El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-28
jewels CAUSE
MANS ARREST
White, Wanted in Sacramen-
to, III in Ennis, Tex,
Say Attorneys.

Abe White, wanted at Sacramento,
Calf. on a charge Of Issuing checks
without funds, is i'll in Ennis, Tex, ac-
cording TO Hudspeth & Dale, attorneys
retained by him in FL Paso- Today
was the date set for his appearance be-
fore Justice j. " Deaver, when the
California. officers were to show cause
for transferring him pack to that state,
but when the case was called, Huds-
peth & Dale presented a certificate
from a doctor at Ennis declaring that
White is too i'll to leave there.
This was the first the local police
knew of his actual whereabouts, their
last information having come Friday
night from Dallas. the telegram stat
ing that White was there and would
be on hand in FL PasO this morning.
Justice Deaver held White last week
in $500 bond. but on application TO
the district court. he mad it reduced to
$1,000 by judge Ballard ColdwelL
Sacramento Bees Story.
The Sacramento Bee Of June % prints
three columns about White, asserting,
among other things, that while the
cashinS OF two drafts at the Sacra-
mentO bank, totaling s2475. and par
ticularly one for SlZ25 is the charge on
which he viii be tried, he probably
viii be held TO accounting on a charge
Of defrauding o. r. Baxter out Of $3.50
in salary, for the selling to various
persons $1,000 worth Of alleged worth
proof Products company, OF san Fran
cisco, and the running Of various bills
totaling thousands of dollars" Con-
tinuing. the paper says. in part:
White made his entrance into Sac
ramentO like meteor, accompanied by
Mrs White, who wore on occasions
diamonds said TO be valued at SIS, 900.
He created a stir with his glowing
stories Of big affairs and connection
with Wall street, ]. P. Morgan, Russell
Sac ~wnafdnnH CHarraHm-a a. al
His stories included one OF a pa
latial mansion on the Hudson, which
he said he called his home. and he even
had pictures Of the place scattered
! about his expensive room IN the Hotel
Sacramento
Iron Clad Endorsements.
He came reinforced with iron clad
recommendations from such men as A.
c. RulofsOn, san Francisco, and other
prominent capitalists He was praised
in the highest terms. and these rec
concentrations gained immediate audi
ences and established confidence and
financial backing They were present
ed to Baxter and also to Joseph Ander-
son. A Hebron and Dwight H Nil
Ter.
The organization OF the Safety
First Firex company. the renting OF Z
store for the display and the leasing
OF a factory site were some Of his pre-
liminary operations
White issued a draIt on the Ma
tional Fireproof Products company. Of
san Francisco. presented IL TO the Sac
ramentO bank for payment endorsed
by himself and Baxter. This process
was carried out in the first instances
and the drafts covered in san Fran
ciso through H ". Gardner, secretary
Of the concern
Drafts Grew Larger.
las he proceeded, the drafts grew.
until the last two were for SLIPS and
$3.50. These were the ones left IN
. covered Bakers name appears on
these, and he must make good the
amount TO the bank
This is a month ago On the Esd OF
Nay White left Sacramento. The next
day he telephOned TO Baxter TO COM
plete the organization OF the local com
pany. Then followed two or three
daily kilograms purForting to have
been sent by White
Detectives We're started out by Bax-
ter and the Sacramento bank His last
place Of abode was at the Inside Inn,
at the exposition. and from there he
was traced down the coast in an auto
with hisNwife
Trail Blazed by Diamonds.
Mrs. Whites love for diamonds
helped IN blazing the trail which led
10 her husbands arrest.
Detectives followed White TO Los
Angeles, TO San Diego. into Mexico
from San Diego. back into the United
States and to FL Paso. and back and
bedecked woman. each time White was
lost to the detectives, was the cause OF
the picking Up Of the trail
Finally White wa sarrested while
Finally White was arrested at FL
Paso."