The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-17
A CONFIDENCE MAN.
He Makes Propositions to an Ex-
Bank Receiving Teller.
He is Brought to Grief.


On or about the 18th inst. one L. @. Wag-
ner, apparently gentlemen of education, ap-
preached young man who was lately en-
ployed in one Of the banks in the city. Wag-
ner being stranger, and base proposition
being made to the ex-clerk of the bank, he
considered it his duty to acquaint the police
with the fact. -a- lt ze
Therefore be called on Supt. Loan and
Capt Malone of the detective force, who re-
quested the gentleman to open and follow up
q correspondence with Wagner, which was
done, which led to the arrest OF the conn
dence man at $50 o'clock Wednesday even
ing, when in the act OF receiving q sum OF
money in saloon from the ex-bank clerk and
a friend whom Wagner thought would go into
his base confidence game.
Wagner was taken by Superintendent Loan
and Capt Malone of the detective force and
incarcerated in the First Precinct Police
Station, where charge was entered against
him az a dangerous and suspicious character.
nThe following letters, written by Wagner,
will enlighten the public as to the character
of his little game: .
Letter No. 1.
JUNE IA, 1875, IL NJ.
Will meet you as directed. May your good
angel guide your thoughts. I had given you
up. IL. y. WAGNER.
Letter No. 2.
6:l5, 1875.
Dear Mr.. The very nature Of my propo-
si,ion to help YOU exacts implicit confidence.
or the matter falls to the ground at once If
your influence enables you to give me help
ing hand before IL M. tomorrow, swear be-
fore God that will compromise your trouble
myself, in person, before the middle OF Au-
gust, and without the interference or knowl-
edge of any one else. BY or before that time
I shall control means sufficient for all pur-
poses before me- and you will find me man
Of my word; but you must trust me, stranger
as am to you, or we had better stop right
here.
In helping you shall not compromise, in
fact, shall not ask yon any questions, and
all I shall require when my time for action
comes, is your private authorization to settle
with the bank-out of my own private means,
without raising any side issues or collateral
question. 1t l were at liberty to speak out
my troubles would be at an end; but "there
is the rub" and therefore you must either
take my hand with confiding grasp or rel ect
it promptly, which would be charity in case
of your non assent. / shall be at home to-
night after o'clock.
Ii do not hear from you, beg that you
meet me at the oyster saloon tomorrow at ~
A. NJ. will return your letters and you re-
turn mine when we meet, that to insure safety
in that direction, and remember, pray, that
tomorrow is my last chance. Few Of us know
what is good for them; may your instinct
lead you Alright. If it does, | shall not fail
you. Au revolr, L. C.. W.
$3.50 is the required sum, and am rather
fsverish, so pray excuse this scribbling.
Letter No. 3.
NEW ORLEANS, June Is, 1875.
Dear Mr.-- Looking at my proposal
with your eyes l can fully understand that
you consider it running risk, to contde so
much money to q stranger; such venture
is certainly unusual, and 1 appreciate your
hesitation; nevertheless you must follow me
blindly or not at all Surely you have been
running bigger risks any time during the last
twelve months, and when you consider what
is ct stake in your case you must admit that
the bare probability OF your safe delivery Is
worth good deal
As = my involving you and yonrs in
further difficulties, that is out Of the question.
When the cloud under which 1 live now shall
have passed away you will discover in me an
honorable, we'll reputed, solvent man, who
never breaks his WORT.
AT present. however, my mouth is shut, and
if nv extraordinary neglect strikes you as too
unreasonable, beg that you simply send me
word to that effect, and shall know what to
do. am afraid that you cannot understand
me, and that you judge me ny the ordinary
standard of every day men. If so, you make
a mistake, for am by no means an ordinary
person, and deceit is foreign to my nature.
But enough of this. l do not deem it
prudent to continue this correspondence, and
as my resolution is formed in case Of your
non-assent for which I am now fully pre-
pared, pray you to let me know where can
have q final interview with you this forenoon
to exchange our letters, if nothing else can
be arranged in the matter. You understand
that can sympathise with you in your per-
plexity, and that I want to part from you as .
friend under all circumstances. One can not
look into mau's heart, and if you doubt me,
you are excused.
My affair comes to crisis to-day, SO please
let me see you without delay. W.
The man Wagner in personal appearance
is beyond the ordinary standard OF men,
being in every respect the type OF hand
some man. He is a native of Denmark,
thirty-three years of age, and speaks seven Ian,
guages fuently, possessing fine address ana
very pleasing in his manners.
Wagner, in his interview with the ex-clerk
of the bank, said: II know every part and
lock of the vault in the bank, and if you get
the $460 for me I will accomplish something
both TO your and my interest"
THE LOWE MURDER.
Coroner DeBlanc yesterday made an aft,