The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-08

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AaIy u 0gT readers may have nOtined
fnom time 10 time, a pFisstly looking
Italian, wearing blue speetacles by
day, Willing away the hours betimes at
the peanut stand on Altman's corner
lie Was always clad in the regulation
cloth, high buttoned vest, full standing
collar, aud, to the ordinary eve, pos
sessed all the semblanees Of a priest.
And he professed TO be, too. lie sue
ceeded, also, in impressing the proprie-
tor Of the peanut stand, C. Nara. with
the belief that he was a priest; that he
was a missionary, cast by the storms Of
life ON the barren rocks Of bankruptcy,
and needed uecor.
Mr.. Mara listened and believed, aud
forthwith dealt out succor TO suit the
occasion. Thus did Father Fronk, d.
d., as he styled himself, procure susie
nance and cash in Cheyenne.
II Is three months since the ID. u.
first brake bread, drank wine And
munched peanuts with his Italian
friend, Mr.. Nara lie always prom
ised to reimburse the latter as soon as
be got n mission, or when his brother,
who keeps a second-h hand clothing store
in Chicago, sent him some money. Mr..
Maria believed and trusted, and be-
came a victim Of Leen duplicity.
MI. Mara did not, evidently, keep
track Of his clerical friends habits, or
Ne might have ''tumbledr long since
on The fact that Father Fronk was
guilty Of many unpriestly acts. His
haunts were frequently those Of vice,
and, rs he had not announced n toui n
Ia Talmage, through the slums Of the
city for the purpose Of washing the
dirty linen and hanging II out ON the
line OF sermons to dry, II Is reasonable
TO infer that Fronk INDUCED in his Wis
its for the sake Of pleasure.
As time wore on and Fronk's bill
grew larger. Maria became tired Of
quitting up lie quietly limited at
the necessity of Fronk "russeling"
for n ''sit.r The latter promised to do
something Don and fully repay all Of
Marra's kindnesses in gratitude and
hard cash.
On Thursday Fronk carelcssly asked
Maria TO accompany him 10 the post
Office. They went and, strangely
enough, Fronk received n letter; he
read 1t, and told Maria that the missive
was written in Latin, and came from
the bishop OF Denver, who sent 1t first
10 Rev. Father Hayes, who, in turn,
sent II 10 Father" Fronk. The lat
ter said he was thereby called to Dem
yer to take a mission, and was ordered
to move at once. Would Mr.. Maria be
kind enough to lend him $40, Mr..
Mara would. and did. And Father"
Fronk departed on the G. C., apparent
ly filed with holy thoughts and graft
tude.
When Mr.. Mara went TO his room
on Thursday evening he noticed that n
fireman's red shirt was missing; also
several other articles. Then he began
to suspect the true character of the
false friend. On yesterday morning
Maria mentioned the circumstance to
Rev. Father Hayes, and spoke Of the
letter. 1t was then that Maria learned
that the letter was a cheat, and that
Father Hayes knew nothing whatever
Of the bogus priest Maria became
very indignant at the fraud perpetrated
upon him. II didn't mend his temper
any when Col. Murrin came up and,
upon learning the facts, said that Mr..
Astarito, now in Denver, was beaten
out Of 1925 by Fronk.
Maria is out $50 for his efforts in be-
friending Fronk, and swears vengeance
on the swindler. In the sublime cheek
Of his soul Frouk wrote from Boulder
to Maria, stating that lie was dead
broke, and he wanted n certificate Of
character 10 enable him to make n
grubstake. Now Maria concludes that
he will inform against Fronk for lar
ceny and false pre.enses, procure a req
uisition and go down to Boulder to-day.
He proposes first to thrash Frouk
soundly and then arrest him and bring
him back TO Cheyenne for trial.