Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-11
YOUNG BUSINESS MAN OF STATE
CENTER ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF FORGERY.
ADMITS GUILT, CLAIMS
HE Is ALSO 6lGAMiST
James S, Frear, Alias S. Homer KEN.
ger, Arrested by Pinkerton Man, on
Warrant Issued at Avoca Charging
Foraery-undsr Indictment at SYRIA
cuse, N. ", For Similar Crime.

Is this Mr.. Kemper? asked we'll
dressed, business like looking man
who stepped into a little cleaning ana
dyeing house at State Center late
Tuesday afternoon.
1T is replied a quiet looking man,
proprietor Of the place.
You have a nice place said the
stranger.
Yes, and expect to have 1t nicer
after get started was the reply
well, have a warrant for you, Mr.
Frear,'' said the stranger.
I'm the man you want, answered
kemper.
In corner, busily engaged in re-
pairing lining to coat, sat a pretty
little woman who looked up with
startled eyes, wondering what II was
all about.
Tn the man they want. Sallie. and
I've done more than they know about.
Try and forget me, won't you
Such was the opening scene of
tragedy enacted at State Center Tues
day afternoon, when D. E. ellison. OF
Kansas City a Pinkerton detective
and W. f. Nicholson. superintendent OF
tr7 department of public safety Of this
city. placed under arrest James ,.
Frear. aged so. of Sidney. \. Y, alias
s. Homer Kemper, wanted by the Citi-
zens' Savings Bank Of -Avoca for
forgery.
Admits Many Other Crimes.
Altho it was known by the Pinker-
ton man that Frear was wanted at
Syracuse \. Y, for eighty different
forgeries, and is now under indictment
in Onondago county for the crime. the
detective was not aware that Frear
had operated in other places.
Frear admitted according to the de-
tective, to having operated at Indian
apolis, Moline. ILL.,, and Omaha. In his
search for Frear, which began last
Saturday morning. ellison had learned
of an Omaha forgery, but knew moth
ing of the Indianapolis and Moline
cases.
Admits Also He 10 Bisamist.
Frear declared, in the presence of
the officers, that he is a bigamist, and
it was following this confession that
he asked his bride of few months to
try and forget him. Frear says he has
wife living at Sidney, \. Y. whom
he married under his correct name. He
married under the name of kemper
the second wife at Omaha last De-
cember.
Career in Crime Rapid.
Young Frear's career in crime has
been rapid and somewhat spectacular
The first Of his forgeries that are
known were committed last summer at
II TO
have forged the names OF eighty diff
ferent persons to notes of various
amounts. These he sold for $1,000 to
S. H. Kemper. of Syracuse, New York
representative of The New Practical
Reference Library, according to a let
ter from Kemper to William B. Hughes,
of Omaha, secretary of the Nebraska
Bankers Association. and now in the
hands of Detective ellison.
Comes West in Fall.
1t was not until Sept. % that FreaI
left New York state and came west
posing under the name Of the man
to whom ne had sold the notes. He
went to Indianapolis. and there ac-
cording 20 Frear's statement, he com
United five forgeries.
At Moline, H.. Frear says he il
~
Omaha he is declared to have forged 6
check on the Peoples National Bank
and from there went to Avoca where
lie arrived F'eo. >.
Opens Grocery Agency.
At Avoca F'rear. or kenper, as Il
was known. opened up grocery bust
ness for the John Sexton Grocer.
Company. of Chicago, a concern sell
ing direct to farmers. There, it i
claimed, he forged the name of Mr.:
A. E. Patrick to a check for s42.10, Of
the Citizens Savings Bank of Avoca
The check was cashed at the Avoc
State Bank, where. it is also ALLEGED
ITrear left with an overdraft Of siS.
On the night Of Feb. % Kemper an
his wife left Avoca- Later develop
lnents on the part of Detective Gillso
show that they went to Dies Moine
spent the night at the Elliott Hote
checked their baggage to Marshall
town, where they arrived on the morn
ing Of Feb. %. The same day they wen
to State Center, where he has bee
ever since. Kemper rented the buildin
Of ]. E. Malloy & Son and opened up
pantorium and has been doing a mic
business.
Banks Insurance Starts Trail.
Inc Arrest Oh 4 rear was Oue ~ III
fact that the Ayoca bank carried in
demntiy insurance in the Pinkerto
Bank and Bank Protective Association
After the forgery became known, tn
bank placed the case in the hands {
the Kansas City branch Of the PinkeI
ton agency, and the case was turne
over to one Of the Kansas City opei
atiyes, Mr. ellison, last Saturday.
Erear College Ian.
Young Freer is a college mar, 2
aiumnus of the Syracuse Universit
where he was graduated as mechaI
zeal engineer He is a son OF Lest
Frear, farmer Of Sidney, n. Y. +
is five feet, seven inches tall, ar
weighs 165 pounds. He has blue eye
wears glasses, is smooth faced. Thr
a sawmill accident, as a boy, Fre'
carries a mark that made him vel
easy of Identification. The index ar
middle fingers of the young mar
right hand have grown together as
result OF the accident and the ring al
small finger on the same hand q
- missing
Taken 70 Avoea; Wife TO Onsi'@.
Frear had on his person when a
rested the sum Of 1928. This none
was secured on an order from Frear
Usteetivo ellison and given to MI