Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-06
DISPUTED PAPER LEADS
TO RE-ARREST OF MRS.
MONTGOMERY
NABBED AT JOLIET
WORKED HERE, OBTAINING .$1o5
MERCHANDISE FROM OTTAWA
BUSINESS HOUSES - CARRIED
ON EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS AT
DiSTilLERY CITY, OFFICIALS
SAY.

Mrs. f. f. Montgomery, who was
brought to Ottawa from Joliet yester,
day to face charge of cashing worth.
less checks to the amount of $i05 on
local people, was turned over to the
Peoria authorities last night. The
Peoria Business Mems Association
agreed to either see to il that Mrs.
Montgomery made good the Ottawa
checks or to urn her here for pros.
ecution.
Mrs. Montgomery is accused Of Civ
ing a $50 check in payment for q
trunk at the W. II. Kelly harness shop,
of giving a $25 check to Miss Morris.
sey. the millincr, after she purchased
a hat, and of getting a lad named
Kelly TO cash $50 check for her,
All of the checks were protested by
the Ayers National Bank of Jackson
vile, on which they were drawn.
In Peoria she is charged with cash
ing twenty checks TO the amount Of
between $500 and $500 on merchants
in that city. She was released from
the Will county Jail in Joliet yester
day after serving fifty-two day sen
tence on conviction OF passing worth
less checks.
Mrs. Montgomery told the authori.
ties yesterday that she is widow and
is the mother of a son and daughter,
aged and 8 years, who are living in
Jacksonville. She said that the chill
dren had guardian and had money
deposited in the bank on which the
checks we're drawn She is said to be
well connected, and has an uncle who
is an attorney in Chicago
The Peoria authorities have been
in correspondence with the relatives
of Mrs Montgomery since they locat.
cd her in Joliet and have extracted
promises from them to make good ths
checks. The Peoria Business Mems
Association which carries an insur
ance against worthless checks, Is
handling the case against her. 1t
promised to collect the Ottawa checks
provided the prison was turned over
to it.
Relatives Of Mrs Montgomery are
reported to believe she is not in full
possession of all her mental faculties
and are said to be getting ready TO
an institution for care. The La Sale
county authorities who talked to her
also expressed the opinion today that
that woman is irrational.
Mrs. Montgomery claims she is 81
years of age, but is believed to be
younger by people who saw her She
is said to be a member of a good Jack
sonville family Her uncle and aunt
went to Joliet as soon as they learned
she was under arrest to make arrange
ments to secure her release from the
county Jail After they saw her there,
IL is said they stated they believed
the best thing for her was to leave
her I'M the bastilo. in hopes of making
such an impression on her that she
would not again stray from the
straight and narrow.
She was turned over to Miss Launia
Aussem, the county probation Off
Ger, upon her release from the Jail and
was brought back to Ottawa yesterday
afternoon on the $3.50 interurban'
Deputy Hamilton of Peoria was wait
ing for her at the court house here,
upon her arrival in this city. Mrs.
Montgomery was not locked up dur
ing her sojourn here, but was held
in custody in the sheriff's office. She
was taken to Peoria at o'clock last
night.
In drawing her checks she used a
First National Bank Of Jacksonville
check book. She changed these to
make them read the Ayers National
Bank.