Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-11-10
Mahoney Lands Check
 FOrger in Sacramento

(COnClnueQ from rage OneD
 This letter had been received by the bank and turned over to Craw- ford, who had represented himself as H. M. Berry. Berry talked of road contracts and stated that he was on his way to Fresno to buy big outfit of mules< Accompanying the check from Tucson was letter from the assistant treasurer stating that he was inclosing the check and identify ing Berry, stating that he expected he would find no difficulty in cashing the check. Berry, or Crawford, did not want money on the check, except a small amount ,and simply wanted either certified check for the great CT part of it or he would leave it on deposit. It was finally agreed that he would take $250 in cash and cashiers check for the balance. After the man had gone it was discovered that the checks had been stolen from the treasurer and the pursuit of Craw- ford was commenced. By the quick action of Manager Walters, payment was stopped through every channel that could be reached and finally it was found that the cashiers check had been deposited for collection with a banking institution in Albany, Oregon, and payment was refused. The check has been returned to the Arizona Cenr tral Bank and their loss was only $250.00. J '. a-.-...
 From the police department of Phoenix came the first definite clue. That was the prison record of Craw- ford. He had been released from the Oregon state penitentiary last June, having been sentenced to from one to three years for larceny, and that he might communicate with a Mrs. Gladys Haberstroh, at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Haberstroh was sup posed to be relative of Crawford. The police at Fort Wayne were asked to keep this woman under surveillance and this resulted in the intercepting c5f letter from Crawford, which stat ed that he had applied to the South ern Pacific railroad for position at Sacramento, California and within the hour the chief of police had the man in custody, acting on the advices of Sheriff Mahoney. The arrest took place Wednesday afternoon. ..
 As clever piece of detective work the arrest of Crawford was one of the most important pulled off in this state in recent years. Practically every detective agency in the country, es- pecially the Burns agency, were em- ployed in combing the country for the man, but taking his clew from the rule that the criminal can best be reached through friends or relatives, and covering this phase of the case 1by the police of various cities, Sher- aff Mahoney secured the desired in formation and the arrest followed.
 Crawford, or Carter or Berry, is clever rascal. He was an accountant before taking the criminal route, and evidently knew his business. He was drug addict, booze fighter and habitu of the red light districts. Sher- if Mahoney had extradition papers prepared by County Attorney Hines yesterday and went to Phoenix on the evening train to secure the necessary extradition for the man and will go con to Sacramento to. bring the fellow here for trial. Warrants are also out fer the arrest of Crawford from Pima county, charging the man with for gerry.
 1t will have to be admitted that the work of Crawford showed consider able boldness and must have been thought out with precision. The idea of going into a big county institution and getting away with checks that could be readily used was an exploit