Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1916 — Man Who Impersonated B. J. Gifford Poes to the Pen. [ARTICLE]

Man Who Impersonated B. J. Gifford Poes to the Pen.

Valparaiso Vidette: Charles Luther Warren, alias Perry Hull, alias B. J. Gifford, the “man of millions,” who fleeced several Ft. Wayne merchants out of large sums of money by cashing fake certificates of deposit, and deluded Beulah Youse, of that place, into forsaking. her worthy sweetheart, a struggling college student, and marrying him instead, and was arrested here by Officer James Lyons, of the Pennsylvania force, was brought up before Judge Eggeman at Ft. Wayne Wednesday afternoon, and in exactly six minutes after being presented in the court room, Warren walked out with the sheriff, sentenced to five years at Michigan City, ajjd to pay a SIOO fine. H. L. Somers, “pauper attorney; appeared for Warren and endeavored to prove his insanity, but several witnesses testified they believed he was rational. .Sam Wolf, of the firm of Wolf & Dessauer, testified that Warren passed a phoney check for S4O in the store, and Mrs. Youse, mother of Warren’s deluded wife, who has not yet obtained an annullment of her marriage, appeared and testified that he had spoken of his $140,000 annual royalties from the Knight motor and of the details leading to the marriage. It was her opinion that Warren was sane. After receiving his sentence, Warren arose and expressed the opinion that he was being treated unjustly. Judge Eggeman silenced him after Warren had gone through meaningless gestures and statements, and ordered him removed from the court room. Warren’s wife did not appear in the court room.