Evening star., 1936-09-19
|NOTED CON" MAN.
lis SEIZED HERE ON.
CALIFORNIA COUNT.
Arraigned Secretly Before
Turnage on Fugitive
Warrant.
ACCUSED OF POSING
AS OFFICER IN NAVY
Many Aliases Said to Have Been
Used to Defraud Women
and Others.

Morton Joseph Kramer, 81, ex-
convict and "con" man with q long
police record in various parts of the
country, was in custody Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation here to-
day following his arrest yesterday at
a local hotel.
Kramer was arraigned secretly last
night before United States Commits
sioner Needham c. Turnage under a
fugitive warrant issued in Los Angeles
where, F. B. I. officials said, he is
wanted on a charge of impersonating
a naval officer. He has a string of
ALIASES" under which he Is alleged
to have defrauded women and others
of large sums.
Records of the F. B. I. Fingerprint
Division list Kramer as having a
brother residing in this city, and
wife in New York City. He is alleged
to have married and deserted several
other women. Inquiry at the apart
ment listed as the home of the
brother disclosed that he has moved
to another city.
G-men had been looking for Kramer
in scattered sections of the country.
Trailed yesterday to a hotel here, he
was arrested quietly and taken before
the commissioner without publicity.
He pleaded not guilty and was held
for removal to the Pacific Coast.
The Los Angeles charge. filed August
S last, charged Kramer with obtaining
$50 at Long Beach, Calf, while rep
resenting himself to be a naval officer.
He is alleged to have used the name,
Lieut.. Comdr. Sydney Storch"
It was announced the F. B. I. Is
investigating Kramer's activities with
women to see if he has violated the
Mann white slave act.
An earlier complaint against Kramer,
filed in July, was by young girl who
alleged she met him as "Storch" in
Fort Worth, Tex, married him four
days later and was deserted not long
thereafter in Long Beach. He obtained
a total of $500 from her relatives be-
fore disappearing. she said.
Other Marriages"
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ficials said, that Kramer married a
girl in Brooksville, Fla, in 1881, and
was divorced by his wife when she
learned he had been married previ-
ously. In December, 1885, he mar
ried a girl at Woodstock, ILL.,, and
deserted her after cashing numerous
worthless checks, it was alleged.
In April Of this year he married,
it is asserted. a girl in Alexandria,
La, deserting her in st. Louis. In
June of this year he attempted to
marry another girl in Galveston, Tex,
but was not successful, the F. B. I.
stated. Last May, it was said, he
represented himself to be a news
paperman in Appalachicola, Fla, and
absconded, after leaving a trail of
worthless checks and embezzling an
automobile
A month ago, officials declared, he
flew from Albuquerque, N. Mex, to
New York City, and abandoned an
other OF his wives-identity not known
in New Mexico. He is alleged to
have given the airline a worthless
check.
Kramer pleaded guilty to imperso-
nation charges in New Orleans in 1892
and served seven months in jail. Later
he pleaded guilty to an impersonation
charge in Jackson, Miss, and was
placed on probation for five years.
He was being sought for violation of
his probation at the time of his arrest
here.