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                  <text>A'.'W

�Metropolitan Police Department
Detroit. Mich.. June 19, 1908.

WANTED
for getting goods under false pretenses, C. E. Coon; about 30 or 37
years old; 5 ft. 6 or 7 in. tall; heavy set. broad .shouldered; weight
about 200 lbs.; Sandy hair and mustache, high forehead, light blue
eyes, protruding lip, sandy complexion, pink cheeks: Claim.s to be

married.
Ills wife was in Louisville. Ixy.. and he telephoned her from
Detroit about June 1st. 1908. Claim.s to be K. R. Contractor from

Texas. Ha.s I lue prints of Mining property in Wyoming with
him. Claims to be a member of Elk Lodge in Pittsburg, and wears
Elks pin.
to body.

!!&lt;■ has a ruj)ture and it .shows on inside of left leg close

Thi.s man came here from Lander, Wyoming, where he had
claimed to be a R. R. Contractor from 'bexas; Stole the blue prints
and got a letter of Introduction to bu.'-ines.s men here in this city,

then proceeded to oj)erate.

He laid down three checks on the

Banks in Lander, Wyoming, then left.

We hold warrant for thi.s man for getting $105.00 worth of

clothes from J. C. Hasse &amp; Son of thi.s City, and paying for them
with a check for that amount on the First National Bank of l.ander,

Wyoming.

Arrest, hold, and wire at my expense and will send man with

necessary papers.
JOHN J. DOWNEY.

Supt. of Police.
Detroit, Mich.

�Metropolitan Police Department
Detroit. Rrich., June 19, 1908.

WANTED

for getting goods under false pretenses. C. E. Coon; about 36 or 37
years old; 5 ft. 6 or 7 in. tall; heavy -set. broad .shouldered; weight
about 200 lbs.; Sandy hair and mustache, high forehead, light blue
eyes, protruding lip. sandy complexion, pink cheeks; C'lalm.s to be
married.
His wife was in Louisville, Ky.. and he telephoned her from
Detroit about June 1st. 1908. Claims to be R. R. Contractor from
Texas. Ha.s Hue prints of Mining property in Wyoming with
him. Claim.s to be a member of Elk Lodge in Pitts! urg. and wears
Elks pin. He ha.s a rupture and it show.s on inside of left leg close
to body.

This man came here from Lander, Wyoming, where he had
claimed to be a R. R. Contractor from Texas; Stole the blue prints
and got a letter of introduction to bu.'-ines.s men here in this city,

then proceeded to operate.

He laid down three &lt; hecks on the

Bank.s in I.ander. Wyoming, then left.
We hold warrant for thi.s man for getting $10.5.00 worth of
clothes from J. C. Hasse &amp; Son of this City, and paying for them

with a check for that amount on the First National Bank of Lander,
Wyoming.

Arrest, hold, and wire at my expense and will send man with

necessary papers.
JOHN J. DOWNEY.
Supt. of Police.
Dt'troit, Mich.

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