Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-02-22
j A BRACE OF SUCKERS.
Caught by Fly" Confidence Men
sji n in the Usual Way. @i.
TMenlphis Ayalan nche.l

4 II
r: sdi in the Usual Way. @'
i ~. Memphis Avalan che - 80
= The class of sharpers know
d as confidence men have bee
i busy here oflate, and their Il
q bors proved more than usual
: successful. On Wednesday
cattle dealer named Lard wa
: beaten by them out of 800 o
: what is known, as the "bon
I trick" One oof the sharper
met Lard on a. boat that was t
20 out that. afternoon, and mad
: acquaintance with him on tn
plea that they would be fellow
passengers to the place wher
, Lard was bound. The tw,
stroIled up town to kill time un
til the hour for their departure
and near the foot of Union
street met q man who said to
the sharper;
~ won't ship those goods! yor
bought Of me unless you pre-
pay the freight.p,
"ifow much is the freight ~
asked the sharper. t...,i
"a hundred dollars" was the
reply ~. a.s, .'3,'" - - LIZ
The sharper pulled out a Unit
ed States bond for that amount
and rendered il in payment.
This the merchant U refused on
the ground that he could not
use it at that hour In the, after,
noon, and was, compelled to
have the money. -
The result of the conversation
is the repetition ofan old story.
Lard was induced to give the
alleged merchant $1O0 and take
the sharper's, bogus bond as Sc.
curity, g,Of course. the other
two men were confederates aud
made ain excuse to leave him
for Ave minutes, during which
time they effected their escape
-tsy bsUcKsEIsRls NO. TWO, lsasl
! 3 Another xietiu fell into tho
tolls. yesterday. eHisiname is L
NJ. Mccall, of Charlotte, N. G.
and in company with o. frienf
named Hnnter, was on his wa,
home from Monticello, Ark.
where both had been visiting
relatives. lie went to the post
4<etiAA--As-s>Ailra lra-lAt4A>-.~~A--.-.
! to him
! Very warm day, sir"
eyes, awful,n was McCall's re
ply. gfu
"Must be roasting here IN the
summer continued the socl
able stranger. rst'a 9tDI
II don't know; l am stfang'
er here. My home is in Char
| lotte, N. or obi 5loG 4din'
gCharIotte y exclaimed the
stranger, like one who had met
a long-lost brother, "why my
father lives there. His name is
Carter" tr.o M
Now there happens to be q
respectable merchant of that
name in Charlotte, and Mccall
was caught by the chance cast
of the skillful angler. After a
few minutes further conyersa-
ton the two walked ont of the
postoffice aud up Madison to-
eether. On the way they met q
we'll dressed man, who stopped
Mr.. s"Carter" and said: Ma,
81 wont send out those goods
until the freight is paid"
aWhat's the charge p asked
Carter, seemingly very indig-
nant mt his financial status be-
ing doubted
"Thirty dollars"
"J haven't that amount in
cash.n responded Carter, "bnt
here's draft for 5l70o; wait
on me a few minutes until can
getit cashed."
Wican't wait. Pay it now, or
yonr stuff don't move a foot"
AS in the case first narrated
'ltbe result was inevitable. Nc
} Call paid the $4,000 for his new
acquaintance, who left at once
promising to go somewhere an'
ret the money wherewith to re
4 deem his check. He made al
appointment to meet McOall a
, q certain place, but of course
. did not turn up at the appolnte,
t time. Mccall took the checl
around to % bank and 1t wa
!, pronounced bogus. There !
! no doubt but that the sharper
9 in both the cases mentioned DC
: longed to the same gang. n
;. arrests have been made so la
John G. Parker, the murdere
Z of Mike Payton, whose cas-
t was doeketed for trial IN til
l.. Criminal Court of st. Louis, Q
= the 9th, in the jury room OF tl
court, shot his wife through I'll
: head, and then shot himself.
J., A cable dispatch received
n the Harvard College Observ
a, tory, from DE-, Krueger' Of l M \
o Prussia, announces the disco
,e cry of a new planet OF Y
$; twelfth magnitude, b ssa.4s
It, The Tuscarawas Valley