Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1912 — SWINDLES MUNCIE MEN [ARTICLE]

SWINDLES MUNCIE MEN

Jewelry “Merchant” Gets Change on Worthless Checks After Purchases. Mu»?le,'lnd., March 8 A swindler, posing as a Jewelry merchant and giving his name as M. Weinberg, "stung” a number of Muncie merchants. Weinberg, who fe> a young man and fashionably dressed!, bought sls worth of silken underwear of Joseph Levy, haberdasher, and paid him with a "phony” check for $25, and getting $lO back in change. Levy accompanied the stranger to the Delaware County National bank, where the stranger opened up an account of several hundred dollars by depositing a worthless check on a New York bank. He rented a business room to open a jewelry store, and gave a check for S4O for the rent. At Gumbiner Bros.’ clothing store he bought $67 worth of wearing apparel, and gave a check for a larger sum. This •check was held until it was shown It was the firm escaping being swindled. At the Cohn Bros.’ store he attempted the same game, but failed.