Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-03
POLICE CAPTAIN
LEAPS FROM CAR;
CAPTURES Z MEN
Pair Of Clever Gentry Held on
Charge Of Kiting Checks,
Arrested After An Exciting
Early Morning Chase,

Booked under the names Of Tom
Vaughn and James Davis. which are
plainly fictitious. on charge Of forg-
ing and uttcrIng forged checks. two
men are in the city ial awaiting a
hearing today, thcif arrest and inn
prisonment bcing the result Of clever
detective work and daring carly
morning chase by Captain Of Police
Pat O'Grady, assisted by Patrolman
I'D Donohue.
II is alleged that Vaughn aud pa
Wis kited half dozen worthless
checks Saturday night playing the
First street and North Third street
saloons, gathering in total OF 500
for the nights work The checks we're
all the same, written on plain paper,
rubber stamped ana signed by a firm
which Vaughn and Davis. II il claimed.
| represented to be construction out
tit. Checks were cashed at Fran
chini's and Nichi's and various other
places. by mere chance Franchlni
told Niehl of cashing check for the
men. They compared the checks and
discovered that they bore more than
one indication of worthlessness. Last
/ Saturday night the check cashing
stunt was reported to the police. a
round of the small saloons developed
that the same game had been played
In "A half dozen different places. Cap
tain O'Grady got busy at once. The
saloonkeepers who had cashed the
checks were unable to describe the
check artists with any precision. In
fact they differed SO much In dcscrib.
ing them that the police had worse
than nothing to work upon. Patrol
man Donohue, although off duty al
midnight. went home and put on plain
clothes and under direction of Cap
tain O'Grady started to run down va.
rious clues Donohue discovered that
at Shamaley's saloon, Second and At
lantlc. a pair of suspicious birds had
been seen. They had left the Sha.
maley place at 1850 in the morning
walking south.
Wild Automobile Ride.
Captain O'Grady secured an auto.
mobile and he and Donohue left foi
south of town. A careful search oi
the Santa Fc yards and Abujo failet
to discover the men. The driver OF
the car speeded up after leavlnf
Ahajo and a run was ma le to th'
south. When near Barr. eight milel
from town, o'Grady saw two meI
lettering near telegraph pole, appar
emily trying to escape detection. Tn,
Automobile was travelling at twenty
five miles an hour O'Grady dldn'
wait for the automobile to slow down
He jumped from the ear. turned 1
complete somersault, did a Ty Cobb
hook slide toward the telegraph pole
sliding on hands and knees. RICH
side up at the finish O'Grady coppct
the two men
\ Motion Picture Stunt.
There was no film man there Il
use O'Grady as the hero of a motor
picture play. His leap in the early
morning darkness from the fast go
ing motor ear was not accompanied
by any brass cymbal crashes. But h'
had his men. at II was proved an houl
later. when at the police station at
O'Clock Sunday morning Franchin
positively Identified Vaughn ant
Davis as the men who obtained thu
money from him on the alleged worth
less checks.
O'Grady is deserving of warm con
CALCULATIONS for the capture OF thu
two men. Working without any
clews worth while. he effected theii
arrest within two hours and a half af
ter the check racket was reported Il
him, once again demonstrating aggres
siveness aud executive ability as al
officer.