Putnam patriot., 1916-08-18
FALSE PRETENSES
Gets Six Months for (. '. FOnrnier and
 Loses So for Noel Cartier
Past Record of Man with Phony Checks
 to Be Investigated

Relying on the validity of check for Sl 100, drawn on the Connecticut National Bank of Bridgeport, in the hands of Charles Y. Fournier, who claimed Alberta, Ganade, us his homs, Noel Cartier, bartender in Cannon $ saloon is out S6. Fournier has gone to jail for six months and in the mean time the police will look into his past history as it is thought he may be wanted in other cities.
 When Fournier was srraigned in the city court Wednesday morning charged with obtaining money under false pretenses he plead guilty. This is all he would say. He was given an opportunity to talk but refused to make any statement.
 Cartier told the court that Fournier arrived in Putnam at 1130 o'clock Sunday night and came into the Hotel Cargil. He told Cartier that he, Fournier, was on his way ato Provi depce and only had 25 cents. He ask ed tor the price of nights lodging and was given dollar. The next day he asked for some more money and ex- hibited the Sl TOO check. He said he was going to buy chicken farm and would deposit the money in the Put nam bank He was given four dollars more. Later at two different times fifty cents was handed over but not be- fore Cartier became suspicious.
 Asked if he had deposited the money Fournier told Cartier that he had been to the Western Union Telegraph Office to have the check made good from Bridgeport. Cartier went to the 'tele- graph office and found this statement to be false.
 Afterward Fournier told him that he had left the check for deposit at the bank. Investigation proved this also to be false.
 Cartier then called in Captain of Po- lice Joseph Ryan and together they went to the hotel and met Fearnier just coming out. He was asked about the money and said IL was all right as the check had been deposited. This was Tuesday morning. Together the three started for the bank and Four nier maintained everything was all right until the corner of the street op- posite the bank was reached when he suddenly remembered that the check had not been deposited. He now told his escorts he had "done awayn with the check. He was then taken to the police station and locked up.
 Captain Ryan told the court that two years ago, while he was working at the Hotel Chickering,. Fournier showed up ,there. At that time he also claimed to be from Alberta but was going to buy a black fox farm in Prince Edward Island. He had a fox skin with him. He endeavored to borrow $50 around the hotel but was unsuccessful. After he left town it was discovered that he had borrowed small amounts from members of vari ous fraternal orders posing as @ mem- Der of each. The captain said he had communicated with the Bridgeport bank and the police there to see if they wanted the man.
 When searched at the police station two checks were found, on Fournier, the ,SI, 100 check and one for S1 400 The S1, 100 check read as follows:
 "Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. lst, 1916. The Connecticut N National Bank-Not Negotiable-Charge to my account and pay to myself only, seventeen hundred dollars, S1, ,700.n (The amount had been printed in red with protecta- graph machine and then written over with a pen). The check was signed and endorsed by 5. l.. Stanward. Al the left end ion the face of the check was written C. V. Fournier.
 The Sl 400 check was the same ex- cept that it was signed and endorsed by G. $. Petford. At the bottom of each check was printed: "This check is to be used only at the counter of the Connecticut National Bank and by the drawer personally"
 Fournier would say nothing as to how he came in possession of the two checks. The card case in which the checks were carried bore the union card of the United Cloth Hat X Cap Makers of America on the inside cover and on the opposite side was written with a pen, C. w Drew, 370 Wood Ave, City. There was a printed Elk's card bearing the name, "Manly E Sticklesn and q business card of "J Hardy, assistant travelling auditor, \ Y. \. H. d H. Railroad
 The police say that Fournier has { wife and several children living ir North Grosvenordale.