Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-29
Police Fear Proceeds of Bad
Draft Will Not Be Recovered.
NOT IN R0GUES' GALLERY
Minute Description of Man Sent to
Other Cities.
HIS TRAIL HERE COVERED
Thought He May Attempt to Leave
the Country-Regarde as
Not Novice.

| Messages sent out from police head
quarters Saturday night asking for the
arrest of a man known as c. B. Morse,
who is wanted for having swindled the
| real estate firm of Boss & Phelps last
week of $500, by means Of worthless
draft. have brought no response. In
spector Boardman, chief Of detectives,
said this morning:
| Representatives of the real estate firm
who came in contact with the alleged
swindler have looked at the pictures In
the gallery at police headquarters. but no
picture in the collection, they said, re-
sembles the man who walked off with the
$500.
| Morse, as the prospective purchaser OF
the Cleveland Park property was known,
| is described as being between fifty-hve
and sixty years old and nearly six feet
tall, his weight being about 1S5 pounds.
His complexion is described in the po-
lice message as being rudy and sallow,
| he has dark hair tinged with gray and a
| Smooth face.
The prominent Jaws cheek bones and
| nose of the alleged swindler, the police
| think, should make his identification easy
while his deep-set piercing dark eyes are
calculated to attract attention. during
| the one night he stayed at the Raleigh
| and while he was engaged III the realty
| transaction with Boss Il Phelps he wore
| a gray frock coat suit, panama hat ano
| black shoes.
We know absolutely nothing about his
| Identity Inspector Boardman said to-
| day, land until we identify him we hard
| ly hope to get him.
Hope of Identification.
| Inspector Boardman thinks, however
that something will soon develop which
will bring about his Identification. The
police have sent such a good description
of the man to the police departments oil
other cities that some Of them, 1T Is
thought, will be able to make sugges-
ton which will lead to his identity being
made known.
Police officials said today that they had
been unable to trace the movements OF
The alleged swindler during the few
days he was in this city. They knew he
was at the Raleigh one night and that he
had been seen about the hotel lobby.
c. b. Morse is the name under which
the stranger registered. He registered
as from the state of Washington, the
draft he deposited having been drawn
on a bank in Aberdeen. that state Only
once in his dealings, 1t is said, did Morse
display any fear of detection and that
was Wednesday when he sent mes
| senger boy to the bank and had a check
| for $50 cashed.
| He quickly recovered from his fear
| however, when he learned the check had
| been cashed and no questions asked. re-
| turning to the hotel and getting the
money from the messenger. Thursday
he hurried to the bank shortly after he
| learned over the telephone that his bank
account was all right drawing $1,000 He
was given nine $1,000 bills and a five-hun-
| dred-dollar bill
| In the message sent out from police
| headquarters Saturday night, mention
was made of the denominations of the
| bills Morse received Thursday. Surprise
was expressed by the police that Morse
did not draw all the $4,000 represented
| by the bogus draft. He probably thought
| the leaving Of a deposit of 500 would
assist In warding off any suspicion his
| dealings might arouse.
Money May Not Be Recovered.
| The day after he drew the 50, 800 word
| came from Aberdeen that the draft thai
| had been deposited was worthless and II
| was then that the police were appealed
| to for aid in capturing the stranger anG
| recovering the money. 1t Is feared by
| the police that the money will never be
| recovered, although the swindler may be
| captured.