Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — TRAP NOTED FORGER. [ARTICLE]

TRAP NOTED FORGER.

American Detective* Catch German Fugitive In Milwaukee. Gerhardt Terlinden, accused of forging German government securities and securing approximately $400,000 by his operations, was arrested in Milwaukee, after eluding European and American detectives for several months. The fngitiv* had been in Milwaukee about two week*. He was taken to Chicago in charge of a Deputy United States Marshal aud Henry Vocke, attorney for the German consul at Chicago, and extradition papers issued for his return to Germany. Terlinden was at the head of a manufacturing concern employing 3,000 men. He is charged with having forged certificates of stock in this corporation and with having counterfeited government stamps to be attached to the certificate*. The total of hi* alleged forgeries is fixed at 1,500,000 marks.