Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-17
ALLEGATION MADE .
THAT SHE COLLECTED
ALLOTMENT CHECKS.
Government Claims to Have
Paid Her $3.50 as Wife of
Sergeant Shoemaker of
Camp Gordon,

| Another chapter in the history OF
the sensational career of Mrs. Cath-
crime Queen Bradstreet was written
| Thursday afternoon when the erst-
while owner of motor cars and costly
wardrobes was brought before fedc
eral officers on the charge of de-
fraudingl the United States govern
ment and an enlisted soldier out OF
$3.50 in a llotment and allowance
| checks.
| She faced charges OF having res
ceived and cashed government checks
as the wife Of Sergeant William b.
Shoemaker while in reality she was
| the legal wife of J. B. Tate. Follow
| ing a brief hearing she was bound
over 10 the federal grand jury.
The woman upon whom William b.
Green, former vice president of the
Fairburn Banking company. is alleg-
ed to have lavished thousands OF dol
lars, was arrested by Deputy United
| States Marshal Lee Whatley late
Thursday afternoon while she was
serving as a clerk in her fathers
little grocery store on North Boule-
ward.
She was Immediately brought be-
fore United States Commissioners COZ
quit Carter, where she sobbed out
brief defense against the charges
preferred following an investigation
by A. E. Farland, of the department.
of iustice. Since she already is un-
der a state bond of $4,000, her federai
bond was fixed at only $500. Her
bond was signed by her father, a. r
| Queen, who accompanied her TO tne
federal building, and she was formal
Nv bound over to the federal grand
iurv on the charge Of violating ths
war insurance act.
Arrested In Store
Federal officers, it Is said, attempt
ed to see Mrs. Bradstreet THURSDAY
morning at /Sher home on South
| candler4 street, Just outside the city
! limits and were, 1t is said, informed
that she was sick. Later, 1t is said'
I finding. that she was not confined &c y
sl3her BED a warrant was Sworn Sout
land she was taken into custody
~ Her arrest was effected quietly
Marshal Whatley walked into the
Istore and requested her to accom-
pany him to the commissioners OF
ffice. Even persons in the store ola
not realize that Mrs. Bradstreet was
being taken into custody by fed'A
eral officer Her father accompanied
ther to the commissioners office
where the charges were read while
4 Mrs. Bradstreet, in tears. told Off
Il GERS that she had no friends and
changed the soldier she is alleged to
have defrauded with doing her
Dirt
The gist of the governments
charge is that Mrs. Bradstreet, pos
ing as the wife of William B. Shoe-e
maker, a sergeant at Camp Gordon
received and cashed allotment and al
lowance checks while she was in fact
the legal wife of J. B. Tate. The war
rant was made out against Agnes
Tate, alias Agnes Tate Shoemaker,
and was sworn out by A. e. Farland
of the department of justice, who
| formally charged Mrs. BradEtreet
with violating the war insurance act.
Defendant in Tears
Mrs. Bradstreet was in tears when
She reached the commissioners Of
! fee. Between sobs she made a brief
statement, declaring that the money
she Received was used to buy the
necessities for Shoemaker's mother.
The governments statement of
fact as outlined to the commissioner
by Assistant United States Attorney
ifl-r fro IA
partment of Justices transcript of
evidence, was as follows:
ION March %, 1918. william Shoe
maker, stationed at Camp Gordon,
Comapny c, 320th Machine Gun Bat
TALON, station at Camp Gordon. exec
which he stated that Agnes Tate
Shoemaker, residing at SO Chestnut
street, ,Freeport, ILL.,, was his wife.
| Relying upon the truth of the state
plfcation, the military authorities
made the proper deduction from the
pay of the enlisted man on account
of compulsory allotment and theb u
reau of wark risk insurance, and
made an award to Agnes Tate Shoe,
maker AS the applicants wife.
'In September, 1919, subsequent
to the discharge of Shoemaker, the
bureau received a. communication
from him in which ne stated that
I
with one Clarence Bradstreet at Eat
St. Charles avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Upon receiving this information.
an investigation was ordered by the
| bureau of war risk insurance and
the following facts were established:
THAT Agnes Tate was married 10
]. B. Tate on March "a, 1917; that
| she separated from him and on
March Fl, 1918, was married to w.
| 3. Shoemaker. Shoemaker. below
ing that she was his legal VITA.
made out his allotment application
as above stated. The bureau or war
risk insurance made an award to
Agnes Tate, alias Agnes Tate Shoe
| her."
| Checks Endorsed
| Here Mr.. Carpenter submitted Mr..
Farland's records showing photo
| static copies of twelve governmea:
| checks issued between March. 1913
and June, 1919, and bearing Nhei i'm "
| dorsement of Mrs. Agnes Tate Shoe
maker (Mrs. Bradstreet).
"The total amount received by
! her." said Mr.. Carpenter reading
from the government record, was
| $3.50, of which $3.50 was received as
| deducted from the pay of the enlist
! ed man, and $3.50 was a government
| family allowance paid from the
funds of the bureau of war risk in
surance.
"On April "a, 1919, Agnes Tate
was divorced from her husband, J.
B. Tate, this being some months aft
er she is alleged to have married
Shoemaker. Some time prior to that