Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-23
4 HUGE SWINDLE.


yesterday, which will not only caus,
talk here, but at Wicl ita, Kan, where
one Thomas H. Turner, the victim, has
resided for several years. The case in
all Its bearings is very highly colored
and, as the bunkO men realized nearly
50 coo in cash by the operation, it will
attract attention everywhere, and fully
rivals in detail the celebrated case
wherein Charles Francis Adams of Bos-
ton was principal, even If the amount
of money secured was less. To fully
understand the case it will be necessary
TO go back to the 9th day Of Septem-
bcr, at which time Mr. Turner started
east from Wichita, with Il draft in his
pocket for $4,000, drawn by the Kan
sas State bank to his order. The money
was the proceeds of the sale of the
grocery business in which Mr.. Turner
had been engaged at Wichita for sew
cral years. After leaving Wichita,
Mr.. Turner came first to Kansas City,
and then proceeded TO Preston, Md.
where he visited relatives, and about
October Is he started west again, with
the New York draft for 81, 900 still in
his possession.
Mr.. Turner states that on the night
of October 20, while en- route home via
the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad,
he was approached. while seated in the
smoking car, by II man about thirty
years of age, who gave the name of ID.
NJ. Howard. The train at the time
was at Il point between Macon and
Chillicothc, and in few moments Mr..
Turner and Howard were engaged in u
pleasant conversation, but before it
had proceeded far second man, rough
~ dressed and having the appearance
Of farmer, took seat directly in
front and also took part in what was
being said. Almost Immediately he in
formed Turner and Howard that he
was from Kentucky, where he lately
sold his farm for IS, 900 and said he had
been beaten by monte men at Chicago
out of $500. With this, stranger No,
pulled out n large roll OF bills, stat
ing he had brought the cards which
had fooled him, and "was going to get
even on some other fellow" "
Turner told him to put up his
money. but he refused, and at this
point Howard. who was sitting at Tur-
ncr's side, said he would turn u corner
of one of the cards so Turner could tell
it, and if he (Tuner) bet the stranger
he could win, and ended by asking ii he
had any money. The bait took like a
flash, and Turner pulled out his draft
for -, 900 and handed it TO Howard for
inspection, and he in turn handed it to
the stranger. Before anything about
betting had been mentioned n second
time the stranger got up and left the
car with Turner's draft, but Howard
quoted Turner by saying he was Il man
Of means and knew the stranger and
would see to it that the draft was re-
funded. This did not fully satisfy
Turner, however, and accompanied by
Howard he left the train at Chillicothc,
and early on the morning Of October q
sent two kilograms, one to the bank at
Wichita and one to the bank in New
York. ordering payment stopped on
tue ulai'' iiO""r" tooN 'll' S'lVT' ".iN'
pretending to he very sorry for Turner
and claiming that all would be right in
Il few DAYS, and in the meantime he
paid all bills. After remaining nj Chill
iicothc two days Howard told Turner
he had received Il telegram from the
stranger 'rIiihE MN 10 co,'lc !" Vu'arl
ANA g'' Tue ulii', anu oS n's' 'l"'u ''lt
men Wehl u tH't PVrhv @ anu l'ul up Il.
lhe Nlhusor '"'c,' lho S'l"nSul wa
not 10 VT loul'"' no"I1o,, "i'1 ~ u,'I
nNcl'Se anu ,Hr o','c,' ; i,"m"," , "el"o" ,io,
turner ''9u' H'i' II, Quincy "," ''tn ~
tolu MN nc Il'1" oo.'cl ~ ~ "''T. M T."
NeW iorh ohu stoP pay ''''uI VI ,,!, wv
urlil IN person, an" ~ ,; SGu '',a' Nn,,, yn,n
was uohc ne nousm' " .,GTu. IT,, w t,I"
l"rk iron, ''u'l,cS "h" saw W., i".''r, r. t"Nu
'he traih lor tne t's., w l,nI HLn +" "',pi ,Li,
r'aGiru NJ" iorN anu, an" .,'''on .,s. 81 LJ '"J
nahk ne ut>co' % rIru @ 'il's hs ,i,' a'Ti' ,i, H"u
neeh pau lour H"sS pel1Lr, I,.;a ~ ''",'ns t.n,s
neeh lorWaruc' ior col'ect'Si NJ ni iloi,
hanSaS oiE OS INC 1nlnchs Na':Vi,a, Va ~ Ia,
pahk Oh lnls ,Ilcoi ui.io. nf S"l' i, - nia
name was "l'arHe'' W Vu' 9Iuiv % ~ "". =
forgery Us ne i"u IuNGI alsuu" ~, anu
Wheh ne Ha'l"eu 1t 10 lioW"lu III ,n
Spcctioh II WIS Sl'hPiS W siio" tr MN
ihal ne n"' p'G,'E ol lhUnvS' .n1
Dank oiliccr IoIu lurhor Vll"I hu iIu,'
been Swlhuled ny 'he man liowuru'
who llrst ihtrouuccu hlhiSeii anu pre-,
tended TO De ms irlchu ana thG ',i, 'wcu.u
be farmer ana Ihat III ~ propnpil'Vy n.l.y
while Howard detained h,m.aI Vu,ncy
the confederate went 10 hahSaS olty
and had The money on inc dralI col
icctcd through Ihe ol,iHenS palS' M
last Turner reallled that ne hau peeh
swindled by buhN0 men ana sauly lurn-
ed his face toward Kansas CiIy' arrlv-
ing here several days ago upon ms
n,,I. u,I." nJ nv tommd % " ,hat tbo draft had hcen
J".ns;,nJ J"nn ;, fnr noIIection Inv Mcssrs
UgPoS,'vH W,P,' e. CL";s,io io hoor;nr the indorso-
n'sn' ,s.', Gns, w of Thnnos i II Tnrnor then
NJ ''1rT IT e.. S,,oua. W. AMI RiShon G. Christie in
a.. ~, - IL," IonnoJ @ Tnrmor informed
Wv ,a,, U'" oo;onrs tbot HE nomo on the
Wv, Jno 8, p""M ,,ns y ] fnrrory and that The rob
@ uln.' maI h",I " ip e h,, % Mems of Tho tel-
oers o' ho ao,u ',roto oi NJ rhiiicntbe and cave
.t''S ,%, ,,n, ~, u,w,mJ hnt which nevor
w. .m' n, a Uo also scos now how
wi, mo,J 'Ln' Ln was talon in and robbcd bv
Lcetn nv ,,,",' "a' oma , nf whom m detained him
". on1 nr,;on, vMo ,'r' nnt;i III tho draft had been
Nv I; EuihUy Nun UNIV WI Wv and the monov ro-
oaslieI i ~ 80, ~" We, NJ Turner Ioft