The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
Pen and Check Book Of A.
G.. McCauley Was Work
ing Overtime Here.
FLINTCHECKRETURNED
Chief Hare Trails Check Artist
Through Racine County but
Fails to Land Him.

The trail of worthless checks left
behind by A. C. McCauley is growing
and it was learned on Tuesday even
ing that ten more checks passed by
McCauley had been received in local
banks. The checks ranged all the way
from few dollars to hundred doll
lars and there was a variety Of victims
sending them in to be cashed. The
checks were all drawn against an &C
count of McCauley at the Merchants
and Savings bank but the account fail
ed to materialize. 1t was admitted
that when McCauley came to Kenosha
he had deposited a check of rather
generous proportions in the bank nam
ed in the checks but he was advised
by the officials Of the bank not to
draw any checks against his account
until the check had been paid by the
bank on which it was originally drawn.
McCauley evidently had a fountain
pen and check book and he kept both
Of them working.
Check Comes Back Protested.
The check on which the account in
the bank was to be based was returned
to the Kenosha bank marked pro
tested" and for this reason the checks
issued in Kenosha are being held up
and the police officers are searching
for McCauley. Banks which handled
the returned checks refused to give
out list Of them but it was said that
the amount would be considerable. 1t
was said that the largest Of the checks
returned had been cashed on saloon
men in the city but many Of the checks
had been given to small stores in the
city. 1t appears that most Of the
checks were cashed on last Friday and
Saturday.
Hunt McCauIey in Racine.
Chief OHare continued the search
for McCauley in Racine and at Carroll
Vile on Tuesday AFTERNOON but failed
to locate his man. I'M is claimed that
McCauley left Kenoslha at an early
hour Monday morning after stopping
at a Kenosha hotel and that he gave
a taxi-cab man worthless check for
five dollars to take him to Racine. He
dismissed the taxi-cab and registered
at the Hotel Racine under the name
Of A. G. McGraw. At the Racine hotel
it was declared that he had remained
at the hotel but short time and that
he went to the Northwestern station
to take a northbound train. It was de-
clared by Racine officials that Nc
Cauley was formerly employed at the
plant of the Newport Chemical com
pany at Carrollville and Chief of Po-
lice O'Hare went out to that village
on Tuesday. The report that McCauley
had wife and child in Racine could
not be substantiated. Police believe
that a large number Of other checks
cashed by the man will be found in
Kenosha in the next few days.
Worked Fast In Racine.
The reports of the police this morn
ing indicated that the department had
reports on some twenty checks which
had been passed by McCauley.
"That laddy-buck is sure keeping
going" declared Chief O'Hare this
morning. cover at Carrolville thew
knew nothing about him and in fact
they had never heard his name. He
worked fast in Racine. When he got
in there he went into hardware store
and bought little stove and then he
met a brother of w. c. Wood real
estate agent and got him to endorse
a check for seventy-fve dollars. He
got the money just as soon as the bank
was open. Then he blew out of Ra-
cine and we haven't been able to get
wind of him since His actions in
Kenosha are bringing up lot of good
Stories. He told woman at board
hg house where he was staying that
he had seven thousand dollars in his
wallet and asked her to keep it for
him. She declined to take chances
with so much money but the talk es-
tablished the credit of the fellow and
helped him to get by better. / have
found that they never heard of him
at the Nash factory and that no one by
the name ever even applied for work
there. haven't the remotest idea
where he is now but my idea is that
he is busy no matter where he is To-
eated."