The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-05-24
A SLICK sWINDLER.
He Takes In q Methodist
Preacher for q Small
Amount,
And Then Victimixes q Hotel
Keeper II q Country
Town.

Mr.. ID. z. Chile travelling auditor oi
the Missouri Pacifi. road, related to q
BazoO reporter ihis morning tLs pa,,icu.
lar. # . swindie that WA terpriraisd
upon Rev. Chew, pasiur Of the n thoai-'
church at W.shine.or, No., lev days
ago
A stranger, giving his name ~ VIM.
Walters, vir,ted the town and stopped at
the bert hotel. lie Vas we'll dressed, OF
pleasing address, oompAniCnsble to large
degree, snd jus. the man Calculated 10 win
friends. Immediately UPON his arrival be
visited Rev. Chew, to whom he represented
him-eif "a from Pn.lad-,;hia. lie sisted
that = prominent n0d eccentric man OF the
Quaker city had recently died. and ~ he
had no heirs he hsd left his entire fortune,
! .mou"ting to severa! millions OF dollars.
| to Tire Me,hodi,t Epi-cops. churches oi
the United States, .:esir.ng thsit snm he
divided 40 that each Congregation should
receive a certain amouni
MI W aitefs sdfu tRft i:e gaS pPn Com
missie 1rd to look after tine churches in
Missouri, and he took pleasure in inform.
ing R-v Chew that the SUN Of 800 var
due the Washing on church.
or course Mr. Chew ~s- delighted, nLd
he entertained Walters in a manDsr tha;
was truly d ,spitabe. Ia the crur-e Of con-
vers :ii.n, Mr.. Chew nssed Walters ~ho
psif his expcnses IN his noble work, "a
which, he replied that ite churches To- n
efitt-d usually did this Mr. Chew asked
Walters what his expenses al " --h-
ingion wcu!d te. snd af:rr srns tsar-
ing, he r-r!icd thai 81 Is would cover
ali. Mr.. Chew immediately pr..duc-d bis
pocketLook and handed Walters . S. bill
End WAS Ioogiog for the extra change when
Walters told him {" never mind, ,i.s,
was .n"uyh SIR Walters ,E.n ,nuk bis
depar'nr-. promising that rLs $500 would
be for; i:aomin. within the next three dayr.
Ills needless To -ay Ii Il il has rot yet
been received, and Mr.. Chew, upon making
some Inquiries. has learned that Walters is
dead beat Of the FIRST water, ard the town
of Washington il no; the only place where
ne has occurred victims.
After swindiing the preacher, he mex,
took in the clerk of tie principal hotel Of
the town, q young msn named Collins.
To him Walters SAID bis brother was the
owner Of extensive stock yards at Kxusss
City. THIS brother vas DESTROYS Of secur.
ing clerk, and had told hun If be saw
any one in his rsmbl.s whom he
thought would Gil the bill, to engage
him at a sslary Of SIS per month.
He felt assured Collins womb
anti, and IL he would corseni TO GO, the
place was at his disposal. Collins WAS onls
loo glad OF the opportunity, and 40 ex-
pressed hinself. Waters played it 6ne.
and succeeded in borrowing 8 s,n. sum Of
money Of Collins. telling him that he
would write 20 h,s brother aud Collins
might expect TO be c.llsd at any time.
Waters then took his departure, and
since that time nothing has been heard from
him. AZ Collins did not receive tss ex-
pectcd l-issr, he called upon Rev. Chew
and they compzr. d notes, when they con-
doisd With each other u, their losses. There
is no doubt hut what Waters travels from
pl.ce to place, and ~ he has never
been written ur, the BAzoO gives him ,his
benz fl free of charge