Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-14
FORGED SEVERAL CHECKS
Young Man Well Known Here Pass
ed Bogus Checks on KIM
ballton Merchants.

For few days at least stranger
will be out of luck If he comes to
Elk Horn and endeavors TO get real
money for slip of paper with his
name on it. The banks and other
places of business will undoubtedly
adhere strictly to the little motto
displayed in front of the cashier s
window in one of the banks, Honor
Thy Father and Mother, but not
strangers checks The reason for
this is that young man from the
Audubon vicinity played an April
fool joke on numper of the buGi-
ness houses last Friday when r
passed checks on an Audubon mix
in which he had no funds on deposit.
The young man was not a strang-
err, either, and this explains why
certain merchants were only too
willing to accept his check for arti-
cles purchased and give him some
legal tender in exchange. The young
mans name is Hans X. Petersen
son of Mrs. Serene Petersen. who
resides on the Ridge Road. He was
successful in passing two worthless
checks before his little game was
discovered, and left town before the
two merchants learned that they
had been swindled.
The first place visited was the
clothing house of Faaborg &c Lykke.
Here young Petersen purchased
goods TO the amount of SIS cents and
gave Carl Lykke a check for S5,55.
OF course, Lykke thought that the
check was all right, as he has known
|
aged with his success at the clothing
store, Petersen next went to Ander-
sens Palace, where ne succeeded in
getting $40 from Chris Andersen
His next stopping place was the
Farmers Bank.
l. He asked to have a check for ~10
cashed and was accommodated. VIM
Hoegh became suspicious as he
noticed that Petersen had plenty OF
change, and called up the First Ma
tional Bank at Audubon, on which
bank all the checks had been drawn.
Hoegh's suspicious were confirmed
when the Audubon bank reported
that the young man did not have
any funds on deposit there, and the
banker fastened in pursuit of the
young man. He was discovered al
| the Weddum Motor Company and
| Soren Weddum was just on the
point of cashing a check for SIC
when Hoegh entered and informed
| him that the check which he had
passed at the bank was no good
Hoegh got the $40 back, and, OF
course, Weddum decided not to cash
the other check.
VIM. Hoegh let the young man go,
as he did not know that other mer-
chants had been swindled by Peter
sen. BY the time 1t was learned
that Andersen and Lykke also had
| certain paper which they would like
! to trade for greenbacks, Petersen
was out of town and has not been
| heard from snice. II the banker had
not taken the precaution to call the
| Audubon Ink, it is hard to tell how
much moiiey Petersen would have
obtained in this manner.
II Petersen is arrested, it is the
opinion of his acquaintance that
his mother will be only too glad to
make the checks good. Mrs Peter
sen is an honest, Woodworking wo-
| man and her sons crime has un.
| doubtedly caused her considerable
remorse. In cases like this the per-
sons who are swindled are not those
that suffer, but the parents of the
reckless young people who don't
seem to realize the gravity of their
! crime, are the ones to be pitied.-
Kimballton Record.