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January 8, 1920
Indiana Daily Times
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Margaret Anderson, 21, from Clinton, Iowa, arrested for issuing fraudulent checks and forgery in Indianapolis. She confessed to depositing $10 as $70 under alias John T. Jackson and passing bad checks at multiple stores for merchandise and cash before capture.
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Arrest Woman to Stop Flood of Bad Checks
Detectives Say Margaret Anderson, 21, of Iowa Has Made Confession.
Margaret Anderson, 21, of Clinton, Ia., is under arrest here on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks and forgery, and is alleged to have made a confession to operatives of the Quigley-Hyland Detective agency, who arrested her.
The police declare the young woman told them she was a graduate of a college in Bloomington, Ill. and say that she also was known as Bertha Nehf of Peoria, Ill.
She arrived yesterday and registered at the Y. W. C. A. Then it is alleged that she went to the Security Trust Company and deposited $10, under the name of John T. Jackson. She is alleged to have inserted a seven in front of the ten in the deposit book, making it appear the amount deposited was $70. The detectives alleged she admits that she then made out a number of checks payable to Mrs. John T. Jackson in various amounts and signed by the name John T. Jackson to them.
VISIT TO BLOCK STORE DESCRIBED BY DETECTIVES.
Miss Anderson then went to the William H. Block store and purchased merchandise amounting to $30, and, it is said, tendered a check for $75. While the bank was being called she left the store. She then went to D. Sommers & Co. and made a payment on a phonograph, giving a $50 check, it is said, and receiving a receipt for $12 and $38 in cash. Miss Anderson is said to have purchased articles at the Pettis Dry Goods Company store amounting to $41.63 and to have given a check for $50. She received the merchandise and $8.37 in change.
BUYS SUIT FOR $75 AND PRESENTS CHECK.
She visited the John D. Brosnan cloak house and purchased a suit for $75. She is said to have paid for the suit with a $50 check and $25 in cash. At the Merchants Heat and Light Company office it is alleged she attempted to purchase a washing machine, agreeing to pay $10 down and $10 per month. She tendered a check for $50, it is said, but before she received the $40 change she was arrested. Detectives Winkler and Hanks say she bought a $59 suit at the Goldstein department store and gave a check, but did not wait for the purchase.
The detectives were searching for "Mrs. Jackson" when she was arrested.
Detectives Say Margaret Anderson, 21, of Iowa Has Made Confession.
Margaret Anderson, 21, of Clinton, Ia., is under arrest here on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks and forgery, and is alleged to have made a confession to operatives of the Quigley-Hyland Detective agency, who arrested her.
The police declare the young woman told them she was a graduate of a college in Bloomington, Ill. and say that she also was known as Bertha Nehf of Peoria, Ill.
She arrived yesterday and registered at the Y. W. C. A. Then it is alleged that she went to the Security Trust Company and deposited $10, under the name of John T. Jackson. She is alleged to have inserted a seven in front of the ten in the deposit book, making it appear the amount deposited was $70. The detectives alleged she admits that she then made out a number of checks payable to Mrs. John T. Jackson in various amounts and signed by the name John T. Jackson to them.
VISIT TO BLOCK STORE DESCRIBED BY DETECTIVES.
Miss Anderson then went to the William H. Block store and purchased merchandise amounting to $30, and, it is said, tendered a check for $75. While the bank was being called she left the store. She then went to D. Sommers & Co. and made a payment on a phonograph, giving a $50 check, it is said, and receiving a receipt for $12 and $38 in cash. Miss Anderson is said to have purchased articles at the Pettis Dry Goods Company store amounting to $41.63 and to have given a check for $50. She received the merchandise and $8.37 in change.
BUYS SUIT FOR $75 AND PRESENTS CHECK.
She visited the John D. Brosnan cloak house and purchased a suit for $75. She is said to have paid for the suit with a $50 check and $25 in cash. At the Merchants Heat and Light Company office it is alleged she attempted to purchase a washing machine, agreeing to pay $10 down and $10 per month. She tendered a check for $50, it is said, but before she received the $40 change she was arrested. Detectives Winkler and Hanks say she bought a $59 suit at the Goldstein department store and gave a check, but did not wait for the purchase.
The detectives were searching for "Mrs. Jackson" when she was arrested.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Bad Checks
Forgery
Arrest
Fraudulent Deposit
Store Purchases
What entities or persons were involved?
Margaret Anderson
Bertha Nehf
John T. Jackson
Where did it happen?
Indianapolis Stores (Implied By Store Names)
Story Details
Key Persons
Margaret Anderson
Bertha Nehf
John T. Jackson
Location
Indianapolis Stores (Implied By Store Names)
Event Date
Yesterday
Story Details
Margaret Anderson, using alias John T. Jackson, altered a $10 deposit to $70 and issued bad checks at multiple stores for merchandise and cash totaling over $200 before arrest while attempting another fraud.