Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-28
WOMAN JAILED
ON CHARGE OF
FORGING CHECK

Ars. =. ". Reeves. alias Mrs. Il. O.
Bond, Is IN the city jan here fol-
lowing her arrest IN Biabee FRIDAY,
70 face o complaint Of passing a
bogus check for 80 on Thursday ~
the Meredith ana wfmberioy store
here.
u Is alleged By police that the
woman pagsed several worthless
checks At various stores IN Douglas
during The latter part Of lat week
and IL ~ believed that other com
plants win be filed immediately. she
waived preliminary examination yer
terday and viii probably faee Judge
John r. Newbury early next week
when further complaints have been
made. Besfdes the check paegcd III
the Meredith ana kimberley HfOre.
the woman is charged to date win
posing a bad g12 cheek at the
Phelps Dodge Mercantile company
store here and another ~ the first
National bank Of this city. It IL
stated that there are other local TDer-
chants who have worthless checks for
small amounts which she ~ believed
to have written, most Of them win
different names signed.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Hayhurst
brought Brs. Reeves to Douglas Sat
urday morning afte1 she had been
captured by . Bisbee officer for at
tempting 10 pass q bogus check At
the p. y. store in that city. Her
husband and brotber-in-law are being
I held ~ BiSbee on technical charge
Of reckless driving although II IS
believed that they are connected IN
the bad check work, officers here
aIIege. Nrs. Reeves and the two
men have indicated that they came to
this section from Long Beach, Calf.
But for the prompt action Of John
Dickinson, head Of the mems furnish
ing department at the Bisbee J.. u.
sfore the woman and her suspected
accOmDlices would have now been on
their way to ri PasO, ray Bisbee Of
ficers.
8frg. Bond purchased - worth Of
shirts, handkerchiefs and mems un-
derwear At the p. u. store Friday in
Bisbee offering as payment a check
written on a counter check Of the
Bank Of BiSbee. Although fmmedf-
ately suspicious, DickinsOn did not
refuse to accept the check, but tried
to detain the woman until IT had
been presented at the bank. A Sec
ond glance showed that it had been
made out wrongly, the figures cali
ing for payment Of $50 and the writ
ten amount making demand for
sz5. Dickinson called her attention
to the mistake and told her to ac-
company him to the bank while she
okehed the correction. She readily
agreed, and when he got into the
bank significant wink to Assistant
Cashier Writ resulted in a hurried
Investigation and the latter returned
and announced that there was mo
account for Mrs. J. r. Ross, to whom
the check had been issued. It also
developed that the Enforcement was
Mrs. J. r. Rose"
A consultation followed between
Writ and Dickinson, but the bank
refused 20 prosecute since. # had lost
nothing by the transaction and Mrs.
Bond was permitted to leave Dick
inson, however, was not satisfied,
and called the police. Sergeant
Brown arrived in few minutes, but
by thai time 3lrs. Bond had been
Joined by her companions and were
on their way out Of the city. Brown
started in pursuit, oyertaking them
in Lowell. He called for them to
halt but they Immediately turned
around and sped toward Bisbee again,
with Brown in close pursuit. Near
the top Of Stag Dump hill the fugi-
tfves got in traffic jam and Brown
closed in calling for them to halt
just as a tire on his car blew out
The trio apparently thought ne was
shooting at them and the chase was
over.
When asked at the police station
whether she ever had an account at
the Bank of Bisbee, Mrs. Bond re-
piled in the negative, and to the
query as to why she sought to cash
check there she merely shrugged
her shoulders.
Frank Thomas, deputy county at
torney. filed a complaint charging
Mrs. Bond with attempting fraud. /.
The men are being held on the tech
nicaI charge Of speeding and reckless J
driving, and for investigation, be- I
cause the car they were driving did 4
not have a 1926 license. The trio 4
told the police they were from Long
Beach, Calf.