Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1914 — SMALL CHANGE OF CATCHING FORGER [ARTICLE]

SMALL CHANGE OF CATCHING FORGER

♦ ——' Fernbach Worked Short Time For Insurance Co., and Disappeared i When He Left Here. .- ' After, learning from Rev. Wright that A. M. Fernbach,. who had issued a worthless check for $19.50 at the Maikeever hotel, was an employee of the Meridian Life Insurance Co., William .Waymire, the clerk who had cashed the check, wrote to the above company at Indianapolis and promptly received the following reply: “Your communication at the 27th inst., regarding Mr. A. Mr Fernbach received/and this was the first intimation we had as to his irregular mode of operation. We had not heard from him since he left Rensselaer and were unable to account fbr his silence until we received your letter. We have not the slightest idea as to his whereabouts at this time. A “About two weeks ago Mr. Fembach came to see us in regard to securing an Agency with our company. He presented excellnt credentials and his statements were so plausible we felt we had no reason to doubt their veracity. After considerable deliberation we decided to allow him to do organisation work in the state and Rensselaer was the second town to which we assigned him, he having- been in the field at that time only a few days. \ “We now realize that we have been the victims of misplaced confidence and are out nearly S6O on the transaction, having advanced amounts to Mr. Fernbach. We certainly regret exceedingly the matter oFthe fraudulent personal check he presented to you, but cannot feel responsible for your acceptance of same. We should be very glad indeed, to have you start an immediate investigation, .. . Yours very truly, T. J. OWENS, Secretary.” Evidently Fernbach was a thorough crook and there is small chance that anything will ever be realized from the -worthless check he cashed here,