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EDr-CHECK PASSER ARRESTEDArthur Bauman Caught by Kenneth Rawson at GreenwoodArthur Bauman is awaiting trial in the county jil following his capture last Saturday night, July 15, by Kenneth Rawson, son of Frank Rawson, general merchant at Greenwood,' where Bauman had passed a bogus check for $10 and obtained currency | and goods in exchange for the check which bore the signature of Wm., Clark, Hebron fanner. „ jBauman has been operating extensively in the Hebron and Richmond4 | territory and extending the basis of ,‘ his operations into Harvard, where . lP he passed some of his bogus checks m'On a local general store and a city J grocery. ist { The young man was not extrava-1 y! gant in the size of the checks he is- 11 sued, which usually bore the names of r“ j William Clark and John Miller. His ! th regulation sum was $1U and in this v.. way he was able to obtain about $130, -d he told Deputy Sheriff Wandrack, who .'took him to Woodstock dast Saturday, al , night after he was captured by young Rawson and two men whom he sum- ! moned to* aid in the capture. tThe Greenwood young merchant put over a cunning stunt in catching is bought a few goods, offering a $10 ul bought a few goods offering a $10 check in payment and asking currency for the balance. The nervousness and rt uneasiness of Bauman attracted the , -d attention of Rawson, who was alone er m the store at the time but as soon ! iff (as he could get away he told h4s I is father of his suspicions and the latter of telephoned Wm. Clark and asked as -h to the genuineness of the check hearth ing his signature. Clark denied hav-is ing written it and the Rawsons start-ht ed after Bauman, who was still at rs Greenwood.j In order to get in touch with Bau-o- man he was told of having left some iy , of his purchases in the store and as in | he stopped his car, young Rawson e- | obtained a place on the running board e- 1 on the side where Bauman was driv-s. ing the machine. After a short time 2n - Rawson was enable to overcome Bau-i man and compel him to stop his ma* p- chine.L. , Two men witnesses to the struggle D. i were attracted to the scene and they e, aided Rawson in overcoming Bauman iy and holding him until the chief dep-i uty sheriff arrived. Bauman, who is os j only 18 years old, has confessed to y, 1 having passed bogus checks in stores B. at Harvard, Hebron, Greenwood, Big 11, | Foot, Spring Grove, Richmond, Genoa i^d | Junction and Lake Geneva, a-1 -
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Harvard Herald
Harvard, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 20, 1922
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