Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Journal and Courier Lafayette, IN Thursday, January 29, 1920 FORGED CHECKS PASSED IN CITY Five of Them, for $27.80, Bring Clever Crook Cash From Local Business Establishments A clever forger secured $139 from Lafayette merchants without any trouble Tuesday, and decamped with the spoils. The forgeries became known Thursday at noon when the checks were received from the clearing house by the City National bank, on which they were drawn. The Lafayette Lumber company was the target for the forger. He made out the checks on a City National bank blank. They were payable to JAMES RICHARD- SON. In the lower left corner was stamped "The Lafayette Lumber Co., 408-410 North Third street," and in the lower right hand corner the word "president" was stamped in abbreviation. The checks were each signed "GEORGE F. SIMLER" and were numbered 1024. They were for $27.80 each. The Dryfus meat market, Rapp & Co. and three others cashed the checks. Rapp & Co. was the only firm to report the matter to the police. ==========================================================================