Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-26
.SAVANNAHBANKS
LOSE $4,000 TO
CLEVER SWFNDLER

SAVANNAH, Ga, June 24-John
3. Tiff. who claimed to be closely
related to the well-known Tiff fam
lily about Triton, is being sought by
the Savannah police and a detective
of the American Bankers association
for the theft of $4,000 from the
Mercantile Bank and Trust company
and $18,C$0 from the Hibernian
Bank lifts real name, so the au-
thorities say, is MoWery, and he is
an escaped convict from the state
penitentiary of Texas, where he was
sent for indulging in the practice he
put into execution in Savannah. Tiff,
or Mowery, got himself introduced
into the two banks by Colonel Sligo
Myers, well-known Savannah fnan-
cter, and by Joseph Savarese, who is
engaged in selling real estate. He
lots from Mr.. savarese. He was
SIMPLY on friendly terms with Col
onel Myers. The latter sent for the
| president of the Mercantile Bank and
| Trust company personally to intro
duce him to that official as godo
| checks, Mowery bought about SIS, 900
worth of Liberty bonds from the
| Citizens and Southern Bank and paid
| 1ol lIkCII Will OIl IllC lWo
banks where he was supposed to
have deposits. He used certified
checks to make the purchases with
( He said he was operating a small
! lumber plant near Savannah, He
knew a good deal about the Tiff in
terests in and around Triton appar-
| emily. for he talked with a number
of people about his relatives" there
and their activities.
The representative of the concern
81, !, two co, !,
lanta says he is an old operator and
we'll known crook and that he has
been in trouble in many states. 1t Is
believed he will be caught before
long, as he will try to get rid of the
Liberty bonds he bought. These
them. Is for $4,000.
The high school of Savannah
closed last night The attendance
upon the exercises at the Municipal
Was arge T There 1 Wee T 11o in f the
history of the public schools. The
grammar schools will close tomor-
row They are are the last sch HS; in
month later than In other places.
1t is expected the Desoto hotel
will be leased to Augusta interests
who have been looking at 1t for the
past several days. They are to buy
| the furniture in the hotel and lease
the building, They will keep it open
| all the year round If the lease is
| closed.
| Because policeman let man curse
him and did not resent it and be-
| cause the sergeant heard the man
doing the cursing and did not re-
! sent it. Patrolman Tootle and Ser
| geant Dominick have been suspended
| from the police force pending an in
| vestigation. There was a pistol shot
few nights ago in the B and 5
restaurant on West Broad street.
! Tootle went in to investigate, and
| while. there searched J. H. Brown.
| The latter became so angry he cursed
| Tootle very roundly. Dominick had
arrived by that time. Tootle did not
| arrest Brown and Diminick did not
| insist upon his doing SO. The facts
| in the case leaked out and reached
the chief. He had Brown arrested
and suspended the men.
| Do the professional nurses Of Sa-
vannah look you up in Bradstreet's
before they determine what they will
charge for their services? 1t Is al
| legged they do something like this.
| Doctors have said the nurses vary
| in their charges and there has been
an investigation about it. The doc
| tors questioned some of the nurses
| about 1t.