The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-12
TOLD TO WATCH
FOR SLICK fORGER
J. A. Young. With Several Aliases
Nantes in West fe~ Forging
Bills o. LAdsns on
Raitraada
he HAS SMOOTH SCHEME
Disposes q Leads Of Grain Secured
Under False Pretsnses 500
Reward o.eres ~
Read.
HE HAS SMOOTH SCHEME

The KsOEuk police department las
been noG5hed OF the operations OF 8
clever crook who FORCES bills OF lad
ing on railroads and who has been
disposing Of car loads OF grain IN the
west, that hare been secured under
false ureEsnses- 4 reward o. $3.50 Is
offered by the Northern Pacific raj
wa. fer his arrest Following is a
description of the forgg and the
game he works
J. a Young, alias W Levine. whose
Tus name Is unknown, is wanted for
operating with forged bills OF ia6ing
Description Age about 20: weight
$50 10 U.s. lbs; height 5 # inches:
dark complexion, smooth shaven. but
would have heavy beard IL let grow;
wears stubby nustache sometimes.
lark heavy eyebrows. gray hazel
eyes: dark brown hair, maybe little
gray, sharp features, eyes sunken In;
scar On upper lip. right side. shows
quite plainly when smooth shaven:
when he is OUT to turn a trick he
usually lels mnstache grow to cover
up scar; rather large mouth, opens up
when laughing with a good ha-ha:
good taIEer and well posted; drinks
Ehisksy and always carries a bottle
when travelling, small, long sfnewy
hands; fairly wen kept; low fore
head
He goes out TO some small town and
buys 2 car or two OF grain, hay or
feed from some well known farmer
or grain merchant, and las IT shipped
to some city within a radius OF 500
miles or SO. He precedes the ship
ment 10 destination and represents
himself 10 the victim as a commits
i.-fr ~
some kind His shipment, which he
has arranged to pay for at desrina-
ton. Is now rolling or IN the yard
He refers to that and secures adj
RANGES on forged bills of lading that
do not exist He usually makes ship
ments 10 order notify.
In some cases he has put an add
in the daily paper for the services Of
some young man who knows the
grain business and territory, thereby
he gets the services OF someone who
knows all the grain men He then
uses this fellow as tool without
him knowing il, TO victimize the firm
| whom he may deal with Information
| Is that Young has secured large SUNS
| of money from various grain firms In
San Francisco. Portland. Tacoma and
elsewhere He operated in Portland
tG--A. oSok-SG oSo sS-kSl&20E&s
1915.
| We would like to have you take up
in person with all grain, hay or feed
| firms of your city and ask them TO
advise you at once should anyone
| whom they do not know come TO their
place of business with the explans-
ton that he has cars so and so on
track OF rolling, and that he wishes
10 secure advance money on other
cars for which he presents bills Of lad
ing" which are no doubt forged This
party Will no doubt repeat in some
other part OF the country, as he has
been doing. Warrant is on file charg-
ing grand larceny. Reward is now de-
posted in the Bank OF California, Ia
coma. Washington, and viii be paid
when Identification Is made In any
Jail. Forward any information to any
one of the undersigned
| D. o. Smith, captain detectives. Ia
coma, Washington
a P. LOOMS. chief Of police, Ia
coma, Washington
/ P J. McAurray, special agent
Northern Pacific railway, Tacoma,
/ Wash
". ]. MeFetridge. chief special
agent Northern Pacific railway. St
Paul. MINI.