The Winslow mail., 1923-12-28
TWO ALLEGED CHECK
ARTISTS LAND IN JAIL
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Mr.. Williams was not in Holbrook
and that the check was forgery he
notified the county officers who sent
kilograms to the cities west of here.
Sheriff Campbell of Flagstaff and
his deputies took the man and the
woman into custody Monday morning
at Winona, where the couples car,
Cole eight, had broken down. Be-
! lieving that the alleged check artists
were east of Flagstaff, the sheriff and
his deputies started toward WinslOW
meeting the pair at Winona. The
cOple were taken to Flagstaff and
lodged in the county Jail. Sheriff
Divelbess and Deputy Walker went
to Flagstaff after the pair returning
Monday afternoon
When the officers took the man and
tie woman into custody, they found
arother Navajo garage check for
$3750 which the couple had trown
away in an attempt to get rid of it,
While Griggs was having the car re-
paired at the Navajo garage on Sun
day the woman went into the office
to write some letters and it is thought
that she purloined the blank checks
at that time. Six OF them were found
missing when employees of garage in
vestigated.
A small four-barreled automatic re-
volver and a protectograph, which
the pair used in making out checks
were found in the car. A large num-
ber of check books of banks of Colo
RADIO and New Mexico were also found
in the machine.
Officers are of the opinion that the
couple are shrewd check artists, who
were travelling through the country.
The use of the protectograph, the
large number of check books and the
opportune time at which the check
was cashed seem to bear out this
opinion. If Mr.. Brown had not been
suspicious of the check and investi-
gated, he would not have known that
it was forgery until Wednesday
since Tuesday was holiday. In the
meantime the pair could have made
their escape under ordinary circum-
stances.
The woman went to the Winslow
Drug store before going to the Cen
trail Drug company and purchased
| some face cream, a powder puff and
perfume set and then rendered the
$30-check to A. E. Gillard, who re-
fused to cash it. Mr.. Gillard said he
noticed that the woman seemed over
anxious for him to take the check,
and for this reason he refused to ac-
cept it.
The couple were we'll dressed and
| if it were not for the obvious charge
against them would have passed in
spection anywhere. The man was
clean cut with hail fellow we'll met
air about him, and possessed a fami-
liar and winning smile. Receiving
| the scrutiny of one who is viewed as
transgressor of the law, however,
| it was evident that he was a little
too narrow between the eyes and that
his, face became less clean-cut the
more one looked at it.
When he was asked by represent
ative of the Mail for his side of the
story, he replied, write it any way
to suit yourself You have too much
information about it as it is"
! Despite the charge against her, the
woman struck one as lady of re
finement and culture. She spoke
faultless English and is a woman of
unusual charm. Unlike the man she
was visibIy affected by the charge
against her, drying her eyes with a
powder puff during the court proceed
ings. 1t was noticeable that she tried
to shield her face from the gaze of
the spectators during the preliminar
hearing.
A representative of the Mail asked
her how she happened to get into
trouble, but she would say nothing
other than that she would talk when
the. time came and that she and her
husband could clear themselves.
On the way down from Flagstaff
she told Sheriff Divelbess that she
wanted to get some Christmas money
to send a present to her mother anc
that she took this means to get it
When the sheriff asked Griggs wheth.
er he ran out of money, he said, "Not
exactly"
The pair produced marriage licen
Sc to show that they are married
The officers believe that the name Of
"Griggs", which they gave, is no
their right one.