Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
pEP|N ADMITS HIS GUILT
Intended to Buy a $4,000 Farm
and Settle Down.
Manufacture Of Hair Tonic and Egg.
less Custard Pie Other Schemes Of
Young Get.Rich-Quick wal
lingfOrd.

Emsrov pen,n NJ this CITY. who was ar
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by the authorities upo" rece'pt OIL ines
sage from Chief Of Police P. j. Russell of
this city. stating that he was wanted here
to answer to charge Of uttering
checks, confessed to the charge
fled against him by States Attorney Allen
Martin. after being subjected to grilling
thai occupied the greater part Of three
hours at local police Headquarters Fri
day by the chief OF police and the states
attorney.
1t was shortly before seven O'CLOCK FRI
day morning that OfficerGeorge Fraser
of the local police force departed Tor Mont
peler to return with ENERGY, youth OF
less than q years. to this city, where he Is
to be arraigned on the charge of "wi1fully,
falsely, feloniously and deceitfully making
and forging several Checks" the total Of
which was given out Friday as being
in the neighborhood of $4,000. the exact
amount being as yet undetermined. On
the way to the Capital City, the local
officer was met by states Attorney
Martin. who ACCOMPANIED him to the
Wa shin~ton county iaii for the prisoner.
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questioned py the author1ues' tnere' nor
would ne say anything convictins to the
local onicer and the states attorney until
he was closely questioned after his arrival
here, which was at four O'Clock.
Finally, and slowly but surely En-
cry acknowledged that he had forged
several checks. with the ostensible pur-
pose In view Of purchasing $4,000
farm In Champaign, N. Y, near the Can
adian boundary line, where he was to
settle down.
This 5000. he said. was to be gained
by forging checks on local people. two
of them being D. j. Mcmahon, a local
baker, and Fred Carpenter, a local
dealer in butter and eggs. The method
he had employed was 70 mail the check
to the Howard National bank in this
city, or the Champlain Trust company
in winooski. Later, ENERGY planned ia
call for an Acknowledgement of the
amounts deposited in these banks. This
, lOTlnCOnlnS, ne was 10 ask Vne Dunk
officials to mail a check for the amount
so deposited to a Canadian bank at La
collie. P. O., known as a bank of COM
MERGE.
Once there, and It was said Fri.
day chat two such checks were already
on the way. Young Pepin's purpose
was to purchase the farm across the
lake
The thought of his being apprehend.
ed while in the act of doing the illsgi.
innate banking business apparentl,
never entered the young mans mind
and his youthful face broke in\e
smiles time and time again, as his in.
quitous doings were unfolded by tho
States attorney. One check Mr.. Nc.
Mahon said Friday was mailed to ar
essence house in New York. This wa.
for the sum of $500. The apparen,
purpose Of ENERGY had in mind in send
ing this check, 1t is alleged, was to pur
chase vanalin, the root of vanilla
With these crystals ENERGY was tc
scent a hair tonic. which he was tc
manufacture. This new hair grower
once placed on the market, ENERGY wa.
to add to his sum total in the Canadian
bank. providing of course it found
ready market.
Another scheme which 1t Is alleged EN-
eroy had up his sleeve to out-beat Get
Rich-Quick Wallingford," in his eager