Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-09
LAD WHO PASSED SPURIOUS PA
PER HERE ARRESTED At
WATERLOO.
WcTIMIzEp TWO LOCAL
MERCHANTS LAST WEEK
| alter Passed Two Worthless Checks
at Mason City and 10 Caught in At
tempting Same Game at Waterloo
Bargain Store and Adoiph Pfle'ser
Nipped-used Name Of A. c. Burgess.

George White. aged II, son of dairy
man of Colfax. an alleged youthful
forger wanted In this city and Mason
City for passing spurious checks, was
arrested Saturday at Waterloo. while
in the act of attempting to pass worth
less paper. He was taken to Mason
City Saturday afternoon and ordered
sent to the boys training school at Ell
dora. Whites alleged operations IN TINS
city cover u period from May 81 to
June 8.
White is charged with passing two
forged checks here and is said to have
attempted to pass another. Those vic
timized were Adolph Pfleiger and IL. n.
Weisman and the intended victim was
J. Levin. The three checks were sign
ed with the name of A. G. Burgess, the
boy haing worked for a few days for
the Burgess Plumbing Company.
Checks Total $62.s7.
The two checks on which White is
said to have secured money in this city
amounted to S62.S7. At the Pfieigef
store the boy made a small purchase
and secured change on a check bearing
Burgess name, for s24.S2, and made
payable TO Roy Peterson" This check
bore the date of June 3. Three days
previously, on May 81, White had
cashed a check for 1855, at the
Weisman Bargain store, after making
a small purchase. This check. also
bore Burgess name and was MADE
payable to Clyde r. Smith.
On the day the Pfleiger store was
victimized, the young forger is said
also to have attempted to cash check
for s22s? ct the !. Levin store. This
check also bore the name of Burgess
and was made payable to Roy J. Will
liams. The bank was called and 1t was
discovered that the check was worth
.ess. White IN the meantime got away.
leaving the check.
Drawn On Two Banks.
Two of the checks were drawn on
the Marshalltown State Bank and one
on the Security Savings Bank. All
three checks, on examination. appear
ed to have been written by the same
person. The sheriff's office was no.
titled by the Levin store Immediately
upon the discovery that a boy had at
tempted TO pass a worthless check and
a search was made for the lad. He was
not found however, and word was sent
to other cities to look for the young
forger.
Saturday, at Waterloo. after making
a purchase in clothing store White
rendered check for $26 in payment
He was informed that the banks were
still open and that he should get his
paper cashed and pay for the cloth
ing. He left the store but did not re-
turn. The police We're notified and a
sergeant of police was, detailed TO get
the youth. He was found at a hotel
and taken into custody.
Sent to Mason City.
The Waterloo police had a descrip-
ton of the boy sent out from this city
and from Mason City and he was sent
to the latter place for trial. He was
taken before the judge of the juvenile
court and ordered sent to Eldora. He
was wanted for passing two forged
checks at Mason City.
Word from the Cerro Gordo county
sheriff this morning to Sheriff Henry
was to the effect that the boys father
had come to Mason City and had made
good the losses of the Mason City mer-
chants.