Evening journal., 1919-05-13
YOUTH DEFIES BANK
CLERKS and POLICE
contInued from FIrst Page.

ANuliuueu lIuul ilal Iattr
next day he drew out by personal
check. $3.50 Later the Richmond cheek
was returned as worthless. The secur-
iy Trust on learning Of the fraud noti-
fed banks in other sections, including
Pittsburgh. Pinus is reported TO have
tried a similar scheme with Mr.. Me
dill at the Central National Bank, but
the plan failed
From Wilmington. after getting the
cash at the Security Trust Company,
the two men are said 10 have gone to
Cumberland, Md, where they Joined
Mrs. Dandy. According TO Information
received by the police and banks, wo-
man answering the description OF Mrs.
Dandy worked a Cumberland bank by
similar scheme for $500. This woman
IS said 20 have gone TO Pittsburgh and
attempted 10 fleece bank there. This
bank had been notified to be on the
watch for such a scheme.
on the trip 20 Columbus, Detective
Green. Medill and Buck stopped at
Pittsburgh and had a talk with the OH
cials OF the bank where the woman
tried TO secure funds. The official ad-
mitted TO Mr. Buck that even after be
ing tipped or by him by telephone to
be on the watch, he was afraid 10 take
a chance OF having the woman arrested
as he explained "she looked like a mil
lionaires daughter 90 me-
The Columbus police claim that the
trio tried TO work a scheme OF three
banks in that city before they were
arrested on information from this city
In one OF the best hotels OF the city.
When the Wilmington detectives and
bank officials arrived in Columbus late
Saturday night the three prisoners
were in the police station. The two
men were questioned for three hours.
and Mrs Dandy was also gotten out
OF bed and taken TO the conference
room.
Pinus. although young demonstrated
that ne Is very clever. He evaded an
swers 90 questions put to him and
some admissions that he is reported
10 have made during the three-hour
conference ne denied the next day. He
showed q clear knowledge Of the law
dealing with such transactions, and
told those quizzing him that he couid
not be successfully prosecuted Tor any
hing that he had done.
Mr.. Buck and Mr.. Medill Identified
Pinus as the man who was IN Wiz
mington and called at the banks Witn
which they are connected. He eX-
pressed much surprise when Mr.. Buck
Identified him. and is alleged 10 nave
stated that he purposely went 70 the
hank window TO make his irst deposit
when Mr.. Buck was very Dusy 10 lrE
10 avoid the possibility OF Buck later
Identifying him. Pinus Is alleged 10
have asked Mr.. Buck this question I:
How much is your bank out. ''soOO'
the bank clerk replied.
"No they are not" Pinus is sai1
IN have stated. 81 later deposited 500
so YOU are only out 500"
When Mr. Buck returned TO the Sc
eurity Trust this morning. he looked
the matter up and learned that Pinus
had deposlted $50 In cash IN addition
10 the first 500.
The authorities are said to have found
letters 10 Pinus from a brother IN
New York. in which The latter asks
why a is that Plnus asked him 10 ad-
dress letters TO him by a different name
i'm each city that he stopped in. THAT
don't look right TO me- the brother IS
said to have written. pinus IS report
ed 10 have sent money to his brother
on several different occasions and the
local authorities are now trying to find
out how huch he sent after drawing
money from the Security Trust Com
pany.
Work, who is several years older
than Pinus. gives his home as Phil
adelphia.
Il is reported that Mrs. Dandy's hus-
band is an officer in the army and that
she Is an unusually attractive young
woman. She has two small children
who are said 10 be with friends or rel
atives in Baltimore. She is alleged to
have told officers in Columbus that
she secured the money in Cumberland
because she needed 1t to maintain her
children with.