Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-10
PAUL REX Is CHARGED
WITH FORGERY
The following is taken from the
Marietta Times, under date of June

| The following is taken from the
Marietta Times, under date of June
/ g.:
paul Rex, 40, former star foot
| ball player on the Caldwell high
school team and teacher in the
Morgan county schools for the past
i18 years, was arrested late Wednes-
! day afternoon on a forgery charge.
He is alleged to have defrauded the
j. C. Penny company store in Ma
rietta of $63.40. He waived exam
! ination in police court on Thursday
and was held to the grand jury.
Judge W. d. Sauer fixed bond at
$500. The accused was seeking
bondsmen later in the day. Rex,
who lives on a farm in northeastern
Morgan county, nine miles from Nc
Connelsville, was arrested on the
streets of that city. Sheriff Arthur
Mackey Of Washington county, Po-
llice Chief Homer o. Wolfe of Mariet-
ia and Sheriff Louis Adrean of Nor
gan county, made the arrest. He
was brought to Marietta and spent
Wednesday night in the county Jail.
He has retained Attorney Charles D..
Fogle to defend him.
The manager and a clerk at the
Penny store accompanied the local
officers to Morgan county in the
search for Rex. Chief Wolfe and
Sheriff Mackey said that they identi-
fled Rex as the man who on March
10, this year, passed a worthless
check upon them 1t bore the name
of B. S. Freeland, alleged to have
been forged Freeland is Beverly
merchant. 1t is alleged that the
check was given in payment for a
pair of shoes that cost $2.9S.
Chief Wolfe said on Thursday
that Rex was wearing the shoes in
volved when he was arrested. They
were identified by private markings
of the Penny concern, the chief said.
City Solicitor Ernest E. Erb. who
represented the state in the prosec1-
ton of Rex, was a classmate of the
accused at the Caldwell high school,
where they graduated in 1917. Rex
asked Erb as ian old friend" to
sign his bond. The latter declined
Rex was a member of the Caldwell
high school football teams in 1915
and 1917. He was known in those
DAYS DIS uDDy hcA I1C pldyCi
guard and fullback and made at least
a local reputation on the gridiron.
In those times, Caldwell had one of
the outstanding class B teams in
Ohio. Rex weighed close to 200
pounds when he played. He is
heavier than that today.
After leaving high school, Rex
moved into Morgan county, obtained
a certificate and for Is years he has
taught school in the winter season.
He conducts a farm as sideline.
He is married and the father of four
children. He is veteran of the
World war and Legionnaire. A
second forgery charge was preferred
against Rex on Thursday. 1t in
wolves a check for $16S.35 that was
passed at the Citizens National bank
in Marietta on October IA, 1895
1t bore the name of C. K. Combs,
said by Sheriff Mackey to be a dis
tant relative of the accused. Sheriff
Mackey signed the affidavit in this
instance, arresting Rex soon after
he had had his first arraignment.
Officials of the bank had looked at
Rex in jail and are said to have
identified him as the man who pass
ed the check upon their institution.
Arraigned before Squire N. +.
Kidd, Rex pleaded not guilty and
waived examination. He was held to
the grand jury and bond of $500
was required Attorney Fogle also
represented Rex at this arraign-
ment,"