The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

1890. When this was cashed by Arnold
It Is thought that he lost little time In
giving Nashville the shake.
Paper Comes Back
Nothing more was thought of the mat
ter by the duped lawyer or the bank
through whom the draft was handled for
collection Until the bogus paper came
back marked IN. c." The whole trans
action was then revealed to be bogus
from beginning to end. But 1t was
thought, of course, that Arnold must
have had a confederate at the other end
of the line and this belief was maintained
until the bold manipulation was returned
to this city.
draft of the letter that was first written
ostensibly from Illinois In which 1t was
stated that the property was there all
right and In which the offer of the $1,000
was made. This was in the handwriting
of Arnold as was shown by memorandums
that were made in a little note book in
his possession. The exchange that was
sent was made out to Mabel G. Arnold"
and indorsed with that name and the
writing was Identical with the name as
written out this way In the little book.
The confidence man evidently wrote the
name SO that he would not get 1t con-
fused with others so reckless was he
III the use OF new names EVluently an
other dummy wife was Florence M. AL
1en." for among the effects of the ap-
pretended crook were three drafts of
New York exchange of $1,000 each, made
to appear as drawn on the National City
bank by the First National bank of
Twin City, Idaho
There was whole stack of blanks for
exchange printed with the name of the
same New York bank, but there was no
National bank at the ton of the paper.
He evidently had a town name printed
under the heading to suit the location in
which he operated. 1t was his endeavor
to have the words Helena Arkansas"
printed under First National that
caused him to be entrapped by the au-
thorities at Houston, Tex, after Arnold
lad been made known to the detective
and police authorities the country over
by Chief Sidebottom and Detective Irwin
and Dowd of the Nashville detective de-
partment.
These men confidently believe that other
cases Will come from the apprehension
OF Arnold as no notice CT his escapade
here had been made known except that
which was contained in an insignificant
special sent out by the news associations
when the confidence man was caught in
Houston. He was arrested there as o.
ID, Haynes after having been known as
Juuu w. ATnOlu IN NASHVILLE.
Returned Money After Arrest
The confidence man lost no time in re-
turning the money here after arrest, but
is still held under indictment for obtain
ing money under false pretenses. His
willingness to return here without requisi-
ton is thought to mean that he wanted
to dodge the Kansas City case against
him.
In the latter instance he operated with
a dummy wife at Appleton, Wis, and A.
A. Chamberlin, 704 Commerce building,
Kansas City, was signaled out to act for
her as shown by correspondence still re-
tanned by Arnold. The name that the con-
fidence man bore at Kansas City was
Gorden E. Shurwin.
Arnold or Haynes, or whatever his name
may be, was met here, after being
brought back from Texas by Detective
Pat Dowd, by ex-Chief George T. O'Haver
of Memphis, who believes that Arnold is
implicated in cases that have been
brought to the attention CT his detective
agency.
To the Burns agency of Chicago he
has this record. His aliases with this
agency are Jasen w. Sherman, Arthur
B. Hill and ]. C. Cox July 1, last, he
attempted to defraud hank In the state
of Washington on the same scheme that
he worked with success at Kansas City
tempted by him at Vancouver.
AT Santa Cruz Cal, October IA, 1918, he
attempted the confidence game as Arthur
B. Hill and his dummy wife as Edna May
Hill. Collins D. Hinkle of Pacific Grove,
Cal, was given as her brother. Arnold
used the wife as dummy In all cases re-
ported to the Burns agency except In
one instance he employed half brother
In one of his unsuccessful western at
tempts.
Silent About His Past
Regarding his past escapades, Arnold
is human clam. His only story of his
past to Chief Robert Sidebottom Is that
he is an Engllshman who lost his all two
years ago In mining venture In Mexico
Mt De Sanora, Guagrnas, Mexico. The man
Is as cunning as fox, but In demeenor
mas certain reserve that indica tes Nhe
would very much prefer TO be left alone.
While giving his ago at 90 he does not
seem to be anything like that. With gray
locks, a prominent forehead and his head
tilted slightly to the right he gives an
air of being anything else but the crook
that his fast revealing record shows him
to be. Arnold lacks only one inch of
being six feet.
While the confidence man has been op-
Grating In the west fol months his ef-
fects show that he Travelled az far east
as PlYteburg before coming here. His
only memorandum record after leaving
here is at Helena, Ark, ana Houston.
Tex.