The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

six and seven, f in eight, n in nine
and II IN hundred
At last even her practice satisfied
her Then with a GOODNESS born only,
OF desperation she wrote in the words,
thousand 0O-lO0'
Again the eraser came into play TO.
remove the cents after the figure "25 "
4 comma and three zeroS following II
were inserted followed by new
90 100 The signature was lett un-
touched.
Erasing the name OF Green & Co
presented greater difficulties, but il
was accomplished with as little loss Of
the protective Coloring on the surface
OF the check as possible Then after
the PAY TO the order Of she wrote in, p,
as her husband had directed, The Carl
ton Realty Co
vi Next came the watW color 10 restore
the protective tint ,whcre the glass
eraser and the acids had removed IL,
There was much delicate matching of
t,nts and careful painting in with a
fine camcl'S hair brush. until at last
the color OF those parts where there
had been an erasurc was apparently as
good as any other part
OF course, under the microscope
there could have been seen the angry
crlSS-croSSing Of the ibcrS OF the paper
due To the harsh action oi the acids and
the gla,, eraser Still, painting the
whole thing over with little reSinouS
liquid somewhat restored the glare TO
the paper. at least sufficiently to sat
lSty ourSory glance OF the naked eve
There remained the difficulty OF the
protective punch marks. There they
were star cut out OF the check itself.
a dollar sign and 2S followed BY an.
other star,
She was still admiring her handl.
work, giving 1t here and there a light
little tlllip with the brush and compar
iug this check with ,omc OF those
which had been practiced ON last night,
20 sec whether she had made any i'm
proyemcnt m her technique OF forgery,
when Carlton returned with the punch
and the blank checks ON the Gorham
bank.
From ono OF the blank checks he
punched ont a number ui little stars
until there was ono in which watermark
and scroll work oorreSpouded precisely
with that punched out IN the original
check
Constance whose fingers had long
been accustomed 10 fine work. fitted in
the little star after the 'SlS', then took
It out moiStcned the edges So lightly
with glue on the end OF a too,hpick.
and pasted It back again. A hot iron
completed the work OF making the
edges smooth and unless rather pow.
etiul glass had been used no ono could
have seen the paSted-n insertion after
the 'S2S
Careful not to dey,ate the fraction
OF a hairs breadth from the alignment
/ Carlton took the punch, added three
/ U.s. aud q star after the .. making
It '2S.OoO' Finally the whole thing
was again ironed 10 give it the smooth
ness of an original Here at last was
the completed work, the first product
Of their combined skill in crime:
No. lS7ll Dec y. iol-.
THE GORHAM NATIONAL BANK
Pay TO the order of....The Carlton
Realty Co. Twenty five Thousand % 100
Dollars 2S,O0oOO.iO0
( W ! REYNOLDS Co.
Per Cil\S NJ BROWN. nca,
The nest problem wa, presenting the
check Tor collection Ol course Carlton
could no, put It through his own bank
unless he wanted TO leave a bla,ed
trail straight 10 himself Only a eolos
u sal bluff would do. and in a city wher,