Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-28
From the Arkansaw Travelel
TEUIIl HTkuIlSdW ITuNpItr. Eg- The following was taken from New York paper, and sent to one of our citizens: A Southerner "Done" by the Confidence
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Among the strangers now sOIournng at the Merchants Hotel, is Mir. Cook, who, when at home, resides in Arkansas. Mr. Cook visited this city for the purpose of paying up his back bills and making further purchases. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Cook was walking down Third street to- wards Chestnut, when he was approached by young gentleman rather elaborately gotten up, and with a style of watch chain big enough for horse halter.
 Young gentleman advanced smillingly and held out his hand to Mr. Cook Very glad to see you, Mir. Cook, at some other place than the table" Having said this, young gentleman presented his card, piece of etiquette which informed Mr. Cook that his newly found friend was MT. c. Cor nelius Simpson, of Little Rock. Mir. Cook received the card, and expressed himself truly happy to find that there was another citizen of Arkansas in town beside himself.
 While the pair were conversing, another young gent came up. Young gent No. ? addressed himself to Mr. c. Cornelius Simp- son, and asked, "Can you conveniently pay that little bill, now. sir?''
 Mir. Simpson said, Certainly" and producing his porte monnaie, handed gent No. ? hundred dollar bill on the New York Trust Company.
 Young gent No. ? said, 'Bill's only forty-fve dollars-havn't got change for that. Try and change it in one of these stores, if you Hke?'
 Mir. Simpson said, "Certainly, try ahead.''
 Young gent No. ? stepped into several stores, but dld not succeed in changing the bill. When he returned, Mir. Simpson said to Mir. Cook, Perhaps you can change this note? This young man wants forty five dollars, that I owe him.
 Not having hundred dollars in change, MT. Cook produced forty five dollars, which he handed to Mir. Simpson, saying that he could repay him at tea time Mr. Simpson then handed the money to young gent ?, while young gent No. ? walked off at pace customary among that class of young gentlemen who otficiate at our first class jobbing stores. Mir. Cook and Mr. Simp- son indulged in some further conversation, when they parted, the former to dispose of some wild lands in Arkansas, and the lat ter to do what the reader has probably an- ticipated.
 At tea time Mir. Cook asked at the office of the hotel whether MT. Simpson was in.
 Clerk asked, "What Mir. Simpson,"
 "Mr. c. Cornelius Simpson, of Little Rock.''
 "No such man here.''
 "Pooh! you're mistaken, parted with him an hour ago. Lent him S45 to pay bill"
 "Then, fear, you're swindled, sir There's no Mir. Simpson stopping at the house."
 Mr. Cook now smelt a rat, and rushed for the police office. He stated his case to Detective Bartholomew MT. Cook took the matter good naturedly. He said he was a man of the world, and took the pa pers. He was posted on the watch stuffing, patent safe, and other games played by sharpers, but in the present case he had no more doubt of the integrity of the strangers than if he had known them to be doctors of divinity. He offered to give the detectives a hundred dollars in gold for the arrest of the party, all the money that might be found upon their persons, and $25 extra for the privilage of administering drub- ping to each of the scamps.
 Mir. Cook has certainly learned some thing by his present visit. Up to late hour last night the thieves had not been captured.
 Gx% This Mr. Cook, could not, certainly be our Capt. R. T. Cook, though we con- fess it looks little suspicious; as our Mir. Cook was in New York city about the time this TAKE IN took place. Capt. Cook is too smart man to be thus easily trapped, being fully posted in all tricks of this sort. Let no one insinuate that this diddled Mir. Cook, and our Mr. Cook are the same.