Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-10
MAN PASSING As
CAPT. Roosevelt
IS UNDER ARREST
{, R, Jay Alleged Master,
Forger Who Was in AIbu-
QuerQue Recently, Is Caught
by Officers at Douglas,
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Los Angeles, Calf, Jan. 9.-Ending
a transcontinsntal chase of months,
Il. r. Jay, alleged master forger in
national affairs and wanted in New
Mexico, today was under arrest in
Douglas, Ariz. Jays beautiful young
wife was held a prisoner at Nogales,
Ariz., while admins ration officials
from Washington and New York en-
deavored to clear the debris of forged
checks and swindling schemes alleged
to have been left behind by the pris-
oner in his flight of high finance from
Chicago to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. Jay was charged with having
posed as Breckenridge Long, assist
ant secretary OF state: as Capt. Archie
Roosevelt. as Lieut.. Harold Gaynor of
New York, and many other prominent
persons. He is said to have hood
winked one of the prominent bankers
and oil men OF oklahoma whose name
is suppressed, and to have swindled
NJ. B. Ferguson, a man prominent
in New Mexico affairs ana intimate
friend of the Roosevelt family. He
also attempted to touch Governor
Lindsey of New Mexico, it is alleged.
At San Francisco, Jay is charged
with having bilked two army avia-
tors, put one over on prominent news
paper men, who wrote stories paying
him tribute as an aviator who
bombed Ieebrugge, and deposited
$4,000 he never had in q large San
Francisco bank These and other
charges made by federal officials
were declared to have been freely con-
fessed by the prisoner
SO active became Jay, it was stated,
that Robert s. Sharp, special agent of
he state department in charge of the
New York division, was taken from
his work and assigned by Secretary
Tonsing in November to take charge
of the chase for the fugitive. Agent
Shorn IT the federal building today
said that through the efforts of Postal
Inspector Waller NJ Cookson OF Los
Angeles. who placed a Gordon of wires
about the fugitive when he reached
the coast. jay finally was captured. At
ore nOint Iav was ALLEGED to have
posed as Agent Sharp in order to
evade the officer and succeeded in
passing a forged check on a prominent
Tan named Hanna at Lamy.
Jay. after serving terms in middle
western prisons for forgery and
fraud, was said by Agent Sharp to
have started out on his big plunge
from Arkansas City last fall He
telegraphed the mayor of Tulsa.
Okla, and the prominent banker and
oil operator that he was assistant
secretary Long and would visit the
city the next dav He called upon
the banker and said he was in search
of an expert to so into Mexico to set
tide oil claims with the Carranza
government. With the banker he
discussed the appointment Of Ger
tain expert and was royalty enter
tanned, but when Mr.. Long left the
banker telegraphed some added de-
tails TO the real secretary Long who
Immediately replied he never had
been in Tulsa, The state department
at Washington then took up the case.
This YVES early in October Jay then
went to Chicago where he is said to
have passed number of checks and
also attempted to defraud the Black
stone Hotel. Next he showed up in
Las Vegas, N, NJ, where he is ac-
crsed Of an attempt to hunko state
senator, posing as a Representative
of the state department. from Las
Vegas he telegraphed to Governor
Lindsey in an attemnt to have the
governor approve q loan OF several
n ndred dollars. The Governor re-
ttrred Jay to United States Attorney
Pnrkhart at Albuquerque. While en-
route to Santa Fe jay Is sail to have
defrauded the merchant named
Hanna. After borrowing the mer-
chants fast automobile there the ac-
cused telegraphed to Ex-Gover.lor
Curry he was i'll with flu and the
scheme failed In this proposition
jay was alleged to have posed as
Cant. Archie Roosevelt.
After his alleged touching of NJ r.
Ferguson for $50 Jay came 10 Los
Angeles. He arrived here Novem-
Der - and the next day Agent Sharp
and Inspector Cookson had taken up
his trail. The fugitive was traced in
rapid order through San Bernardino,
riverside, Santa Ana, Whittier, san
Diego, Dejmar and numerous other
cities where number of forged
checks were left. At Santa Parbara
llo posed as Lieut.. Ha.oi Gaynor,
saving he was also secretary to ii
rector general If railroads McAdoo.
Tie even gave orders to -vorkracn n,
tn" l1ne to he occupied w Mr.. NJ
.tdoo N Santa barbara next week.
From there the trail led officers to
San Francisco and finally to Nogales,
where Jay and his wife were arrest
ed, but jay escaped from officers
and went to Douglas.