Arizona republican., 1920-08-04
MESA POLICE SEARCH
 FOR ALLEGED FORGER

MESA, Aug 4-Wanted in Mesa for the alleged forging and passing or worthless checks. local city and county officers are conducting search Tor A. F. Wright and companion by the name of Davis who left here a week ago Sunday by automobile for the coast. Checks aggregating more than S125 are supposed to have been passed by them. indications pointing to Davis as the chief offender. he IS said to have managed to realize cash on his checks by the forging Of Wright'S name.
 According to the police Wright has made his home in the valley for some time and recently resided ln Mesa, where. during the cantaloupe season, he contracted picking jobs. On July 25. it is said, he drew out his balance at the bank, and following the dis posal of his household furniture and other property that day. he departed early the next morning with his family and Davis. who had been working for him. by automobile for the coast
 The following day checks running in denominations up to $2S that had been cashed by local business houses ap- peared at the bank for payment. More checks have appeared since, aggregat- ing in all more than $125- Indications are. it is said. that Wright left sew
 
 were put through by Davis, who forged Wright's signature.
 Gypsies Are Moved On
 Six automobiles transporting gypsy band arrived in Mesa yester- day morning and no sooner had the individuals distributed themselves over the town than they were assembled by the police authorities and moved on out of the city. The paved highway running west from Mesa appealed to them and they headed Phoenix ward.
 Claims lncendiary Fire
 Fire which it is claimed was of an incendiary origin was discovered near the barn on the property of s. B. Shumway on South Robson street about o'clock Monday morning. Neighbors who happened to spy the flames but moment after they start ed aroused Shumway and together they extinguished the blaze without turning in an alarm. According to the property owner boxes and other inflammable materials had been placed near the barn during the fore part of the night. giving all indica tions that some party or parties had intentions of destroying the property.
 New Florence Stage
 A new stage to Florence which has recently been added to its other routes by the Union Auto Stage company. now passes through Mesa daily at AS D. m. for the prison town. It also stops here on the run into Phoenix Tn the forenoon.
 Gasoline Is Stolen
 During the absence or H. N- Brad- street. civil engineer, who passed the month of July on the coast with his family, some 35 or 40 gallons of gaso- line were stolen from his garage at the residence on North Morris street, it was discovered Monday on Brad streets return. Tracks Of an auto mobile that had gone into the yard and backed up to the garage to load the gas were still clearly visible.
 Will Visit Old Home
 R. B. Neal of Mesa expects to leave today on an extended visit to San An tonic and other points in Texas, and to his old home at Fadville, Ark. cravers Move To Phoenix
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles G. Craver have given up their residence in Mesa at moved to Phoenix where they are erecting a handsome new home on their cotton ranch west of the city on the Yuma road Though giving up her residence here. Mrs. Craver said yesterday that she expected to con- tinue her piano instruction classes here. She has established a studio in the residence of Dr. E. C. Openshaw on North Robson street and will con- duct her classes there as usual through the remainder of this summer and the winter term.
 Return To Prescott
 Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Bellamy depart ed yesterday afternoon by automobile for Prescott. where they are passing the summer, following few days here attending to business interests. Wood Returns To Mesa
 C. B. Wood. who is spending the summer with his family in Prescott, returned to Mesa the first of this week for the first time since he was injured early in July in the wreck on the Santa Fe road at Kirkland, when a cantaloupe special and a passenger train collided. MT. Wood sustained a wrenched knee when the two trains were wrecked and is still unable to get about without the use of a cane.
 Mrs. LeBaron to Coast
 Mrs. Anne LeBaron left last even ing for Los Angeles and adjoining coast resorts, where she will pass the remainder of the summer.
 Joe Bond Improves
 Reports from the bedside of Joe Bond. who was struck by lightning Monday morning and seriously injured and burned, yesterday were that he is gradually improving. His hearing which was almost totally gone for more than 12 hours following the stroke, was slowly coming back to him yesterday and the pain in his chest, of which he complained on Monday, had lessened considerable. The physi- clans are of the opinion that he will