Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-18
A Big SWindle.

An unsophisticated Dutchman, from
the interior of Pennsylvania, loft home
recently for a visit TO his son in Michi-
gan. Before leaving home he secured
his money, as he hoped, by sewing up
the trousers pocket wherein he had
placed his "gelt." On his route west
he stopped to look at Cleveland, and
was mel at the steamboat landing by a
very affable young man, who spoke
kindly to him, enquiripg where he was
travelling to, &c. Young man said he
lived in the same town of Owasso, Mich
igan, where dutch was going, knew his
son, &c, &c., all of which the old man
swallowed. They went up town to look
around. The dutchman informed his
new friend that he had a good deal of
money with him. They drank lager
together and walked up to Ontario Street.
The balance of the story, as given by
the old man, Il reported in the Herald,
Us follows.
sven We get dare a man come up and
he say to mine friend 'Eyerydings is
ready. 1 haf get all dose goOts town
by der poat to be loaded on und now ven
you pays Inc dis leetle pill for der
weight It PEGS all right Den mine
friend he say 'Des is eoot, / cot nothings
pat a sheck on der pank for d~wenty-nine
huntert tollar, shust come init me and 1
git der creenpaeks, den 1 pays you Der
man say Il got not dime, l haf to go to
der shteampoat right afay.' Mine friend
say Vat 1 will do, / got nothing money
till | poke dsr sheeE.' dlught he vas
yer fine man and so Isay see here mine
friend, ! dells you some dings, 1 gifts
you der gelt and den We will go Ply der
pank.' Dis made him feel yer goot, and 1
dought it vas all right 20 help a leedle a
man vat had droubles, don't it?"
"Der gelt was in mine booklet zowed
mine shack-knife and dells him 10 cIt
der treds so ] get mine liant in. 7
dOught it vas all right! He dakes der
knife and cuts der booklet open, and !
puts in mine liant and gets der monish.
I bought he vas so fine a man vat I
meier saw before. I counts out dwenty-
five hundred tollar and puts pack der
rest in mine booklet. 1 gif it to him and
he danks me all de vile. He paws dis
oder man and he goes off, and den he
gifts me der sheck. l dought i vas all
right, it looked shust like does gind o.
dings YSt / kaf seen before, Den he say.
Now ! go nit you TO der palk,, and Te
walk along and in a ieedle vile We goes
Ply a fiddle gind of a place und ! don't
see him some more. l bought il vas ell
right and vent to der shteampoat and
bought l find, put he vas not dare and
ven L ask pout der gOots dey vas not
dare. 1 dells does dings to a man vat /
see and show him der sheck and he dells
ne peeH swindled like ter tam. He
dells me der sheGk mas godt 0nIy u lignt
NIT mine hipe, Mine Gott, it ish TOO
pad J / worked hard for der monish and
now / PEGS swindled. Und he shdole
mine knife vat 1 gif him to cut open
mine booklet ! Vat you drinks?
Mr., Smith could give him little conso-
lation, assuring him that he had been
outrageOusly swindled. The cheek
was a bogus draft on George S. Wright.
The banker, for $500. It was dated
March 20, 1870, and was payable to MI.
johnson" signed by "Platt," The de-
tective and police force made every pos.
sible effort to get some traces of the
sharpers, but up to midnight without
avail. Long ere this they are doubtless
far out of the city with their spoils. The
old man he'd four or five hundred dollars
left, VIII which he departed fer his des-
tinatiOn in the evening, a sadder and a
wiser man.
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