The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29

The Long-Lost Son Dodge
Played in Pennsylvania
Town.
The Putative Father Bound, Gagged
and Robbed Of q Large Sum.

fGlen City pa Telegram to Chicago Timesl
Elmer Snyder is q wealthy farmer who
lives a short distance outside Of this village
He is a widower, lives in big house, and
stands high In the community. Mrs. Snyder
died five years ago from grief because her
son ran away Two weeks ago young man
appeared in town and claimed to be the
long-l lost son. The neighbors circulated
stories of a fast life In Chicago, and were
suspicious, but the farmer believed in him
Last Wednesday handsome, elegantly
dressed woman, unacconpanied, drove up
to the village inn, and secured accommoda-
tions for few days, saying she was from
Philadelphia and desired quiet room
While walking on the street she met
the lately-returned farmers SON They
suddenly became intimate, and
until Thursday night he was constantly
in her society. He introduced her to few
young ladies as Mrs. Dickerson, of Philadel-
delpha and said she was the wife of friend
of his On Friday morning the servants In
the Snyder household were surprised by the
non-appearance of Mr.. Snyder. Bun sting
open the door, they saw the old man lying
at full length upon the floor, bound and
gagged The ropes that bound him were
wrapped around his arms and legs with q
double twist, while the 70 was tightly
wedged in his mouth. Cutting the cords
and lifting him to his feet they admins
tered restoratives When he had sufficiently
recovered, the old man said: THAT
young man was not my SON / have been
cruelty deceived and robbed" pointing
to a safe which stood in the corner OF the
room. The servants saw that the safe had
been opened and the contents scattered
about the floor. Last night, continued the
farmer" the yonng man and l remained up
till about O'clock talking about the West
ern States. At last he started TO talk about
my real estate, money, bonds etc, but
never suspected anything and shortly after
/ went to bed How long / slept 1 don't
being forced into my mouth, and before L
could help myself was bound and gagged.
AS soon as the light was turned up / recog-
nized the face Of the young man whom
thought my son and the stylish woman who
had stopped at the tavern. The %oung man
my trousers, took the key out
of the pocket and deliberately
proceeded to open the safe. The pair then
examined the contents The money they
put in valise the women carried, while the
papers were tossed about as you see them.
After they had taken everything, the
young man came up TO me and laughingly
said 'Good-by, papa I'll pay your respects
to your son when get back TO Chicago. He
wants TO hear from you They then went
OUT, locking the door a1ter tnem Ihls
morning detective from Chicago arrived,
looking for two individuals whose descrip-
ton TALES exactly with that of the farmers
bogus son and the fiashy women who put
up at that tavern. Going to see Mr.. Snyder.
the detective saw that the young man was
not his son, but an old Chicago thief and
confidence man, and known among his as
sociates in crime as Fly Bill, and who went
under the aliases of John Peters, Harry Rut-
ledge, etc, The woman, he said, was q
noted courtesan from Chicago, who is
wanted there for number of crimes The
loss to the farmer is nearly $500 The
booty consisted of 81, 800 in greenbacks and
the rest in Government bonds. The num-
bers Of the bonds have been given to the
authorities, and heavy reward will be Of
fered for the arrest of the thieves watch
was kept at all the railroad stations, but it
is thought that the pair are already out of
the country.