Evening journal., 1913-10-03
LOCAL MEN
HELP CLEAR UP
FORGERY CASE
Inspector PIummer and Post
master English Give Tip For
Baltimore Arrest
BANK CLERK DREW ON
FUNDS OF COLLEGE

Detective OTeary, Of the Burns
Agency. nssisted by Postmaster James
J. English. Of this city, and Postofhce
Inspector NJ. S. Plummer, Of this dis
frict. has uneorthed bank forgery in
Baltimore, Md, in which $500 was ap
propriated from the National Exchange
Bank. Of Baltimore, by Thomas vernon
Wartheu, tho alleged forger, who con
Quoted his operations through the VII
soaiueton postofhce.
warthen, who has confessed to the
detectives, has been given hearing IN
Baltimore. and is held tor the grand
iars. In conducting his operations War
then had his daughter rent a boN at inc
local postoffcc because, as be says he
did not think he could be detected but
the developments show that he selected
the wrong city Tor his headquarters
Detective oLeary was ably assisted
hv POSTMASTER English, Inspector Plum
mer and James Moore OF No; 0oi Nes'
street an employe o. the io'9l Pos''
cfece. and while Warthen thought him
.elf sec,,re these officials were gradually
working on the case, putting INK ana
.,l. tooethcr. which eventually resulted
ii fhc arrest of the self-contcssed tor2ei.
m a understood that Nathen. wh"
ras balancing clerk in the bank, did nor
.ranJ anx considerable time in tins ciN,
here M all. but his mail WAS loo6eu
after nv confederate. The Young man
den,c. that his family know anythlng
hout his operations, and declares tn"e
ia lid il aicne. Tie had placed most ol
~ money in hunds aud securities. whieh
bS Sdnred not collect. and disposed OF very
.l;tfio cash. Mt a cent OF inc MONEY
ra hc Lost bv the National Exchange
,,s,t a. the amount of Narthcns bona
e,ilv covers the discrepancy IN the ae
: count NJ 81 Ioscph's College NJ hmm'ts
hnv NTd. upon which institution War
sh~,, drc,, the forged check. In making
Nj. confession at the hearing Nartheh
st don't see how they ever caught
manned the affair so elaborate
~ that I believed that II ! ever "as
ennrehended there would be so many
-s~sons involved that would AZ
least have grounds on which 10 make
a good legal fight .,,o
"a inactive accounts Of the hank
ma decided 10 take a chance'
rnsc5 that the funds Of ST. Joseph
Voi,epe we're never drawn on, anu
saoided 10 take the amount wanted
from this. I secured a check sleneu
nv sister Bernard orndort' treasurer
of the college. and studied the nal'u-
xtltine ana signature. I even TOOK
.i.',,-' ,,Sorlr home and practieed-t the
~ maintained a box in the post
ofsce NJ Wilmington, Del. and II was
through this that ] did all my Dust
ness transactions. II was because
of this feature Of my work tna'
believed 7 could not be caught
with the s5 800 check ] purchaseu
government bonds. which, through
the same postofice box medium !
had transferred into railroad BONDS.
dealt through a firm OF New iolh
brokers. -, ...hod
Most OF the checks ] had casheo
u,.re nresented in Washington. d.
r through a person who had ht'ie
or M dealings in hnance and acteu
for rnc only because I requested
Detective OTeary states that the
nerson mentioned by Warthen Was
woman. who after cashing a S4oV
check for him had appropriated inc
nroceeds and disappeared. The DC
iective stated that the bonds We're
being recovered and that they expect
"a 10 get back practically all Of them.
The box in tho local postofhce was
xeotod bv .r=-.assss's daughter. JAMES
Nfoore box clerk in the local postofhc.'
rented tho box to her Detective -
T.earv toot him 10 Baltimore last FRA
dan and Yesterday the girl was cap
t,red Moore identified her ~ the Wo
man who rented the box Warthen iatel
ronfessod that he had his daughter rem
The box but that she was innocent o.
any crime The number ot the Don wa
10. and varthen said that me uniucN,
number was the cause Of ms capture
The girl was released.