Evening journal., 1912-03-25
MANY WANTS,
BUT NO CASH
Fellow Who Flashes Large
Checks Fails TO Cash Even
Small Ones

The police department has received
complaint concerning the actions of
a man who signs his name, as wv ].
Well, Of Richmond, Va" who on Sat
urday last astonished several business
men Of this city by fiourishing checks
apparently for thousands of dollars
and trying to buy various articles. He
did not succeed in having any of them
cashed.
The man first came into prominence
on Thursday last when he entered
the garage of the standardization Au-
tomobile Company and looked at sew
eral machines. On Saturday he called
again and Assistant Manager Ayers
took the man to Brandywine Springs
to demonstrate the car. Before going
Well, as ne claimed his name was,
borrowed a fur lined coat from Harry
f. Otteni On reaching this city he
said he was satisfied with the car and
would buy it. Otteni, who had waited.
received his coat.
Well called r. w. Crooks. of the
Peoples Railway Company, by phone
and made an appointment with him
saying he was interested in the Park
Amusement Company. This appoint
ment the man did not keep and about
| Z o'clock on Saturday evening the
| stranger appeared at the Stoddard-
Dayton offices with a check on the Sc
curity Trust and Safe Deposit Com
pany for S110O This he rendered as
part payment for the automobile which
is valued at $4,000. Manager Ayers
refused TO let him have the machine,
saving he would order one from the
! Philadelphia office and it would be
here on Wednesday. Well then asked
Mr.. Ayers 90 lend him So, which was
refused.
This morning Mr.. Ayers took the
check to the Security bank where II
was stated that Well had 10 account
there and it was said that on Sat
urday the man, who is about five feet
two inches in height and wears nose
glasses, appeared there and repre-
sented himself as a government EN-
ploye He said he was going TO open
a wireless telegraph station here for
the government and would like to
rent a safe deposit vault. He offered
to show proof that he was employed
by the government and after secur'
| ing a number of blank checks he
left.
This morning while Ralph Talley
of the firm of John w. Talley and
Son. real estate dealers, was in the
Security Bank Building, his attention
was called to the case and he said the
man had called at their offices ant
talked of purchasing the property o
the late Chief Justice Charles b. Lore
at Delaware avenue and Broom'
street According to several persons
who talked to the man, he claime
he represented the Park Amusement
Company, and was planning to rul
a chain OF parks here.
On Friday he called on J. Ivy Jes
sup, manager of the Stieff Piano Com
pany, at No. 900 Market street, an
said he was from Baltimore and wa
going to run a chain of parks. II
looked over several pianos, one play
er piano and three low-priced instru
ments. After talking for awhile h
asked the price of the four and lei
!
Later he returned and left worl
that he would accept the pianos a
s11O0 the price asked. On Saturda,
he again appeared and said he had Of
fees at No. sos DUPONT Building an
he rendered a check for the tota
amount with the understanding tina
the instruments be delivered on Sat
urday Of this week at Brandywin'
Springs Park.
Early in the evening the man agaii
called at the store and asked abou
getting a small check cashed but no
meeting with success he left. Thi
morning Mr.. Jessup went to the ban
, with the check and was informed tha
the man was not known there. Fur
ther inquiry brought forth the in
= formation that the supposed offices i
the DUPONT Building were occupied b
? the Powder Company.