The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-08-13
Operations of a SkiIfuI Financier.

One day last week a respectable looking
young man stopped at the weigh scales, in
GayspOrt and inquired if we could put him on
a plan for obtaining situation on the railroad.
We were somewhat interested in his appear
ance, and by considerable pumping, wOrmed
the following serOcOmic story out of him:
He said that better than a month ago, he
was introduced to a man III New York named
Charles +. Green, who represented himself as
an agent for the indianapolis and Terre Hautc
Railroad Company, and who had come on for
the purpose of engaging men to work the road.
We will give the story in the young mans own
words, as near as we can recOllcct them:
81 was then engaged as a brakeman on the
New York and Erie Road at 81 37k per day.
Green offered me 80 25 day to go to Indian
apolis to run passenger car, and after exam
lining his papers, accepted the Offer
In company with nine Others engineers. fire
men, car-cOnductors, brakesmcn, &C., that he
hired in New York, | went to Philadelphia,
where we received an addition of four more
persons to our party-twO from the New Jersey
Road, and two from the Wilmington Road-all
hired at the highest kind of wages. For tho
entire fourteen Green bought tickets and paid
for them, entering the amount against each in a
small pass-bOok. In this way he established con-
fdencc that no circumstance short of his future
acts could have shaken. We arrived at Pitts
burgh and all put up at one hotel. The entire
party went to steamboat, and Green bargain
ed for a passage for all to Cincinnati, to leave
next day at 10 o'clock. About ; o'clock in the
afternoon he came into the room in company
with one of our men, formerly an engineer on
the New Haven road, and said, 'bOys, let's get
our money exchanged for the State Bank of
Indiana. The difference in exchange is almost
enough to buy each man new hat The men
all drew out their wallets, and he received
about nine hundred dollars. The two then
went out, and, as we subsequently learned.
stopped at brokers' office. where Green tried
to make an exchange. but could not get pre-
MUM enough. From there they went to a
groggcry and Mr. Green gave the engineer the
slip.
After waiting two hours for him. the latter
went back to the dOnc-up party. told them the
circumstances, and expressed a belief that there
was something rotten in Denmark. The major
ity of the party, however, had such unlimited
confidence in Green that nothing was done I'M
til next morning A police officer was then
employed, but Mr.. Green was non est. No clue
or trace of him could be discovered. Eleven of
the party started for the East. via Cleveland
and Buffalo, for the purpose Of cndcavoring to
regain their situations. and four of them went
on to Indanapolis-all OF them having agreed
to keep quiet on the subject of the sell. OF
course those who went farther West Jared
worse. no such name as Green was rccog-
niZcd.'
From the entire proceeding. and the descrip-
ton of the sharper given u.s. We have no doubt
but that he is the same fellow who came to the
Portage road in 1913, and did the same trick
Employed some twenty engineers, frcmcn, car
conductors, and ticket agcnts-got their mo-
ney-sOme four hundred dOllars--to exchange
at Wheeling. and gave them the slip. He then
passed under the name of Brown. As an ac-
complished and plausible rascal, he might lie
pttcd against ANYTHING the Atlantic cities can
producc.-HOihidaysJu Standard.