The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-09-07
An Extraordinary Swindling Operation

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An Extraordinary Swindling Operation.
The Buffalo IN, Y, Express mentions
an extraordinary case of swiudling which
recently took place in Erie county, in that
State, which shows how young sharper,
aided by his two sisters, succeeded in ruin
ing an old and credulouS farmer The
substance of the story is as follows:
A young man named Robert NJ. Guise,
was born and brought up in Clarence Hol-
low to the black smith trade, aud had at
tanned the age of twenty four years, but
not liking tue sooty occupation, before he
had entered his majority, he set about
finding an easier and more luxurious Way
Of living. In the same town lived an old
farmer named Randolph thinner, about
70 years of age, impaired in intellect and
of credulous disposition, who many years
ago had settled on farm of 800 acres,
aad now, by a long life of hard labor and
economy, had amassed about $40, 000.-
About three years ago old Zimmsr's wife
had died, leaving him with au adopted
daughter about Is years of age. Here
was young Guise's opportunity, and he set
himself to work, with the aid of his two
older sisters, one of whom, Mrs. Nancy
Smith, had been divorced from her hus.
band few weeks ago. She is women
OF about twenty eight years of age, and
managed to obtain complete control over
thinner.
The younger sister, Miss Nora Guise,
Is about twenty-five years of age. This
trio of leechos fastened upon the unfortu.
nate septuageuarian, aud began, three
years ago, systematic vampirism which
has exhausted pretty nearly the whole of
his large property, Having acquired
complete ascendency over him, under one
pretext and another, Cruise got mor5g lges
and other securities transferred to him,
while his sister Nancy actually acquired
title deed to Zimmer's farm of three hun
dred acres. As fast as the young sooun-
drel got the property into his hands, he
expended it in the m,st extravagantly
Fiotous living. His prodiga!ity exceled
all the fast blades in Buffalo. At one
time be is said to have owned no less than
eighteen horses, with carriages, &c., to
match, while his colorei servants, his rich
ly furnished house and his elegant ward,
robe were the envy Of the whole city
Meanwhile Guise pretended to thinner
that the property no obtained from him
was safely and proitably invested in Buf
talo, and accounted for his style of living
by the immense profits which be vas re-
alizing.
Guise one day exhibited what seemed
tie be $4,000 bank bill which he had
obtained in his business, and even went
so far in the development of this
audacious fable to pretend at
length that he had married his
rich friends daughter, anu actually
brought home some disreputable females
from the city, whom he introduced as his
wife and somo of her friends. thinner
swallowed the whole huge fiction, and for
three years the expensive comedy has been
playing. 1t seems that the neighbors
have not had thoir eyes closed to what was
going on, and yet, owing to the usual diff
ticulty of action in what is nobody's busi-
ness In particular, they suffered the old
man to be plundered until nothing but
wreck of fortune remained. At last tho
county supervisor and deputy sheriff took
the matter in hand, aud arrested Guiss on
the charge of swindling, and had him
bound over under $40, 900 bonds, which
was finally raised by his disgorging the
remnants of Zimmer's property in his pos
ession.
The whole amount of property wasted
and spent is about $4,000. The extra
ordinary young sharper by whom this
game of artistic rascality has been played
is little fellow about four feet and a
half in height, with sandy hair and nous.
taohe, and principally distinguished by
the sinister keenness of his eyes. Coasid-
cradle legal talent has been engaged on
both sides of this case.
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