Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-30
ENGLAND To LIFT EMBARGO
ON GERMAN GOODS ORDERED
BY IMPORTERS OF AMERICA
DUAL EXISTENCE
LED BY A BANKER
Prominent Citizen Of Arkansas, said
to Have Confessed Crooked Deal
Elsewhere

Elsewhere,
ST. Louis. Mo. Aug 8o.-Aftsr
maintaining for years the dual ideu-
dry Of banker and prominent citizen
Of Forrest City ark, and alleged fors-
er Of realty documents in other parts
Of the country, John n. Kline OF st
Louis is under arrest here today He
has confessed, according TO detectives.
swindIes aggregattng more than $780,
eco.
AS a bank director I'm the Arkansas
city Kline was known as John W
Baruhardt. He had been urged 20 he
state senate. In Forrest City he and
his family were socially prominent.
Kline or Barnhardt was arrested
here last night He had escaped two
weeks ago. the police said. from
Waukesha Wis. where his methods
ia attempting TO mortgage property
brought him under suspicion
The hundreds of complaints against
Kline charge that he would 60 into
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good farm which he might buy. and
then would get acquainted with men
Of money When he had selected
farm It was charged, he either hor-
rowed the deed and made out a bogus
deed to himself, or he bought the
farm, paid for IT with a check aud
took possession Of the deed.
AS soon as the deed was safely re-
corded In his name. Kline, his accu5-
ers say. mortEaged it, BY the time
the check was returned marked mo
funds ne had gone back 10 Arkansas
80 become g banker again.
The police say Kline is worth more
than $3.50 600
Barnhardt today said he would re-
turn to Wisconsin without requisition
To q reporter he said that for several
years he had eyaded arrest by the use
Of assumed names.
Dispatches today from Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Kansas City. Mo- Wauke-
sha Wis. Kalamazoo. Mich. and Dan
vile, H. indicate that d man be
Ieved to be Barnhardt had been in
volved in swindling operations I'm or
near those cities.
Clinton, Iowa. Aug 30.-Uuder the
name Of w W. LUnger. q swiudier be
lieved to be Kline swindled Matthew
Redder of Clinton out of 50 600. about
ten years ago, using a forged deed and
uotariaf seal In the transaction.
DanviIle Ill. Aug. 30-Four years
ago George Adler secured a loan Of
$500 from Captain Edwin Winter,
candidate for state auditor on the
progressive ticket al the last election.
He secured the loan through the bor-
rowed deed plan
Kalamazoo. Mich. Aug 30.-Local
officers claim that John W. Kline n
der arrest in ST. Louis. operated his al
legged bogus deed system in this Coun-
ty- Eve years ago and secured So 500.
Ffe is said to have been known here as
Philip GaIyick.
Council Bluffs. Iowa Aug 30-In
1908 a man giving the name Of Joseph
Fisher and also John NJ. Birkmau, vic
timjzed q number of capitalists in this
vicinity boy means Of fraudulent deeds
and mortgages. IS. p. Dodge. ST.. of
tHAtAtl-l# Ata aHAhE1 stat f=fftAls tett3AF
months ago a man arrested in Mime
sofa under the name OF George Adler is
understood by the local police 10 have
confessed the Council Bluffs awindle
among others. The identity OF the
man has not been positively estah-
iished. however.
Waubesha, Wis. Aug. 30 District
Under Sheriff David Roberts today LETT
for Madison to obtain extradition pa
pers to bring Adler back to this CITY 10
stand trial on charges Of forgery, Jail
delivery and attempted murder, when
he assaulted. it is alleged Under Sher-
If Roberts with "a gas pipe In e4ectiug
his escape from tbe WaUkesba county
jail.
Sherl6 John sleep, District Attorney
N. Newton and Milton " Evans have
left Tor St Louis
Authorities say that operators of a
detective agency have had Adler un-
der surveillance since he left Chicago
for St Louis three days ago