Evening star., 1923-04-14

Local police are investigating to
/ establish the identity and arrest
young man who has proved annoying
to Col. Theodore Roosevelt. assistant
secretary of the Navy and Franklin
ID. Roosevelt, who held similar po-
I sition under President Wilson. by
making purchases for them and Civ
ing checks bearing their forged sig
, natures.
/ So far as Inspector Grant and De-
, tectives Waldron and Sweeney have
| been able to ascertain. the lmperson-
| ator of the two Eoosevelt5 obtained
/ cash from only one person, Fl. +.
Petersen, dealer in handmade and an
! tique jewelry. at 1921 + street. Col
! Roosevelt was impersonated al the
lewelry store. where check for soo0
was accepted ana $3.50 in change given.
Two packages addressed to Frank
: lin ID. Roosevelt were received at tise
, metropolitan CLUB. one from Balti-
: more and the other from Atlantic
: city. and il was when the cdnCfled
I checks were received by the man
J whose name had been forged that an
; investigation was started. Manager
Sands of the Metropolitan Club mas
7 the packages in his posse ssion await
I ing their return to the dealers from
! whom they were received.
J Col. Roosevelt first learned that ms
: alleged double WAS engaged IN the
; annoying practice when he received
! 4 package containing JeWeirN from al
I Atlantic City dealer, the checK tol
. The purchase having been made Tor
q the exact amount Of the purchase, the
: young man obtaining no cash.
: Two other packages came Tor 'ol
} Roosevelt. one from Atlantlc Guy anu
: the one from feterScn'S. ThurSdaE
: morning a young man called at Icter-
/ sens jcwei!y store and asked tht
! jewelcr if lie recalled the days Wnen
/ he. the caller tmperSonating tol.
/ Roosevelt. played with other children
in his neighborhnod.
: Mr. Petersen readily recalled such
days. There was something ahout 'he
appearance of the mouth of the I'M
. UrrSOnator however that cast a
{ shadow OF doubt as to his identity.
! II had been some years since the
! jeweler had seen the son or the late
! President. however. and ne rcallZed
/ that the slight change may have oc-
I CURED during the intervening years.
: Then the impersonator talked OF
/ ANTIQUE jewelry he wanted for ms
wife. made several selections. gave a
, check for $500 on the West Natonal
! Hank of York, Pa, received the sSoo
| change and departed. having pre-
! vouSly requested thai the jewciry be
( delivered at Col Roosevelt's Office.
! Jeweler Petersen delivered the
rackaEe to Col Roosevelts secre-
j tarv and when it was opened and
, shown the colonel he quickly re-
undated the transaction. Cot Roose-
Welt. 1t is stated. is not particularly
! fond of antique jewelry, as his
alleged double would have jewelers.
! Detectives Sweeney and Waldron
! learned that the alleged impersonator
is about twenty-five years Old re
! is about five feet seven inches tall
and weighs about 141 pounds. his
complexion is fiorid and his hair
light.
| Thursday afternoon. when he ap-
reared al Petersens store, he wore
d blue serge suit. light weight biack K
coat and soft hat. His descrl ptlon
, has been feIephoned the police of the
several precincts, with instructions
TO arrest him
Mrs Pinchot, wife of pennsylvania
| governor. is the third person in OIL
cial life whose name is known to have
been forged by the young man. Thurs
day morning the young man appeared
in the Stamp Shoppe, 14i3 - street
having been there earlier in the week.
and represented himself to be son of
GOV. Finchot He had check for 500
purporting to bear the name of his
mother.
Harry R Mason. president of the stamp
| firm, who recalled that Gov PlnChot
! had been impcrSonated in check deals
in the south some time ago. smiled as
he told the young man to return after
he had an opportunity to do his bank
ling business.
| Nervously handling stock he was
inspecting. the young man turned and
left the store, apparently realizing
! Mason had suspected him of being a
| fraud Mason found the caller unusu-
ally pleasant. and enjoyed hearing
him tell of the interest he was taking
in a sick brother. for whom he want
ed to purchase albums and start him
in the stamp-collecting business.
! II believe I'll start 1t myself" he
! added; 1T seems so interesting"
| The check was left with Mason. 1t