Mr.. Hedden and his
daughter. Mr.. Hedden smoothed
matters out somewhat, or thought he
did, by buying the old gentleman
some drinks Saturday night, but he
seemed rather short of ready cash
This morning a check for SIS was
brought to the National Bank of
Commerce from a local hotel sign,
ed John Handy. The writing was
identical with the signature on He'd.
den's check. 1t was almost unmis.
takably the same because both were
in a radical backhand and all let
tiers were made the same in both
checks.
Travelled Under Two Names.
The young lady in the case said
she had known Hedden for about
year and that he travelled under
two names. This afternoon it was
learned that Hedden had also skip.
ped his hotel bill and probably left
town yesterday.
About $3.50 today an answer to
message Mr.. Hoerr sent to the
State and National bank of TeXar-
kama, Texas, was received Mr.
Hoerr sent this message to find
out if the fellow really did have
any money anywhere. The answer
read as follows: Have no such &C,
count"
Hedden claimed to be travelling
salesman for a paint and oil con.