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Cunning Forgery Plot Revealed in Broadway Theatre Case
A sign painter known as the mastermind joined by an elevator operator nicknamed Fatty Roedel and a young refrigeration‑minded girl are linked to a forged check scheme involving two $76,500 drafts from the Merehall Realty corporation. Roedel’s $1,500 share and Nancy Kirby’s influence surface as investigators tie the Capitol theater elevator man to the plot, with Ford briefly implicated before being cleared.
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New York
William Roedel
B. P. Ford
Ford
Nancy Kirby
Roedel
Capitol Theater
Broadway
Merehall Realty Corporation
Capitol
Wancy Kirby
Nancy
Springfield
Mass
Corporation
Sign Painter
Manhattan
Newark
Force Products Company
Military Park
Howard P. Dwyer
Graham
National Newark and Essex Banking Company
Equitable Trust Company of
Dwyer
Washington
Equitable Trust Company
National Surety Company
Amerilcan Surety Company
East Orange
Paris
Durhex Leather Company
Rogues Gallery
Alfred Tyrell
August Mayer
Grover Cleveland Brown
Fatty’ Roedel
West Ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fatty
Second Avenue
Wifth Avenue