Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-18
ARTIST IS
BOUND OVER UNDER
BONDS OF $4,000.
MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN IN
FRAUD PERPETRATEO HERE
AND IN IA SAlLE GIVEN PRE-
LiMiNAHY HEARING TODAY.

William B. = terine OF Chicago. VITO
/ aided his brother derauding r. c.
/ Jordan, local hardware dealer. ami
! hn B Hammell Of La sale out n1
! $500 last February, was taken before
, Tor hearing,
Sterling and his brother cashe1
bogus checks on the fairbanks Morse
/ COMPANY OF Beloit Wis. last Fen
riary for 5000 These checks We're
caShed at the Jor..an Hardware toIr.
pany OF this city and the Castendych'
ilamel Company at La Sale The
fraud was discovered When the Far
banks Mo- Sc Company pAoned Mr.. Jor-
dan and tipped him on tnat tle man
representing himself a. in their EN-
ploy was d crook and an imposter.
1t seems that William Steriing'a
brother, who f. nov under drres. al
Los Angeles, Cal, went To La Sale
and at the CaStendyck hardware sto
iaIo1uCed h.mself as +. 3. MORE.
travelling salesman lor the FaiIDank.-
Morse Company. His word could not
De disputed so Mr. Hamel though he
Has straight and telling the truth.
MI Hamel also received a telegram
pilryolting 10 come from the raii
Janhs Morse Company asking as soon
a. tncir Id representative cu,he. in t.
have MIN wait for telephone call or
ts..se lali up himseu.
The would be" Moore OF coarse
oal.ed up. but not the Fairbanks
Morse Company. It vas discovered
later Moore was not C>,iiing up the
firm, but the MORRISON II tel at Chi
ca21 He then stated that his next
s-, was Jordan's hardware store in
Ottawa ana tha5 he Jus, mad time to
maze the car tor this city Moor"
hen went avn the street, but had only
gone about twenty tect, when he
stoal ell and hesitated and returned toi
Nh. Hdmel. stating that ne was s'holt
Of funds and wanted to know If he
coulin't help him ont by cashing y
check Nj !!ameI didn't nave the
money at he store, but signed the
cheek, which was made payable to +
B. Moore ilom tne Fairoanks M0rae
nam. Nose theu took the chec< luI
tue LNIih tIU received bU.
He then came 10 D.,aWa and pGllei
the same tnins on the JCrdan IIrlu
He exhibited many PAPERS CongratU-
latlng him on SOME OF his sales and
also presented hts card, Well, it wa
CeSy 10Y him to pull il again. But
when he called the MCrse firm A.,
goa DCWney, who is bookkeeper ~
the Jordan hardware store, though
The number vas surange, as she ha
often called the Morse firm on long
distance on some business. But on
second thought she lett it &c, think
ing that he was probably calling [.
f. Morse Jr at his residence Then
came the CHECK stall again Mr. jon
dan gave him $50 in cash and a Del
sOnal theCh Tor $lJO in return for The
Morse check
Miss DCwney then asked the long
distance central % trace the call t.
was found the call was sent to Room
No Ill at the Morrison Hotel, Chi
ca2o. Then came the call from the
+ faiiGanks-MOl Company warning
them to be on the lookout for su h Il
: man.
When Moore got to Chicago he gavo
his brother who WAS at the MoT Sol
in Chicago, slo0 of the delrauded
money Tor his work They both then
went their way. Sterling Just got opt
OF the house Ol correction in Chicago
when he was nahbed by Policeman Ia
ward B, Birmingham. Birmingham
had been nOtihcd about the dealin IS
and took him into custody. as h,
answered the descriptions given him.
Sterling was living on Van Buel
! street IN hicagO. Ia his room were
many bo2u. Checks. bilhcauS OF the
Fairbanks people and many Other pa.
| GeIs usedNh his defrauding. He was
( hen brought to Ottawa.
! He WAS questioned This morning
and .our witnesses testified again t
him. They We're Il. c. Jordan. John B.
/ Hamel Miss Angela DOwney and Pu.
lIceman Edward b. Burmngham cs
! Chicago. He was bound over to the
grand Jury under a $4,000 bond.