Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12
.S0EKLMAN IS ACCUSED
OF CHECK FLASHING
Claims to &c lieutenant in Thirty
Seventh Division ut Camp
Lee.
CHECK FOR UNIFORM
Said to Have Passed Other Fraudu-
lent Chccks-Idcntifted by Jesse
Rothchild, OF I,urk 81 CO.-ToId
Dealers He Had Commission.

second Lieutenant" Stanley c.
Soehiman. alias George B. Smith. alias
William f.. Hodges. alias Charles F.
Simpson. claiming to belong to the
Thirty-sevcnth Division at Camp Leo.
was arrested yesterday shortly after
noon in restaurant on Broad Street
en- the charge Of passing a fraudulent
check on the clothing firm of Burk &c
Co. amounting to $3.50. Before be-
ing placed under arrest by Detective
Sergeant J. Il. Wiltshire, who had been
working on the case since last Thurs
day. the accused man was identified By
member of the clothing firm as the
rerson who gave the check In exchange
for n second lieutenant's uniform.
In the possession OF Sergeant Wilt
shire are several other checks returned
by local banks signed By names al
I legged to have been assumed by Soehl-
man. The prisoner is alleged to have
, passed these checks with fraudulent
Intentions on other clothing firms on
the person of Soehlman was found n
check made payable to cash for the
sum OF s22 and signed by William f.
Hodges. 1t was on the First National
flank. OF this city. and had not been
presented for payment. The check Civ
en- Burk & Co. was on the same bank
and was signed by George q. Smith.
HAD NO PAPERS TO
SERVE AS IDENTIFICATION
soehlman. from what could be learn
ed yesterday has been hanging around
various places in the city for the past
three or four weeks. and. when he was
arrested and taken to the Police Sta
ton and searched. no furlough or
cave-of-absence papers were found on
him. neither did he have plate con
taining soldiers number These
ir,on nit
police that he was not n member of
the army He was placed in a cell. and
will be heard in Police Court this
morning.
According to Sergeant Wiltshire, the
alleged check flasher appeared In the
Globe Clothing Company on July &c
! In private's uniform and purchased 4
first lieutenants uniform. saying that
he had just been commissioned at
Camp Lee. He gave&a check to the
clerk for sI5. signed by Charles e.
Simpson. 1t is said: but the clerk, be-
coming suspicious, requested the pur-
chaser to go across the street with
him tc the Broad Street Bank. on which
bank the check was drawn, and cash
the check. The soldier asked for a FEW
minutes in which to hasten to Muir
phys Hotel to notify his sister of hav-
ing been detained, and this was the
! last that the clerk saw of him.
Again on July 90 the same person. II
is said appeared at Burk & Co, told
the same story about having been COM
missioned and purchased second lieu
tenants uniform. giving in payment
check on the First National Bank for
$3.50 signed by George 3. Smith. The
check was accepted. but II developed
later that the check was fraudulent
and worthless and tho police were noti-
| fed and given description of the al
! legged flasher.
FIND "LIEUTENANT"
IN BROAD STREET RESTAURANT
Detective SerSeants Wiltshire and
| Bertucci were assigned to the case and
| kept on constant lookout for the
| person answering the description.
Nothing happened until yesterday.
Sochlman was discovered in Rose
Lcigh's restaurant on Broad Street. and
was in the uniform OF n second lieu
tenant. Sergeant Wiltshire. desiring to
make no mistake in arrcsting his man.
communicated with Jesse Rothchild, OF
Burk & Co, at his home, and asked him
to come Immediately In the restaurant
and identify the lieutenant" as the
purchaser OF the uniform who had
passed the worthless check. This Mr..
Rothchild did and Soehlman was ar
rested.
Sergeant Wiltshire said that his in
vestiga;ions had disclosed that there
was such person and lieutenant at
Camp Lee hy the name OF Charles +.
simpson. but that he was another per-
son from Soehlman. lie also said that
there was a George r. Smith in The city
living ut LOG North Twenty-eighth
Street but he, too, was scpacate ana
distinct individual from Soehlman.
Soehlman's home address was given
as 1879 Dolman street. st. Louis, Mo,
and he claimed TO be attached to the
Thirty venth Division at Camp Lee.
He had on his person several letters OF
accommodation. With several un-
rashcd checks, there was also on his
person SO in currency. An idcntifca-
ton card in the '.licutenants" car case
bore tho statement that Soehlnlan was
= sergeant" and was member % the
military police. AT several hotels i'll
tho city where Sochlman was said 10
, have lourccd around during the past
few weeks. packages wcte found be-
longing 10 the ''licutenant' containing
khaki shirts and spiral lcgcins and
h2rdl-"rchiefs all brand new. Two of
tho shirts wore marked with tickets OF
he Kirk Parrish Co.