Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1906 — PERRY HULL GOT [ARTICLE]

PERRY HULL GOT

Perry Hull,, a party who has heretofore attained considerable notoriety in this county, came to the front here again this week. It seems that a few days ago he called at one of the banks here, where his record was not known, and represented that he had a deposit 0ff250 in a bank at Pontiac, Mich., and which account he wished to transfer to the bank here. After some explanations he gave the bank the necessary authority for getting the money from Pontiac and was given a certificate of deposit in ’the bank here for the $250. The Pontiac bank however promptly sent back word, which was received Friday afternoon, that Hull had no money there and never had. Hull has a sister here whom he has been stopping with, but more recently he has been boarding with Forg Payne, up near the railroad. A party well acquainted with him invited him down town that evening and took him into the Murray store, where he bought everything that was showed him, though before he got ready to pay for it,’ Officer Vick came in and Hull was taken upto Prosecutor Leopold’s office- He promised to give up the certificate and accompanied the officer to his hoarding place and produced and turned over the certificate. That he intended to try to get money on’it was evident from the fact that he had already endorsed it After giving up.the certificate he was released as it seemed doubtful if he had yet done anything for which he could be convicted. Hull is a right plausible fellow in his talk, and this is not the first time he has tried to get money by means similar to this. About four or five years ago he got a team of horses from Jim McDonald, by means of forged drafts, and was caught and sent to the reformatory at Jeffersonville, for a term, and was released two or three years ago. Besides being plausible in his talk he seems to be a man of good habits as to his general conduct, and for that reason is much more apt to be accepted for what he professes to be and believed when he tries such moves as his attempted fraud here.