Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Farm Hand, Paroled Convict, Charged With Check Frauds. [ARTICLE]

Farm Hand, Paroled Convict, Charged With Check Frauds.

Laporte, Ind., Jan. 16. —-Frank Stout was arrested at Medaryville and brought to Laporte today, charged with passing worthless checks on Laporte and Westville', merchants. Stout is a paroled convict, having been sentenced from Monticello foi horse stealing. He served thirteen years. For some time he had been working as a farm hand in Laporte county. He came'to town Thursday, obtained about SIOO, it is charged, On checks supposed to have been issued by a well known farmer, foi whom he said he forked, and then departed.