La Junta tribune., 1915-01-09
MILLloxAIRE's BOGUS son.

Bogus Soa of Bogus Millioaaire Ut.
ter. . Bogus Check-his Check.
cred Career Nov Checked.
Max Monchein. alias Max Ascher.
claims to be the son Of one Of the
bogus millionaires that made Nil
waukee famous. That Is the story
he told Jailor Nixon. who brought
him back from McCook. Neb.. one
day last week TO answer to . charge
Of forgery. When arraigned In
Judge Teter's court he denied that
he had ever been In La Junta until
he was brought here by Tailor Mix
on. He claimed that he was In
Denver in October. when the bogus
check was issued. where he had q
very pleasant sojourn posing as the
son Of q Milwaukee millionaire. and
receiving the attention that Is due
such distinguished parsonage.
For five days. he told Nixon. he
had possession OF an automobile
stolen from one Of the plutocrats OF
the capital city. At night he posed
as the son Of = millionaire and 4 gay
lothario. Every night he picked
up some young sport, who had little
spare change but no automobile, and
after each had acquired n willing
SKIRT" put In the time Joy riding un-
I'll jocund day stood tiptoe ON the
misty mountain tops. During the
day he would "mooch' on the street
until he had acquired AN amount SUI
ficient to purchase gasoline to keep
the machine moving at night.
Max kept this up for five days.
without being discovered. by simply
changing the number on the car.
leaving the machine on any OF the
down streets during the day time
when he was not using IL. The po-
lice fipally. Identified and recovered
tie eat. but the mliiionairc's son was
not among those present at the time.
They discovered from the license
record that the humber on the car
wss originally Issued 70 smother type
o. anAnneholss aud after mshing =
throrossh search found the number
OF the stolen ear under one Of the
seats.
When the milli0nsirc's son appear.
ed In the district court last Monday
he decided TO enter plea Of guilty
and told the story OF how he forged
the check. In October Max was up
against II In La Junta aud did not
have the price Of bed or meal.
lie was allowed to sleep In the city
jail on two different nights. and dur.
Ing the day loafcd around the city
hall. On one Of these days he was
In the water commissioners office
along with another "floster" who had
been provided with jail quarters. A.
the suggestion Of the latter Il was de.
cided to go through" the desks Of
the city marshal and also the water
commissioner and see what they
could find. Il requires nerve 10 rob
the desk Of city marshal In his
own office In broad daylight. but Msz
and his companion were equal 10 the
occasion. They found nothing ol
any value except = book Of blank
checks on the First National Banl
and they decided 70 make use oi
these. Max wrote out . check fol
e33. payable 70 himself. and signed
By 8. w. Brown. city clerk. Hs
sousd aa election ballot on the bsct
~ whicA vas psisesd tAe signature
Of Q. W. Brown % city clerk. and b
plscins this psiatsd signature undss
the check was sbls 70 produee oas
that vas Identical down 70 the slight.
sss detail and which svea deceived
NJ. Brova himself.
MAG thea wsat 70 The store ol
Louis Ojens on West Second street.,
and after buying . pair Of Shoes pre.
seated ths check for 90. Il hap
psasd that Ojeas dld not have sAal
nuch cash in The store and Offered
70 take The ctDck 70 the Pint Ne
tioaal Daak and have u cashsd
There 10 learned that NJ. Brown hal
no account at ths rirss Natloaal
aud this lasosnation caused great
sxeitsmeat In Syrian circles. Ojsaa
made . Wild dash back 70 bic stors
oaly 70 flnd that Mag had folded hli
ient iike The Arabs and sllsally sleIG
away--along With TIE shoes. TAeFg
xss great conmotioa In ths Syrian
colony fos few nlautss. but Il avail
"a nettias-Msx had eons hsae(
ssd whlehss. 10 maa kasw.
Mag was finally located II Ne
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