Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-02-07
MAN WANTED IN
PHOENIX FACES
CHARGES he RE
B. L. Ingalls, Arrested While
Hiding Under Auto Robe
in Ionneau of Car

p. L. Ingalls,, who claims TO repre-
sent wholesale colthing house in
Providence, r. l., and who said he
was making this section OF the coun-
try to check up his seven representa-
tives, found that his idea of high fin
ancing were not appreciated here and
only caused him to become an inmate
of the branch county jail on a charge
of passing worthless check. Bond
was set at $1,000, which he was un-
able to give.
Ingalls, arrived in Bisbe on Friday
evening in a new Nash car, with
chauffeur by the name Of T. NJ
French, and registered at the Copper
Queen hotel. On Saturday he asked
Manager Ed Olson, of the hotel. to
cash check on the Providence Trust
Company, of Providence, r. l., for
500. The check was cashed. Olson
at once wired to Providence to see if
the check was good. Yesterday re-
ply was received stating that the
check was worthless. Olson immed-
lately swore out a warrant for Ingalls,
arrest. at the same time bringing
civil action for debt against ingalls,
for the amount of the check and for
board and room for himself and the
driver of the car.
The warrant was placed in the
hands of Constable Shepard and Dep
uty Sheriff Gipson. They had infor-
nation that ingalls, had been seen at
the Rex Arms and searched the place
for more than an hour, but could not
find him. They were satisfied ingalls,
was in the building and decided to
watch from the outside. They were
rewarded by seeing their man get into
a jitney and start to drive off. They
stopped the car when it had reached
the vicinity of the police station and
found ingalls, hiding in the tonneau of
the car with a robe over him and ap-
parently surprised when they ordered
him to get ont and go to jail
Is Wanted in Phoenix
After he had ben placed in Jail, in
formation was received that ingalls,
was wanted in Phoenix on several
charges. The local officers telephoned
to Phoenix and the sheriff's office
there informed them that he was
wanted on charge Of obtaining goods
under false pretenses and for the pass
ing of about $500 worth of bad checks.
Sheriff Montgomery, of Maricopa
county, also informed GIBSON that In
gals was under a 14-year suspended
sentence in California for forgery. In
gals was seen at the Jail last night by
representative of the Review and
asked regarding his operations in
Phoenix and the sentence in Califor-
MIA. He denied that he had passed
any checks in Phoenix but did admit
that he had secured the new car I'M
der false representations.
French, the driver, who was with
ingalls,, stated that he was hired by
ingalls, in Tucson to drive the car
here and that he knew nothing of In
gals before he met him in Tucson.
French returned to Tucson last night.
ingalls, will be given a preliminary
examination this afternoon before
Judge Craig on the charge preferred
by Olson.
The Phoenix Republican of yester-
terday morning has the following to
say in regard to ingalls, actions in
that city:
Deal Is Described
When b. l.. Ingalls, learned that
his new friend, Oliver Gompert, was
unable to improve his desert claim of
100 acres because no one would loan
him the money, he at once came to
his aid with plan whereby the loan
could be obtained, according to the
story told the, officers yesterday by
Gompert. Because the plan failed to
bring Gompert $4,000 as represented
by ingalls,, the officers are looking for
ingalls, to serve him with a warrant
sworn to by Gompert, charging him
with obtaining property by means of
false representations
In carrying out the plan, Gompert
told the officers he gave ingalls,
first mortgage on the desert claim for
$4,000 which was duly recorded. In
gals, he said, was to send the mort
gage to his bankers in Nthe east and
because of his standing with them,
they would be glad to make forthwith
loan of $4,000 to any rfiend of his,
especially when secured by a mort
gage.
Instead of receiving the loan, Com
pert said, he was advised by Near.
thur Brothers that they held mort