Putnam patriot., 1925-10-09
TWO ARE TRAPPED AFTER
 OBTAINING S265 CHECK
Alleged to Have Impersonated Federal Deputy Internal
 Revenue Collectors
investigation Made In Putnam Last
 Friday Afternoon

 1 Thinking that the trail might nos sibly lead to Putnam. State Policeman Arthur Williams was sent Co this city last Friday afternoon to investigate as to whether or not an attempt had been made to cash cheek for S265, issued 1 by Nelson A. Jordan, retired hard ware dealer of Danielson. under al- legged fraudulent circumstances. The officer returned and reported that no 1 clues were to be found in Putnam. On Saturday two young men, George Gould, 9, of Brighton. Mass. and David Shulman, 25. of Roxbury. Mass. were arrested and held in 8 .00O bonds and Sl,00O bonds respectively by United States Commissioner Mathew son of Norwich. and in default of the bonds were taken to the New Haven county jail.
 lmpersonate Officers
 Officers of the government allege that the two young men impersonated federal officers. They appeared in Danielson early last week and ap- preached Mr. Jordan relative to the payment of his income tax, telling him that they believed that he had not paid the full amount required, asked to see his books, and said that he was liable i to penalty as well as .o the payment l of further tax.
 The men appeared in Danielson again and informed Mir. Jordan that he could settle, if settlement was made at once, for S265. To induce Mir. Jor- dan to make settlement he was told that the penalty incurred for not pay ing his full last years tax would be waved If payment was made immedi- ately.
 Make, Personal Cheek
 Asked who the check should be made out to, the men requested to have 1t made out to one of them personally so as the payment could be made inme- diately and thus save the penalty. Mir. Jordan complied and received a re- ceipt on blank piece of paper.
 When the men left Mir. Jordan be came suspicious and consulted his banker, who had assisted him in mak- ing out the tax. The two men con- cluded there was something wrong and notified Sergeant Albert Fields of the state police.
 Fields immediately got in touch with the proper authorities in Hart ford and representative of the in- ternal revenue department was sent to Danielson. When he was shown the receipt he immediately branded it as fraud and said that no deputy tol- lectors named Lane and "Mnhar,' the names that Gould and ShulmaB had used. were attached to the Con Heetieut bureau. Payment on the check was stopped and banks in this section were notified to detain anyone presenting t for payment.
 Return For Cash
 Saturday morning when the two men returned to Mir. jordan's residence they told him they had made a mistake in their calculations and asked him to pay a less sum in cash to avoid further delay. Mir Jordan said he would have to go into the house to get the money. When inside the house he requested 2 member of his family to call the state police. with the result that two police men from the barracks arrived in time to take the men into custody.
 Federal officers feel that in the ar rest of the two young men they may have those responsible for similar frauds perpetrated in other sections of the state.