The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24
LOUISVILLE MAN IS' UNDER ARREST ON
 CHARGE OF FORGERY
Weldon Had S12,000 in Cashiers CheckS-Had Opened Accounts at
 Local Banks

E. E. Weldon. of Louisville, Kyn was arrested late yesterday after noon and placed in the city jail on q charge of forgery. The arrest was made by Detectives H. C. Peveler and W. H. Propst.
 When arrested. Weldon has in his possession over s12,oOO in cashiers checks, drawn on the First National bank of Lawrenceburg, Tenn, and payable al the Hanover National bank. New York city.
 The officers, according 10 this statement last night, first became suspicious when Weldon was seen coming out of the American Trust i building with check protector under i his arm. The officers immediately, upon investigation, found that he just purchased the machine from a i sales company in the building. Vel l don was followed to his room in | local hotel. where he had been since | sunday night, and waited in the lobby i for their man to come out.
 About two hours later. Weldon came out of his room and went to | the First National bank and opened | HI dGLouuN III HIS AhiDtF SiNiH6 OAC of the forged checks as his deposit. He then went to the Birmingham Trust and Savings bank where he also opened an account in the same manner. His plan, according to the officers, was to draw checks for the amount of his deposit and leave town.
 TrAiIed to His Room
 After leaving the bank Weldcn l tn fcTI Ity the detectives, and after he had gone into his room the officers could hear | the check protector being used and they, then demanded admittance.
 When the officers entered the room the machine was in plain view, and beside it were the several checks that he had been working on.
 The officers made a search of his baggage and found among the ar ticles a magnifyins glass, stencils for placing numbers on metal and a complete rubber stamp alphabet. with | stamp pad and date stamp, that he had used in his work.
 | During the investigation. Weldon made a clean breast of tho whole matter and stated to the arresting of ficers that he had been in the auto mobile tire business in Louisville for several years, but had recently lost
 
 Took Easiest Way According to his statements he needed some money and he took the easiest way in which to obtain it. This is the first time. according to his story, that he has attempted to forge a check. He also stated that he was an expert salesman and that there were 30 jobs open for him at any time. with large business houses. that | l.. l tt, .1rt wanted to get his with the least pos sibie exertion.
 The checks, which ranged from $50 to $500 each, were made payable to H. M. Hammond and signed by c. D. Reed as cashier. The checks were in dorsed by the H. NJ. Hammond and made to b. E. Weldon.
 The detectives stated that the three signatures. which were all the work of Weldon. were very good piece of penmanship, and only the letter "o'' which appeared in the Hammond and weldon. showed any similarity.
 In addition to the checks that had been made out he was found to have 1000 blank checks on the same bank, which, it is claimed were printed in Birmingham, by local firm on Feb ruary 21.
 Chief of Police Fred McDuff last night made the following statement to a representative of The Age Herald.
 "Detectives Peveler and Propst, in handling this case, did good piece of work and should be commended. The man had only succeeded in pass ing two of the bogus checks when he was arrested, but there is no telling the number he would nave passed had he not been taken when he was"