Douglas Daily Dispatch

TEXAN HELD ON ORDER OF BANK AND A SHERIFF
Arrested Here When Officers Traced Boy Attempting to Pawn Suit.

A man believed to be R. A. McCallister, of Abilene, Texas, wanted by the Bank of Clyde, Clyde, Texas, for cashing a bogus draft for $100; by Sheriff H. Tobar, of Abilene, in connection with a Dodge car he was driving when arrested, and believed to have given a check for $2,828 on the First State Bank and Trust company, of Hereford, Texas, to the Security Trust and Savings company, of San Pedro, Calif., was arrested by Douglas police officers Thursday and is being held awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Tobar.

The man arrested here used the name R. A. Smith, being so registered at the Gadsden hotel. He is about 48 years of age and states that he is a retired rancher from Texas. He stoutly denies complicity in any attempt to fleece banks by means of bogus checks or drafts and explains that the large check given by him to the San Pedro Trust company was in payment of property purchased there and that the check is good.

He was arrested after Officer Gordon Newman met a boy on the street who was trying to pawn a suit of clothes. Questioning the boy brought out the fact that he intended to pawn the suit for another boy who was to drive a car to Abilene, Texas, for a man by the name of Smith.

Further questioning led the officers to visit the man in his room at the hotel.

A letter written to his son at Abilene disclosed the fact that he expected to "jump across the border into Mexico for awhile", and instructed the son to send a Hudson car to Abilene. A search of his effects revealed a checkbook on the First State Bank and Trust company, of Hereford, with the stub record of a check for $2,828 written in favor of the San Pedro bank. The check book also shows a check for $15 written to the same bank.

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Texan Held on Order
of Bank and a Sheriff

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A telegram sent to the Bank of Clyde, at Clyde, Texas, brought telegraphic instructions from this bank to hold McCallister and his car, and also stated that there is $50 reward offered for the recovery of the machine.

A telegram sent to the sheriff at Abilene brought the following reply:

"I hold felony warrant for McCallister. Hold him and car until my arrival. There is a reward of $25 offered for recovery of the car.

"H. TOBAR, Sheriff."