Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
ACCUSE YOUTH HERE
Of TR|CK|NC WOMAN
Is Charged With Defrauding Ex-
Congressman's Wife in
Search for Her Son
GOT CASH THROUGH MAIL

An attempt 10 make some 'oasy
money out of a Nation. wide hunt 70,
the son Of former Congressman from
colorado is alleged against Charlie:
Shafstall. nineteen years old. 234>
North Fifteenth street
! Shafstall was arrested AZ I O'Clock
this morning MS he was receiving n
telegraphic orde~ for S25 sent from
Washington BY Mrs. Margaret $. Keat
ing. wife Of former Congressman Ed &.
, ward keating.
Percy Heating. their sixteen. year old
SON disappeared May 10. Advertise q.
/ m"nts were inserted in newspapers all
over tho country asking the boy to re q.
turn home.
Mrs. Heating yesterday received n
lctt"r from this city. signed with her
| son : name. and asking thar Sot be sent
at once 10 Shafatall N the North FIT
, tc"nth street address.
The letter stated that Percy had been
| boarding at that address aud was in
arrears for his lodging. Although thorr
was no similarity between the and. q.
writing Of tho message and her S,n's
handwriting. III" distracted mother de-
cided to follow mp n forlorn hone.
\ telegram WAS son; to Shnf.tall nd-
vising him the money was coming, Tho
letter was turned over 10 CHRISTOPHER
Gehicke. a Secret Service man. who
reached this city carly today.
Admits Fraud. Police Say
The Government agent obtained tho
aid of Detective Stevenson and both
fpllpu r.
stalls home. The youth az first in
sisted the missing boy had been at his
house. but. police say. later admitted
he had never seen young Heating.
Mrs. Heating 10 i'll from worry at her
home. 3OS Second street. y. f.. Wash.
inSton. Her husband was member
OF the Sixty third. Sixty fourth and
tho Sixty fifth Congress
As Margare, Sloan Mcdill. Mrs
N'ating was society editor and special
writer when she met Mr.. Heating then
managing editor of Denver news.
paper.
At the time of their marriage Mr..
keating was president of the Denver
Press Club and presidcn: Of the Inter-
national League of Press Clubs. Hc
bought the Pueblo Leader in 1912 and
soon afterward was elected Congress
man-at- Lnrge. Later he served two
terms as representative from the third
Colorado district.
When their son Percy disappeared.
IN" aid Of the United States Secret
Serric" and Of the police in thirty six
cities was invoked. Among the news
paper advertisements broadcast in the
hunt was n ''pcrsonal worded in this
way:
Billie send telegram G. q. d.
Mumsy."
Other notices were published giving
the boys full name and description and
giving the name and address of his par
cnts. IT was this notice which Shat
stall saw.
Shafstall lives with his father. Henry
Shafstall, and his aunt. Mrs. Susan
Granger, at the North Fifteenth stree,
address. His mother died three years
ago.
Mrs. Granger said today the youth
gets queer spells occa Sionally, and
that he runs up and down the rear
yard for an hour at time. Some.
times he passes the entire day in bed
she said. refusing 10 tax" any food
She stated that he once took a Lib
erty Bond belonging to his father and
pretended he had used it for cor.
respondence course in engineering.
Later they found he had bought n BIZ
cycle and suit Of clothes with the pro.
Ceeds