Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-28
SAY CROOK HAS HIS.
Headquarters HERE

LIVINGSTON, Ala, April 90
Deputy Sheriff Joe Patton returned
from Montgomery recently with what
appears to be one of the slickes'
crooks ever operating in this Sec
ton. His name is George r. Carey
la1ias George 3. Sanders, alias Clyde
B. Sanders, alias John r. Cooper
These are the only aliases so far dis
covered, and papers, bank book, let
tiers, photographs, ETC.. in his pos
session indicate that he has been
operating in and around Peublo, Col.
New Orleans, Ell Paso, Texas; Meri-
dian, Miss; Greenville, S. c.; Pasca-
|goula,. Miss; Fort Valley, Ga; Scran-
ton, Pa; Hon estead, Fla; Albany
Ca; Big Springs, Texas; Norfolk
c.; Newton, Miss, and other places
two numerous to mention, but it APP
pears that his home base is on West
Harris street, Atlanta, Ga, yet he
claims in correspondence received
here that his permanent address is
general delivery, New Orleans.
It is said that this man blew into
Livingston Saturday night, April 8
and Immediately inquired for the
head of the Red Cross. Getting this
information he proceeded to the hotel
and retired early that he might get
a good start Sunday to work the Red
Cross chapter. He got the names and
addresses of the officers of the chap
-er and visited their homes and saw
personally every officer, taking
lunch with one of them. He' claim
ed to be a disabled, discharged SOL
der, a sergeant in Company M, One
Hundred and Sixtieth infantry, For
tieth division, who had been gassed
in battle in France and been in a
hospital in Scranton. Pa, for twenty
one months where he developed tu-
berculosis, and was on his way to
his home at Big Springs, Texas,
Route No. 8, where his mother lived;
said that he had been robbed or lost
his ticket and SAC in cash in Bir-
mingham. The Red Cross chapter
bought him ticket to Big Springs
Texas, and gave him $15 in casn' a
total of $50. He used this ticket to
Meridian and sent the remaining
coupons into the railroad company
asking for a refund of about $50 on
the unused portion, and asking That
the money be sent to John r. Cooper,
care general delivery at Montgomery
This proved his undoing. The OIL
GERS got on to him in some way and
bagged him when he called for his
mail at Montgomery. Papers on him
indicate that he has worked this re-
fund game before, once on the Cen
trail of Georgia, this only when Red
Cross chapters furnish him tickets
instead of cash.
He carries a large stock of official
government stationery of the war de-
partment, the treasury department
and the public health service. He
also carries a certified copy OF a
marriage license issued him in At
h
he told the Red Cross people here
that he had been in a government
hospital in Scranton, Pa, for TWEEN
ty-one months.
Should the authorities in the va
rious and sundry cities and towns
throughout the country want to com
municate with him, they will find him
in care of Sheriff Davis until the cir
cult court which convenes next Mon
day finishes with him, after which
they might confer with the state
authorities as to his whereabouts.
He has a large number of photo
graphs of himself and his pal IN
company with a lot of pretty girls
throughout the country. His pal,
known in correspondence as Red" is
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