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- Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY
DEMOCRAT
Thirty-First Year - Number 83
Marlin, Texas, Friday, August 7, 1931
RENTS ROOM, GETS CHECK
ENDORSED, DISAPPEARS
Investigation Reveals Same Thing
Had Been Tried at Other
Places
After renting an apartment at the of Mrs. E. J. Smith of Marlin Thursday, a man
got her to endorse a check for $35, cashed it at a bank here and disappeared.
Investigation revealed a party had tried the same thing at some other Marlin
rooming houses, City Marshal Walston stated.
Informed the apartment would be ready by
two p.m., the man proffered the check, expressing a desire to pay $20 rent
out of it. Mrs. Smith suggesed he get it cashed downtown and pay her on
returning, whereupon he requested her endorsement.
Authorities have a description of the man,
also the name of an out of town bank on which the check was drawn.
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