Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
USES q. w. DARLlNG's NAME TO
WcrIMIzE MERCHANTS OF
CITY.
John DOE" WARRANT is
ISSUED BY JUSTICE PEEK
Sherif's Officers Have Clue That, II
Is Believed, Will Result in Arrest
Abbott 4 Son, George Painter, and
c. r. cripps Forsers Victims
Work Is Crude.

Using a crude attempt to forge the
and securing cash on three on the old
game of making small purchases from
merchants netted youthful sforger
s27O5 in cash, and $3.05 in merchan-
disc and barber work, Thursday. The
forgeries became public today when a
"John Doe" warrant was issued from
Justice Peek's court, charging forgery,
preferred by L. c. Abbott of Abbott d
Son, one of the victims.
That the work was of the crudest
sort is realized now that the checks
have been marked forgery at the
First National Bank, where they We're
banked Friday. In addition to Abbott
& Son the victims are George Painter,
clothier and Charles f. Cripps. a bar
Der at 211s North First avenue
Methods Very Crude.
The forger, who appeared to be a
young man of about 20, had secured
from the G.. w. Darling Company office
blank checks. He had also secured a
protectograph, yet, from all indica-
tions, did not know how 1t should have
been used.
In making out the checks the forger
signed the name, &c. w. Darling" but
was unable to use the g. w. Darling
Company rubber stamp, which is al
| ways used by Mr.. Darling in his
checks. A line beneath the company
name in the stamp is used on the OAR
| ling company'S checks and on this line
Mr.. Darling signs the checks. Again
| a comparison of the signature of Mr.
| Darling and the one on the checks, was
proof enough in itself that some on
beside Darling had made the checks.
In the use of the protectograph, in
stead of using the line mot over" a
certain amount, as is customary, the
youthful check maker had printed in
the amount Of the checks in fuN, cents
and all. That wasn't enough, but he
wrote the amount again. in ink, on
the same space occupied by the pro-
Photograph, Even more crude was the
fact that the line in which the amount
was written was begun with small
letter.
Abbott Check Largest.
| The check given to Abbott & Sor
was the largest, $500. On this
ALBERT Brindle." the one to whom the
check was made received a box Of
shotgun shells, worth 80 cents, ant
| 315.40 in cash,
at the George Painter store
wendell Reed to whom the CHECK
was made. orfered a check for $3.50
and received a. cap worth $3.50 ant
| 1896 in change.
At the Crtpps barbar shop so cents
of work was done. and the maker OF
the check, Harry webb" get in addi-
ton to his work $500 on his check fol
$500 aSss5
The checks We're all dated or
| Wednesday. Feb. I, and cashed or
Thursday. late enough in tkeaday sc
that they did not reach the bank unit
Friday as
Officers Have Clue.
The sheriff's officers, who have the
warrant issued from Justice Peek's
court have what they think is a good
clue, and one which. they believe, will
result in an arrest.
| T.. C. Abbott said today that If the
maker Of the check we're arrested and
convicted an example would be made
Of him. 1T will be no case Of drop
| ping prosecution as soon as we gel
your money back" said Mr.. Abbott.