New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-13
THE EASY DUPE OF A swGNDLER
wIrrr,u T. HALL AGAIN the VICTIM OF MAN
VINO swIxpLrD HIN orr OF 10000 THIRTY

4.
VINO swIxpIrD HIM orr OF 10000 THIRTY
YEARS AGO.
"Pjiu" White alias John Parker, an old amt cX-
nert confidence swindlrr, was locked IN M f"uc'
Headquarters yesterday on charge 81 "ptaiiii'lE
SO 800 by falls" prctcnCcS from "liI'dh II 80,
No 4 FAST Teutl,-St. Mr.. Hall was wealthy man
thirty wears ago and at that time was partner 81
owen Lovejoy in the lnanaGci"yrt OF L"EG%i ~
Hotel which stood in Park-row me eiIu'n WI
Halls confidence, and swiudlcd hnu ont OF N'V'"l"'
Mir. Hall had White arrested ana i"dgo" III 'ilc
Cnnntv Jail which then III Eldlldge-St'' uul III
aftcrWard allowed the man IL q" Tree on wy pun"
I've of his counsel that the $4,000 would bc Rt,t
back White left the city ior tihc' ana VT. nan
never rcgancd any OF his lost money, a'H1nGh inc
s,yindIer afterward returned 10 Ncw-l ORR ahd
carried ON various fraudulent operations;
Mir Hall is now seventy years old ihrOnth NJ
fortunate investments he LOST me greater pa.' % liz
fortune years ago, aud recently a puiuoh oI his
bouse in 'Tcnth-st has been let To hoatderS. About
two weeks ago Mr.. Hall was SURPRISED b. q VISIT
from his old Acquaintance. Nhlte Inc S"ih,'I
had become gray haired and cprpulent, anu Mt
Hall did not recognize hIln at l'rsi but Hnte Hu
not hesitate to introduce himself lie told Mr. nan
that lac had been living IN California: ana having
made u large fortune there. he had dcietllinru 70
nay MIR Hall the $50. 900 of which he had robbed
Kim thirty wears before. Mr.. Hall WAS delighted at
tnc prospect of getting his lost money PACK aHali
aud easily became the dupc of the swndlcr second
time White said that his property was ucd UP IN
securities, which he could not diHl"Se OF 10 Az
vantage at once. IL. was IN need OF ready
money ho said and if Mr.. Hall would
lend him $4,000 until August he would
pINt- Il ~
MIR Hall promised 10 draw the amount W hlie asked
for from a bank. or borrow II from Il Trend. Last
week White visited Mr. Hall several times. Mt;
Hall drew some money from a bank, ana borrowed
some mor, from MI. llliOTd, OF the hrln ol RANK
TiiforI and on SATURDAY ne gave W lutc '9-,JVO,
nron,isug la pay him - 800 more at 10 a, H. Yes
irrday. White placed m Nh llail. hands Tor SAFE,
kcepng Il blue envelope " hICh he claimed cohtalnru
lnnds representa-. many thousands oil collars. ne
also induced Mr.. Hall To sign AN agreement 10 ue
liver up the envelope intact upon ne payment 10
him of ~ 200 on August l~Hl. MI. nan did not
know what the envelope contained, hut lac ilIy bc-
licvcd Whites statements concerning IT,
The Transactions between the two men had hoi
Lnu revealed fully to Mrs. Hail. but she learned
enough ON Saturday to make her suspicious
that her husband was beng dupcd. sac din
not tell her husband what her plans were, bul cary
YESTERDAY morning she took the blue envelope IRON
his pocket while hr was asleep, aud having dressed
herself she went To consult superintendent dlnhg
nj his home in Fast Ninetcenth-St. Mr. Nallng
listened 10 her story and then tore open the biuo
envelope He found within two Other envelopes
which contained twelve bonds called - Missouri
defence bonds" The face value of the bonds was
they were utterly worthless lie immediately SUM
Inonel Detectives Rutland and OC0nnur from TO-
lice HEADQUARTERS and sent them 10 Mr. Hairs house
with Mrs. Hall The swindlcr had promised 10 WISH
MIR Hall at 10 I'm TO receive more money, ana az
the app tinted time he came. lie Was arrested ana
taken TO Police Headquarters. where ne ielnalhcn
prisoner last night. lie gave his AZ age MY
We wears hut he refused to tell where
he lived. Even when lie was informed oil ,hc
value of the securities in the blue envelope, MI.
Nail appeared 20 be unwilling To believe that he
had again been sWindlcd by White, and MIS-. nan
begged the Superintendent not to allow her husband
10 have any conversation with the prisoner. Hlc
evidently feared that MI Hall would yield TO the
White will be arragned at the Jefferson Market 70
lice Court to-day.