Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-29
STRANGE STORY OF
FALSE IMPERSONATION
Harness Maker Joe Cunningham
of Louisville Obtains Money
Due Former Madison Man.

Ill Louisville is in for a lot OF
trouble as a result of having
iInoersonated Joe Cunningham
nephew OF Mrs. Mamie Nc
Broom, OF this city, and who is
vice president OF the Kentucky
Rock Asphalt Company, Louis
vile, and former Madison man,
authorities here say.
The deception which the har-
ness maker Joe Cunningham
put over" got him check for
$l,O37 when Master Commits
sioner X. 3. Terrill, of the Mad
ison circuit court, settled up the
matter of George Wainscott VS..
Mamie McBroom a few days
ago. He spent some $487 around
Louisville paying debts, it is al
kged, and then woke up to the
rt that he was facing peniten-
&ry sentence for perjury, OBJ
tanning money by false pretens-
es, using the mails to defraud.
etc.
These charges are all ahead OF
him. Meanwhile MIR. Terrill and
the Louisville bank which pa d
the check to the wrong Joe
Cunningham are going to try to
make him disgorge and make
good what he has left OF the
money he wrongfully drew from
the bank on Terrill's check.
The impersonation of Joe
Cunningham, nephew OF Mis-.
McBroom. ny the harness maker
Joe Cunningham, has been going
on for a period OF about three
years, Mr.. Terrill says. In the
settlement Of property which
the Court OF Appeals said Mrs.
MCBroom held in remainder sale
was made and a division arrang-
ed between Mrs. McBroom and
her nephews, George Wainscott
and Joe Cunningham. The prop
erty was the house on West
Main street III which Mrs. Nc
Broom makes her home. The
SUM of 9l,037 fell to Joe Gun
ningham as his share. 1t seems
that lawyers representing Mrs.
McBroom took up the matter OF
the settlement with Mr.. Gun
ningham some time ago. But
instead Of the letters going tc
the right Toe Cunningham, they
went to harness maker Joe Gun
ningham. He seemed puzzled,
and it is said, he wrcte one let
ter, denying he had any money
coming to him here. He receiy-
ed other letters, however. from
the local lawyers, SO began to
answer them and even wrote Il
Mrs. McBroom, carrying on the
correspondence until the final
settlement was made for the
house sold.
Then Attorney S. D. Parr sh
OF this city, who represents Mrs.
McBroom, wrote to Joe Gun
ningham at Louisville that HI,
share of the settlement was here
ready for him. The letter went
to harness maker Joe Cunning,
ham. as usual. and he in turr
wrote Commissioner Terrill tC
send on his share. He even sent
all affidavit as to his identity
The commissioner says. Terril
forwarded him the check. Gun
ningham soon appeared at the
Citizens Union Bank and Trust
Company, with fellow work
man from the harness factory
who identified him and had the
check cashed.
As stated above he paid of
some debts and spent in all about
$4S7 Of the money before he be
gan to realize the sort of chance
he was taxing. He finally came
to Richmond and telephoned Il
Mrs. McBroom. lie made a com
piete breast of the affair, it !.
said, ani she took him to At
torney Parrish. Mr.. Parr sh al
vised him, Commissioner Terril
says, that it was a matter be
tween the two Joe Cunningham
and the bank, and that ther'
Was nothing Mrs. McBroon
could do. SO the other 10,
Cunningham went back to Lou
isville.
After he had gone Commis
sioner Terrill learned that h
had been here and immcdiatel
took up the matter with Harbi
son & Gahright, the bank an
the fright Joe Cunningham up
oil advice from his attorneys
There the matter rests at pes
cnt. Gum rgham is sa d to hav
about 1859 Of tie money sti
left in the Louisville bank an