The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

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Believing you to be the proper person to receive
the effects of the deceased L Will forward lue 5
trunk and contents to you on receipt oi amount
due me as above. The doctors and druggists
sible for them do not propose to pay them uniesS
the HiSnVy ngyrs = etn '0- joHN F. WILSON.
.sMr. Hughes has a brother in the Far West
somewhere, from whom he has not heard tor q
long time. and as the statements IN ,nG G p
seemed plausible enough, he came 10 the con
: cIusion thar"M wilson was honest ana up /
ed on ESQ Fisher, to consult with him in regard !
/ TO sending the bill Of expenses whicn mac
been incnrrcd by the landlord of the sidney /
I House The Squire was inclined to look with /.
( distrust the matter. but nhaIiy declden 10
/ bank of johnstown for the sum of e'S.5o out,
AT the same time, took care to write across lhe
; intending. if it turned out TO be confidence
game. that he would refuse payment or me
Z Truer when il came back, and thus block the
! game OF Wilson. The check was sent on the
3lst OF December last and arrived at Sqnts so icy
hotel was arrested. Following is copy oil
tn. letter in which il was enclosed;
OFFICE OF J. II. FisHxa,
JUsT:CE OF THE PEACE (
JoussrowS, Pa, Dec. 81, lS7'.)
J. F. wilson, Esq,
tailor Of this place has just shown me your letter
of the 22i inst, and from winch he gathers , Snat
the s,r Hughes who died al ysur hetel must
. have been his brot her, who, when last hearu
irom-three years go-was in Caiiorrla; niii en-
close YOU my check for the amount OF your oil D,ii,
and YOU viii please fo rward 10y express the trunk
mentioned and also pleas give We %s xo SuS INV and
: where he buried.
e Very respectfully, you're, J. ii. FISHER.
e Mr. Charles Z. smith. who had come on here
e from North Platte. Nebraska, several days pc
q fore the Wilson letter was received, and VINO
/ left Il few days subsequently on nus return, was
/ requested by Hr. Hughes to stop at sidney ail1
, make some inquiry in relation to me dea,n OF
G he wrote back that a pack Of scoundrels h1u
teen earryg On iSat or i've or
e six months they mad been at the same swlndilnR
G dodge OF writing To parties IN the East .1dsI
8 sucn In; orrnation had been sent to our friend
v Mr.. Hughes, here. 1t happened they had been
!. arrested IL day or two before he arrived mere
. however. and Squire Fishers check Was found
y among their person" cu gct5. ans He 80, u ca
Vt was III possession OF Mr.. y. B. Bail, L. .. Mar
n Il seems that during day. no less thar
!, Hous that is, MIR. " ison's clerk Gent out tt
u various towns aud villages IN Eastern Siattl
a duplicate letters such az the one received hN
De Mr.. Hughes, only changing the names ana al
dress to suit location. special agent, name, an e
L. on last Saturday week ago he went 10 sidney
~ and found 10y means OF a decoy letter ihat Jnh
l., C. Lee, VINO resided in tlnt place, was the Jon
ID L. wilson OF the cIdn,,S housc' anu ~
. his man took out seven letters from the post
u Office box, hich were MI from Pennsy INanis & ID
ne aud addressed j. F. wilson On Monday o
rs last week he received eight letters, ana as Tn
or detective WAS satisfied i,"m the movements Q
20 Lee that he tScy buld) Sns rtc"gnized he place
IL his warrant of arrest i'll tn" hands OF the Shcr
ci- iT who served the dncumen; that evening
" Finding that the game VAS up ne gaae m ~
e, name oI L. W. Morgan as nIs acconiphce, an
n that individual was immediately ctptuteu', !
= his possession TWEEN y-Ouc letters addressed
" J. r. Wilson were discover
tr On searching NoTgun's room, printed iettt
irs headings were found, the sIne as the letis
sent to Mr. j. ID. Hughes. and also long III
NJ. OF names. post office addresses, but only on
- from each DOS utfice. The addresses were lrlI
cipaity OF pprties residing in Pcnnsy lvanla III
uiI nois, Tennessee, OHIO. and Missouri. y PR
in lim!nary hearing wac given the prisoners an
er, was decided 10 non .hc ioi '' "a -, -, o. -
OF fivGo cN'i. - a., -, nSi,t.ca f,r s., =,
W, time. and InuS secured the names OF thousau'
re- of u.rsons throughout the country who u
is, ANXIOUS to make money by chance, MUfGi
he had been pos'-uHuct tl'i .A, n - a.. ,f 80.
er, AetHI! , - " as "
by IL T.ritiuo, nm this matter at sucn length il
lad 10 he hoped that some of our readers may
iy- taught a useful Icsson-which is, tuat scho M
1d. by which wtai'h IlaS . pt , 80, b,, S'ri
is, cU'npiJ .k niyyats ~. st down as the sw
us. ditug dodyt-s of confidence meu, and gulii
cir people " no bite at specious schemes are az
les 1t any better than the persons os "poh 'h
AZ are duped