The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-05
A BRACE OF swINDLERs.

For q nun D6I VI ySoic PAN'H~
john Jones resided with his mother IN the
respectable burg of Edgington- 1onn was
the only malo representative OF 'na'
of the limited ones family. 1'nh
had . nice farm. plenty Of STOCK ana con
Quoted her farm so ably !.
considerable money and was wen on 1ohn
"a. . re.tless spirit, an ambitious youth, but
ri. ambition IL in an nneounded desire to
I..;, ,1ighbors. John IS cheatist
cess, or more. He swindled every
40 : the place. and had acquired such
.,dciency in the art as to imagine himself
the king of swindlers. He longed for
larger field in which to further test his abb
lities, and about yesr ago came to this
city, and finally settled: ION Mr.. II. Burgower,
one Of our most respected merchants, as his
victim. John was in want of outer gar
ments, SO he dropped in at Curgower's, Sc
lected goods to The amount of $50
and gave q note on his mother for that
amount, payable in two weeks from date.
John represented himself as his mothers
uRonty ouu ehid u0 hHA Kun oothViAJ AS-
what he was doing. The merchant knowing
his mother to be responsible party, sccep
ted the note, and John took the goods. vi
course the note was not paid in two weeks
but ran on until Mr.. b. heard that the lady
was about disposing of her property aud re-
moving from Edgington. He Immediately
20, out an attachment for the value of the
note, which was placed in the hands of a
constable, and presented at the proper
time. Mrs. Jones denied that her
SOD acted as her agent in
the matter, said that he had no
such authority from her, and that the note
was given without her consent or knowledge
| The property was sc Id and the family re
moved to Wilton, lowe, and nothing further
was seen or heard of them until yesterday
when Mr.. B. saw John on the street and
asked for a settlement. john refused to
settle. said he was acting as his mothers
| agent at the time, etc, and no other alter
native was left for the merchant bu, to
use force And so John was ar
rested and committed TO Jail to an
swer to charge of obtaining goods under
| false pre.ences. His trial will probably
occur tomorrow. Ne have written the
above biography of the noble John, hoping
that when be energies from jail he may
change his tactics. John is a young man,
about twenty-five years of age, and has the
worst reputation Of any man in the county.
The sum in itself is triting, but the princi-
pie is certainly not to be allowed to so 90.
punished, and with the principle goes John
Jones.
| The other swindler, for so he mus. be
called until he pays for his cegars and bill
lizards, is a young man employed in one o!
our hotels as steward a carver of meats
who knows AS much about his business as Q
dog does about poetry. He affects slick
hair laid nicely over his ear, and assumes
the careless air of 'the man who has seen
and done big things. So he has, for when
be came here he borrowed money enough
OF the clerk in kale's saloon, to buy q
shirt, and then repudiated the debt,
although incased IN the aforesaid garment
he has aired himself at the theatre. gszed
at the ladies' slicked his beautiful locks with
a brush and thought himself killing. So he
is, for he has killed some whisky, much
cegars and more billiards at the saloon ad
Joining the hotel and repudiated the debt
He also smuses himself watching The vsri
GUS rooms about the hotel at night, and on
one occasion ran against "a bunch o. fves'
and tumbled down q flight of stairs. He is
in fact 3 frs. class sneak, SO recognized and
accepted among boarders and guests. Par
ties will! look out for these dead beats. We
have the names of few others which we
propose TO point out in due time.