The Cairo bulletin., 1912-11-02
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woman, came to Town. BY this time
the news had been printed in the
towns little daily paper that Mr. Jen
kns OF New YORK WAS buying out
| ClaWsonS coal yard and purchasing
| the old homestead from Cross for a
| home. Also. Ii was rumored, Mr. Jen,
! kins was connected with several man
! utacturing enterprises which were
considering Medilhon as a possible To-
! cation
Mrs jenkins came into Flink's Fur,
| niture Emporium, and VITA the good
uatured assistance Of jenkins began
! 70 pick out furniture Tor their new
home. She had taste and an appar-
entity generous pocHetbook Fink
| rubbed his hands as he saw her pick
nothing but the most expensive stuff
in his store. He extended himself to
! please Mr.. and MRS jenkins The bill
| for he articles THAT Mrs. Jenkins had
! set aside ran up to $1,000.
1T will be some days before we
want them sent up said she. Bat
! when we do want them it will be III a
| hurry"
A deposit OF one hundred dollars
was made ana the pair departed. The
deposit was III he form Of a check or
the Twenty-hfth Street Bank of New
, York.
: Cluwson, Cross and Fink hurricd at
once to their banks with their checks.
Clawson banked at the Old National,
Cross at the First National, and Fliuli
at the Farmers and Merchants. The
checks were taken for collection--and
proved good
jenkins made such an impression
that the Chamber OF Commerce in
vited him as an honored guest to its
weekly meeting He was looked upon
4 citizen to be welcomed with open
arms, Said tile president of the
Chamber or Commerce in introducing
him: Mr. Jenkins is what We need
| and want. thorougn-going hustler. "
He was. At the end OF weeks
dickering with Clawson, he agreed to
buy the coal yard at s4,790, $1,000 to
be paid at once, and the remainder on
! six months time. He wrote check
as before for the $4,000
And by the way, Clawson," he said
wish you'd take me down and in.
troduce me to your banker. III have
to transfer my account here in a few
days"
Clawson accordingly introduced
Jenkins to the Od National bank in
a cordial manner AS soon as he had
been property identified jenkins pre-
sented draft issued by the Twenty
4 Fifth street bank for $l625. The
cashier paid It without murmur OF
suspicion.
From Clawson, jenkins went to
! Cross, and within half an hour he had
repeated his operation at the First
/ National, there cashing draft for ST..
80 From Cross he went to Fink,
ana FtinL accomnlodatingly Identified
him at the Farmers and Merchants
1 where he secured $1,000 on similar
draft
( That night Mr. ANA Mrs jenkins LETT
MedlIion Next day the banks discoy.
cred that Tie drafts were all lorgeries.
The forms on which they were issued
were mere cheap limitations OF the
Twenty-lfth Street Banks paper. Hur.
y ricd kilograms went to the New York
bank;
How much is jenkins baIance?"
The answer came: Eighteen dol.
, lars ana eleven cents"
I The Medallion banks had been clev.
! erly stung
This was the story that gathered
! thread by thread when | investigated
/ the %rouble in Medallion
! TO trace Jenkins / had specimens OF
his handwriting excellent descrip.
tons Of him, and the Enowledee that
he was an expert in the coal business,
| r'eyond that-nothing lie had come
| 10 Medillion, stayed 4 little, and nit
ted away from s4,435 oil The bankers
money He had left no trail to fol-
low He was thorough going ''kiter.,'
Back III New York found that Jen
! kins had been deposition OF the Twen-
ty-iifth Street Bank for only a short
| time. Nothing was known of him
there. lie had left no trace. SO far
/ as any trail was concerned the exist
| ence Of jenkins began with his ap-
pearance at this bank and ended With
his disappearance from Mediliion.