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The Washington Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Postal inspectors in Cincinnati investigate fraud against Knights of Pythias lodges nationwide, where a swindler uses stolen blank orders, signs, and grips to cash bogus sick benefit orders for $20 each at various lodges, including in Logansport, Ind., Bellows Falls, Mo., and Rutland, Vt.
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Bogus Sick Benefit Orders on the Knights of Pythias Cashed
CINCINNATI, Oct. 17.—The post-office inspectors are working on frauds perpetrated upon Knights of Pythias lodges all over the country. The inspectors are reticent because their work is not completed, and the knights will not talk except to say that the fraud is likely committed by a member of the order, and that their officials turned the case over to the postal inspectors.
Bogus sick benefit orders have been presented to lodges all over the country and cashed, securing $20 from each lodge. All signs and grips are said to be used by the swindler, and blank orders were stolen from different lodges. At Logansport, Ind., 1,000 blank orders and the seal were stolen from Apollo Lodge rooms. The blanks, duly filled out, were cashed at Bellows Falls, Mo., Rutland, Vt., and other Eastern points.
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All Over The Country, Including Logansport, Ind., Bellows Falls, Mo., Rutland, Vt.
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Oct. 17
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A swindler, possibly a member of the Knights of Pythias, steals blank sick benefit orders and seals from lodges like Apollo Lodge in Logansport, Ind., fills them out, and uses order signs and grips to cash them for $20 each at various lodges nationwide, prompting postal inspectors to investigate.