The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-07
CROOK WHO SW|ND[ED. THE !
ELECTRIC COMPANY CAUGHT.
Keokuk Electric company

The Keokuk Electric company
could.
The description tailed exactly with
the description Of Hemans and Man
ager Ingle made g little trip to Dav-
export and identified the man Just as
he was about to leave with 800 Of
the Davenport street car company's
money In his, pockets.
The Davenport Democrat has the
following story on the matter:
A clever swindler Is Frank H.
Young Of Cedar Rapids. But like
most criminals OF his class he piled
his nefarious vocation once too often.
He selected the Tri- City Railway COM
pany for his victim. Today Young Is
in Jail. The street car company Is
out 500, only temporarily, though, 1t
appears. They will undoubtedly get
the money back, for they had Young
arrested before he had an emporium
ity to spend any part of it. The pris-
oners reward for his daring appears
to be long time berth awaiting him
in the state penitentiary.
From information already secured
| 1t is shown that Young is a profess
sional swindler, making street car
companies his main object OF attack.
He is aided by natures phenomena
in his work, being what is known as
double-jointed man. To be more
explicit he possesses the faculty OF
throwing a joint out of place and
pulling It back again at will.
Came Last Tuesday.
Young came to Davenport week
ago last Tuesday and registered at
the Interurban hotel at Second and
Perry streets as James Robinson. He.
however, spent most Of his time at
the St. James hotel. preferring the
more agreeable surroundings here. On
: Thursday, Aug. IS, he claimed that
while stepping from a car OF the Tri-
City Railway company the car sud-
denly started and he was thrown
violently to the ground. He produced
a stranger giving the name OF j.
Baker, as a witness. BY this time he
| had left the hotel and engaged a
room at SIT Main street. After his
alleged injury he went to this place
and DR.. J. r. Haller was summoned.
Observing the mans shoulder to be
out Of place he ordered him taken to
| ST. Luke's hospital.
Refuses Treatment.
At the hospital Young refused to
accept medical treatment. He would
! not allow his supposed dislocated
shoulder to be set, declaring he would
not taken an anaesthetic. He insisted
/ he wanted to go to San Francisco as
quickly as possible to visit two sis
tiers, and would have the injury
looked after upon his arrival there.
! In the meantime the man had filed a
claim for damages with the Tri-City
Railway company, and this was
placed in the hands OF the company's
agent, Martin Marcussen.
DR.. Halter, WHO had been called to
attend the supposedly injured man.
soon became suspicious that all was
not we'll. He observed evidences of
an old injury to the shoulder, prob
ably received many years ago. But
at this time there was no infiamma-
ton or discoloration, as is customary
with dislocations,
DR.. Halter communicated his sus-
picions to Mr.. Marcussen, and the
latter kept close surveillance Of the
patient. He left the hospital last
Thursday night. Mr. Marcnssen fol-
lowed him to the st. James hotel bar.
Here Young removed the sling into
which his arm had been placed and
threw away the bandages. MT. Mar
cussen then observed him to move
the shoulder as freely as any man.
The following day, or Friday, Young
came to the Office Of the Tri-City
Railway company to settle his claim.
tions, allowed him 500 and gave him
o. .,
Quickly Arrested.
Young had barely secured the
money and reached the street when
he was arrested by Constable Phil
Kahles on information filed in JUS
tice Daum,s Office charging the pris.
oner with obtaining money under
false pretenses. He Is held under
$3.50 bond, and being unable to fur
nish this amount was remanded to
Jail to await his preliminary hearing,
which is set for . O'clock tomorrow
morning.
A Professional Crook.
To make sure Of his ground before
he paid over the money and caused
the mans arrest, Mr.. Marcussen made
personal trip to Cedar Rapids.
There he learned the mans correct
name and the fact that he had
swindled the street car company Of
that city on the same injury game
last February. Mr.. Marcussen also
received q letter from the Keokuk
Electric company stating that con-
Germ had been defrauded by Young to
the extent Of s125 two months ago.
Word was also received from the
street car company at Omaha to the
effect that Young had worked his
game successfully In that city as long