Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-29

Scattering forged checks broadcast
among merchants Of the city. .
young man going by the names OF
Carl Gilman. and Phillip Galloway.
cleaned up 1851 in cash and mer-
chandise here Saturday. The checks
were drawn on tho Conrad State
Bank. Of Conrad, and the Union Saw
ings Bank, Of Union, ana were signed
MRS. Anna Holt" and Mrs. G. A.
Riley" The Union and Conrad banks
report that no such persons have
checking accounts at either bank.
A woman worked with Gilman.
alias Galloway. part OF the time. and
It is thought that she wrote the
checks. because Gillman's handwrit,
ing, in endorsing the checks, Is not
the same as that on the faoe OF
them.
The checks ranged in amount from
SIS to $40, two of the latter being
cashed by local merchants. Several
$50 checks were cashed and others
were for s34, $24 and $50.
The Local Victims.
The following local merchants
cashed checks for Gilman. accepting
the checks as payment for merchan-
disc bought and giving him the
change in cash: Levin's Dry Goods
Company. $40: Bendlage Hardware
Company, $50; A. T. Elder, druggist,
$40; Adolph Pfleiger, clothier. $40: J.
4. Penney Company. $s4: Baxter &
Nelson, s24; Larson & Son. $40:
Rude Auto Company. $40; Old Reli-
able Drug Company, $40: Simon
Style Shop, $40: X. c. Cycle shop.
500 and New England, $50, and Cut
Rate Cleaners, $50. Peoples Clothing
Store, so.
Gilman tried at several places to
cash Q check without buying any
thing, but these attempts failed in
all cases. He then changed his tao
tics, and made purchases that would
arouse the least suspicion.
HE Scheme Works. NJ
At Levin's he bought pair Of
child's shoes, and silk underwear,
the merchandise bought totaling $18.
He rendered check for $40. and
gave the name Of q friend Of his
who. he said, was q stakeholder and
should be credited with his purchase
The name given was Dean johnson,
Of Liscomb. and upon investigation
It was found that no such person IL
a stakeholder Of the corporation.
At the Rude Auto Company Gill
man bought automobile accessories,
amounting to IS, and at the. X. G.
Cycle shop he bought an inner tube
and sprung q check for $40, which
was cashed.
At Cooks pool hall he tried to get
a check cashed in payment for q
pipe, but was refused.
Fails at Pappe Store.
At the Pappe clothing store Gill.
man bought So worth Of merchandise
and gave a check for SIS on the
same Mrs. Anna Holt B. B. Wirth,
q salesman in the store, who for.
merly lived in Union, was asked II
he knew Mrs. Holt He said that he
did not and then asked the fellow
where she lived.
South Of town." answered GILL;
man.
"South7" asked MI. With.
mo NORTH corrected Gilman.
1.-TWO miles north"
Then that must be on the old
flute" Reece place." said Mr.. Wirth.
NO mean two miles west, she
hasn't lived there long" Gilman re-
piled. but give me the check and
can got 1t cashed at Levin's; they
know me-" He then left the store,
leaving the purchases no had made
there.
Gilman II described BY his victims
as being young. pleasing in appear
ance. and tall. He was neatly dress
ed, and at most Of the stores appear
ed to know what he wanted, altho
he was mover very particular Is 10
any Of his purchases. At some Of the
places he said he would return for
the merchandise he had bought but
he never did.