Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1910 — B. J. GIFFORD ARRESTED. [ARTICLE]

B. J. GIFFORD ARRESTED.

Bank Swindler Giving That Name In Limbo at Muskegan, Mich. Milwaukee. Wis.. Aug. 7.—A capture has been made of a bank swindler, who Jias been sought all over the country, according to word received to-day at the office of the State Bankers' Association.

A few weeks ago, a man giving the name of B. J. Gifford, visited W atertown, deposited a draft of 814,000 upon a St. Louis bank, but the bank failed to accept checks against his account tor several- thousand dollars, and it was found that he was probably a man who had victimized banks in St. Louis to the extent of nearly SII,OOO, and that he was also badly wanted in Ohio for the same style of operation. He has been caught at Muskegan, Mich., just across the lake from here. Names of the banks

which he swindled are not given out here, but will be announced when Gifford is taken back io Ohio, where the most definite charges are pending him.