Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-04-09

A CONFIDENCE OPERATOR.
A While Pine Mine Owner Runs Away
With Twenty Dollars.


About six months ago, an individual
mailing from White Pine arrived in
this city and put up ut the Winthrop
House. on First street, where he repre-
sented himself as owning i valuable
mine ut White Pine. and was rich in
hard cash at least $4,000. He stated
to those with whom lie conversed that
he was going East, to be absent about
two months, when he would return,
bringing with him all the machinery
necessary, and Of the most improved
kind, to work his mine. He Told sew
eral of the workmen whom he met ut
this house that If they were IN the city
When he returned lie would engage
them to go with him to White Pine to
work his mine, and would give each
81 per day and pay all their expenses.
After 4 stay Of n few days he left for
the East rs q steerage passenger, re-
marking that although he could better
afford to take u cabin passage than
many who did so, he was opposed to
that show of pomp which was too
often put OH, upon only very slender
means. The men who saw before
them a prospect Of 81 por day, and a
field of labor among the riches Of
White Pine, waited with much anxiety
for the return of their would-be EN-
ployer; but the promised time of re-
turn rolled by, and was even doubled,
without his putting in an appearance.
Last Friday, however, many OF those
who had formed this mans acquaint-
ance six months ago, were agreeably
surprised by his presence at his old
quarters, and 4 general rush was made
by the unemployed" rs well as the
employed, to secure an audience with
the wealthy White Pinor and obtain n
situation. To all he promised freely.
Some Of his old friends declared that
while waiting for his return they had
gone in debt, in some cases to the eX-
tent of 800. They asked If lie would
have any objection to pay off those
triiles and deduct the amount from
their wages. The proposition was at
once agreed to. Money was no object.
When his machinery would be set to
work he would have an income of at
least So, 900 per week. He would even
keep his promise of paying every ex-
pense necessary to land them in White
Pine. For three days he kept Ills men
in high delight, during which time he
paid nothing for his board and lodging.
Last Tuesday he left with a bundle
under his arm, and when asked where
he was going, he said he was taking
some soiled clothes to a Chinaman, so
that they could be ready by the time
he intended to start. Since then he
has not been heard from. The land
lord mourns the loss Of a small sum
for board and lodging, and a half dozen
men admit that he borrowed small
sums from them. The extent Of his
operations Is not supposed to be con-
fined to what they are actually known
to be. Several persons who cane In
contact with this bogus millionaire
wear long faces, but refuse to admit,
nor do they deny, that they have been
cheated by this individual. Taken as
a whole, the facts as stated 60 to show
how gullable some people are-how
confidiug they are, and how readily
they believe the widest and most i'm
probable stories Of men of whom they
know nothing, and whose previous
career Is u blank to them,-SS. +, Alta.