New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-14
Forger at Bar
To-day Long 9, Has
" orried Banks
Trial of Dee Cartwright
Is Expected to Keep Gu:
OF Circulation Travellers
Checks That Lack Value
Capture Made by Jessup
Old Offender Placed Behind
Bars by Criminal Hunter
Whom Enright Denoted

doc" Cartwright, known to the po-
lice throughout the United States as an
expert safe blower and penman, Will
be arraigned for trial to-day before
Judge Rosalsky in Special Sessions fol-
lowing indictment as a second degree
offender in connection with the forgery
of American Bankers Association
Travellers checks.
Cartwright, whose real name is Bob
WEIGH, and who has at least six other
aliases, was arrested in July at his
mothers home near Fredonia, n. Y,
through the efforts of Henry c. Jessup,
head of the detective force of the
Bankers Trust Company, which acts
as agent for the American Bankers
Association. Jessup was first grade
detective in the New York police force
under Commissioner Arthur w GODS. lie
was reduced to the ranks by Commits
sioner Enright. and resigned to take
charge of one of the departments OF
the Navy Intelligence Department when
America went into the war
Operations in Chicago
Cartright had been arrested seven
times, and convicted four times for
forgery and safe blowing before the
present charges were brought against
him.
Under the name of Frank D. Seymour
he was arrested in Chicago on Febru-
cry Is. 1921, after he had been identi-
fed as the owner of bag containing
SIS, 900 worth of blank travellers checks
part Of the proceeds of a daylight rob
berry of the Commercial Savings Bank
of Moline. III. He was taken to Moline
hut no Indictment was returned, as he
could not be identified as having taken
part in the robbery.
On May he was taken back to Chi
cago and charged with forgery for hav-
ing signed the name of the Moline
banks cashier to stolen checks and
$4,000 bail and then disappeared
While in Jail in Moline he had
boasted to officials that he knew the
men who had committed the robbery
and that he had shared in the proceeds
At the same time he mentioned pur-
chasing a watch of Reuben Supon. a
jeweler OF of 436 Seventh Avenue, New
York, and paying for it with one of
the stolen checks.
Had His Gun Handy
Working on this information, follow
ing Cartwright's disappearance from
Chicago, Jessup located the man at his
mothers home and caused his arrest.
He was brought to New York City, ar
raigned in Special Sessions and bail
was fixed at $4,000.
Cartwright was arrested only after
u hard fight to throw off his captors
and reach his room. It was discovered
later that a fully loaded gun lay just
within the door of the room.
Four years ago when Cartwright was
arrested in Niagara Falls, following
which he was sentenced to three years
and three months for burglary and
safe-b blowing, he thrust a revolver
against the stomach of the chief of
police and snapped the trigger twice,
but the cartridges failed to explode
According to Jessup, Cartwright told
him that the Niagara Falls job was the
only one that he had ever done in the
East because of the danger of heavy
sentences In the West, he is quoted
as saying, where sentence of from one
to fifty years may be given. it is a
known fact that prisoner never serves
more than one year.
Officials of the American Bankers
Association said yesterday that follow
ing the recent sentence in the West
of two notorious forgers and the in
dictment of Cartwright, menace to
their travellers check department had
been eliminated. The police of every
ing in conjunction with the company s
detectives in such a manner that doubt
full checks are identified within an hour
of