Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1913 — Newman Learned More About J. C. Thompson’s Trouble. [ARTICLE]

Newman Learned More About J. C. Thompson’s Trouble.

Harry Newman, who went to Chicago Thursday after learning that J. C. Thompson, a former International Harvester man,' was under arrest, returned home that night. He djd not get to see Thompson, who was in jail, but learned something more concerning him. Newman is inclined to think that the $75 he lost by endorsing Thompson at a local bank, is gone forever. Thompson seems to have been engaged in about every form of fraud and graft an<L there are already something like fifteen charges against him. The woman he married traveled for a perfumery company, and by means of correspondence ahd order blanks which she had he defrauded the company she traveled tor out of money estimated at from S3OO to SSOO. He stopped at Chicago hotels and defrauded the Auditorium out of SSO and the Lorene hotel out of $75. He was writing checks in payment for goods purchased at stores and there were quite a number of charges against him for frauds of this kind. When arrested Thompson was -just arranging to stop at another hotel. He assumed surprise when arrested and said there was just a misunderstanding. He was very cool and indicated one of two things, that he is either mentally weak or a nervy crook. IVfy-. Newman arranged with a friend in Chicago to see Thompson and try to find out something about his relatives. The. people who have been defrauded would sooner get their money than to send Thompson over the road and Mr. Newman hopes to get his $75 back in this manner.