The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-24
Sweetheart Gives Away
Identity Of the
Crook.
SEVERAL ARE CAUGHT
Laughed ~ Face OF Officers
Who Held Him Until Girl
Came on the Scene.


uial ON chrrgo %. putting over n
bad chrcR TO- 1896 iu tho purchase
OF nm automobile IN ronCh CIV,
Hammond ln nm ola flmcr, accord
ing 10 th0 nuthoUtlra, IN tho nhd
check rauo ana Inns ns many hli-
naes nu irny DO convenient lila al
irrcd orarltlong cover Town, okln-
hum1 t.n Dallas Fort Wurth'
ArdnurH. Amarillo nud other points
IinHmara ,umo 20 ponch Guy Iaht
jug and deposited tho check IN a
local bank. whore ho wns told II
would bn verified. Tho check was
drawn on Detroit. Mich, bank.
Intnf nc Wo1E 60 an uutom1hllc
mooney and bought car for $500,
giving n check for thnt amount,
whom tho chcCk was presented nt
tho hank. Il wna hunored because
tho cmpluyc. TO whom It was pre-
ucntcd. looked on tho books and
found that Hammond had more
than that on dopoBlt When word
was received from Detroit that the
check wns fraud Hammond had
received tho car ana loft town.
IL developed, whom nm inquiry was
started, TINT Hammond had n sweet
heart I'm Oklahoma city, u girl no
had met only recently but 10 whom
he was engaged. with an under
standing that they would get mar
rlcd before long. Tho officers, on
tho trail of Hammond, located tho
young lady and had "A talk with her.
A. a result she agreed tu give thom
the tip u che heard from her flames.
Nearly three months had gone by.
however when hammond waa
picked M I'm oklahoma city. the
past week. hy a plain clothes man
and turned over to the Kay county
authorities.
Would Laugh II Out.
And hnd II not been for his okla
homa city sweetheart, Hammond
would probably rot have been held.
Ho made light OF tho fact that ho
was the man wanted ana sded TO
laugh the officers out of any idea
~ noldug him At this point In
tho game, however his sweetheart
WGH remembered and sent for, and
when she camo sho fully identified
the man. Hammond then made no
further protest but accompanied tho
officers.
The authorities maintain that
Hammond hos a bad check trail
over the United States and claim TO
have n knowledge OF at least Ia.
According to Paul Mead, local police
chief, Hammond is tho mans cor.
rect name, although various alias.
es arc credited to him, including j.
B. Fuller ! u. WelKer. l.. x. kea-
ton ana w. H. Dexter. Tho last
name, II Is claimed, was used by
him In oklahoma city where he Ia
alleged to have maintained that he
IL the son OF an eastern millionaire.
Police say Hammond Is wanted In
10 other cities In oklahoma. Kan
gas and Texas,
Prior TO the purchase OF tho au-
. tomobile In Ponca city, Hammond
had stopped at local hotel and
when he went away he left somo
baggage that disclosed several things
Regarding him. including the use OF
the Walker ad keaton aliases. lie
also lett several bank books and n
communication TO an Iowa bank
that disclosed the fact that he had
played game thor6 similar to one
put over in ponca city.
\ Giri Check Artist.
Police ana county authorities
maintain that there are more bad
check artists in Oklahoma than ever
before, Merchants are kept in ho
water continually, hut now a de
termined campaign against the Tor
gers Is being made Only rocenth
an Oklahoma city girl, LILLIAN JACK
son, was passing the firth check IL
Binokwell when she was nabbet
ara taken TO the county seat, Iate
she pleaded guilty and is now serv
ing a year In the state prison.
"Othor people seemed to get h,
with it," she declared. $50 | though
i could do as well as they" by tn
officers she Is described as being |
and pretty slender brown eyed cur
ley brown bobbcd hair. She did no
seem TO be dcslriuus of anything bu
pretty clothes, and she was invest
ing in hat and drcss when ar
rested. She had signed the name %
Harry Baker OF pilworth to tn
checks und their Worthlessness wa
disroNer,d when ono OF the BACK
wen stores called up the Dilwort
bank.
70 developed that the girl ala no
know Baker ut an. hut she had Wis
tied lllworth, learned that he hu
q bank account and just dccIdcd T.
use his nume. Whc questioned sh
said: "W'U had heard OF hu
around piiworth and thought hi
account would be a good one I
draw ON
NIl Concern Forgcrlcs.
one az tb, clcyorost torgerics /
this section of the state In a lon
tiu c. wee that of ulre checks q
Vouchers uu the Murilpd Rofinin
company IF nouCt CNy tntU
grnn.Ht .t $3.50 secured by tho maj
who worked tho deal. Evidentl
hu was someone who undcrstoo
th, .ng.lg uf the company and VIII
h-d hoou able 90 W,t hold OF som
%. uE vouchers Each required tn
signature of Two mem o. L. Gala
han ud Fred Nrsmlth and both q
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