The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-20
BAD CHECK GANG
L|TnOCRApHS ITS
SPURIOUS DRAFTS
U. S. Officers Trace brains"
of Crowd Which Stole
Good Cash Orders.

what federal postal authorities regard
a. the most dangerous gang Of check
artists the southwest ever knew op'rui'
ed recently In Oklahoma CITY and sue
coeded In escaping with a. least NlOu
Checks 10 that amount have already
been reported to the postal authorities,
How many other worthless pieces ~
paper the gang succeeded ~ disposing
OF has not been disclosed
II IL thought that 1--WE men composed
the gang Tho number b. Il matter OF
conjecture The Lcc- Huckns suffered 20
tho extent of $50 from one man Hnd 500
from another. the Travellers hotel wa
victimi1cd for $50 the kngkudc Tor
'i25. and the SkiNin narrowly escaped
'Hshing worthless paper 10 the amount of
5000 Other businesses were yictmiIyd ht
the same time 10 iH aid
The unique feature nt the cas-, ls that
the checks CaHhod were In reality not
bud They were issued ly Nnriou. large
wholesale concerns to travelling m'l hu,
we're procured los the guus az the Wichl.
n Kan, postoffico. n 10 said The gang
storS either called NJ the pustoific' for
mail addressed 10 travelling men. know
ine IN som, manner that oh"Cks were
expected. or robbed the offic" II is
thought the former procedure wuH adopt.
ell
USE Travellers Names
From Wichita the check artists cam"
g. Oklahoma ClN ana registered uu.
der tho names attached 90 the check
~ the local hotels. ur represented them
selves Goo th, clerks 1901 those lu whom the
ch',ks we're made PAYABLE
rho Lee. liuoilus ,ish'd two ,h'.ks "u
Enthcuh'rg \ S,rloas NJ kHu.ts 'l'N
Mu Wholesale .Ipr md tobacco d,l.
'rs iuf go each. The kinIkti' hui'
rrli "ul ilga ul,r ~. counter l1r I
,h",n ou the nuNl lliiur. NJ Ch.ugu. t.I
'b' Traveller ptid So iol ,hrrk on iNy
Brown shoe COMPANY ut 3. luII- -Four
rh'DAs iur So each uu lhD l'uu ll,t.f
'ompuuy NJ Chicago. lars, mu-I. hnu.,
vrr" turned down hy the Skr,lu when
a.. clerk discovered tho were not dated
ThcS, checks hav, i'cn retained ly
the hotel
In every instance the checks we're re-
ported hi the h0ufos ON which the, Wct,
drawn ts good. uud there Wa unl, Tho
exception thai the travelling mon tu
whom they Ncr" mauo payable N'rr not
n" on"s VIII" received tine moue,
cl.v.r.t, - Al
piouJN ,, Dl.,,r,.t man uf tH, ON.
t'r' aunp 80. one who registered ct ih,
ir"- lluck.u- ur uUr''u'ri himself as
n trN'ilnr man tud rtrt''d tive Iuf-'
simple trunk I'm thee. truuk. 10 VpH
discu,er"d Ht'i hc had complete lIthu.
graphing. photo engraving and printing
outut. 'apihl" of dupIirntng iu every
particular ih, CHECK uf tut concern u
the United stptpe. even tu m, signature
n W. hr Whn passed check ou m,
l''. llu'k klnt tur iinu. mad, PAYABLE I,
him FOES No" travelling rCpttsruttfIN, of ID
l"rE' New NuTt luu.' From bNlbhumI
'I't b. ht. l,'u traced Zoo Meridian
NlIfs Hi N'v ur',u. IN 'l,h ~ vhlrl
r.I.'s h' worked r gumr rimWH tu fh,'
DO uHt.d r'rr
80 'hr Skran YnI kuEkudr N,
rluE t,I. worked t ,,rt clever "ttll
iu presenting ihciI yhr,ks tu tho .isrl
thu, declared the, had lusi receive,
word from luri Smith. \k CHAT m,
brother vhs Killed there tuia1 I Vpul,
Ike to got these ,h'rks ctsHrd su thtl
! ,tn catch iHr u",i train u,,t"
rh' u'' that Luth exhibited tcl,rruml
on Western iuiun furns Identical u
','rt particular. aud declared 'h,r
brother had b',u KILLED IN 90, srms ,.t,
un N" tbmr dlN, uud h,Utus, Nc ih,
disfimiip'0N Ut the descriptions of fh,
tNo it known tNsi u different man
worked each hotel
10 practically every instance ih, check
sftisis showed tu N, clerk correspond.
enc. pufruting tu b, directed tu them u.
tfnv'liuI men from the firms uu which
she checks we're drawn