The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-17
RAISES CHECK
IT IS CLAIMED
Merry Film Flam Game Is Said to
Have Been Practiced Here

Accused of pcrperating in Colu-
met yesterday one of tho ncryiest
Rim nam games that has gone 10 .he
attention of the police for mon,hs, 4.
Hartman is detained by the officers IN
Negaunec ana will be brought back TO
Calumet TO stand trial Hartman is
said to nave raised a check
from one dollar 10 forty dollars,
cashing It and leaying town, The
check WAS issued by Frank sumo, the
sixth street grocer.
sumo claims the man entered his
store Yesterday and represented him
self To be with the Merchants Collect
NIX Agency He contracted with Mr..
Suino tor this agency 10 collect about
ten accounts, all of them out of town,
and To cover preliminary expenses was
10 receive one dollar at a rate of ten
cents for each account the collecting
expenses 10 be deducted after the
money had been procured. Not having
time go look up these accounts, Mr..
Sumo claims Hartman left q blank
statement to he filed in at his leisure
and asked that the preliminary fee Of
one dollar be given 20 him 20 that it
might be sent 10 his agency This waJ
agreed upon and Hartman proceC led
10 write out the check, using a FOAM
tain pen Mr.. Sumo says. sumo signed
the check with Hartmans pen, aud
claims he is certain IL read one dol
lar Hartman then departed Stating
Ec planned to visit the Barsotu store.
Later in the afternoon, Sunos Sus-
piclons became aroused when he re
called the transaction, and he went t.
the First National bank. with the in
tention he says of stopping payment.
When he got there he found Hartman
In the act Of having the cheek certl-
fed. very natural step in view Of the
tact that the check was 60 be sent
away, and Hartmans appearance
caused Suino's suspicious To disappear
for the moment and he hesitated about
investigating further. on his way Ont,
Hartman spoke To Sumo and suggest
cd that he should not delay i'm send
ing i'm It list of the accounts To DC coli
iected.
When Hartman left, Sumo wac not
entirely satisfied and says he called tno
attention OF the bank officials 10 the
amount for which the check was Is
sued, as Il precaution against it being
raised, He found to his dismay that
while he stood looking on and evident
~ endorsing the transaction tnc check
hearing his signature and readng tot
~ zone dollars instead of orc l0llar
had been certified by the bank, and
that the man he charges with raiaing
ii had departed.
Steps were Immediately tllc1 to
stop payment and Marshal Trujcll " as
notified The check was cashed "a, the
ramarack Cooperative store short
time later, ana Marshal 1rudoll ascer-
tained that a man answering Hart
mans description had left on tn"
Northwestern ;rain. Marshal Trudcil
immediately communicated with other
towns in the upper peninsula With the
result the man believed to BE- Hart
man nas apurchendod at Negauncr.
chief Of Police Louis Noctsch %
llough'on went TO Ncgauucc last even
ing AT Sheriff Crusc, request T. bring
Hartman back there being no other
deputy sheriff available who could be
gent there
sumo claims he received three long
distance telephone calls, one last even
ing aud 'wo this morning in which
promises were given that satista".
tory settlement would bc made if the
PROCEEDINGS were dropped. ~ the mat
ter has been placed In the hands of
the authorities. however, this was Inn
possible, and was mon oven considered
by Mr. Suino.
May 30 A Connection.
The authorities received word to-.
day from Superior WIS. 10 keep on
the lookout tor man named L. lseu-
man. wanted in that city for forgery
alleged 10 have been committed yes
tcrday Iscnman Is suppos ad 10 uc ina
The copper country now ana may be
arrested this afternoon as the Ulcers
have a good description of tim.
II is said Isenman also .'no.escnto3
himself 10 be- connected with TIA, Mcr-
chants Collecting Agency ani il this
Is the case, the fact th1t lsrumau
headed this way should connect tho
! two cases.