The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-01
T8Y FOOLS Not ALL DEAD.
A YyurS Aa Fron iIiiso.. tie Victim OF
Coafdsaee Yea

On las. Saturday - Young from III
incis giving mrs lame n l. Heller.
Ia nded IN Red Cloud and registered At
the Gardner House. He was zee mInr-
IL a Young man who was looking NJ a
location, or else viewing he great west
on q pleasure trip, bot a. to either OF
tn. above statements our reporter did
no, make inquiry. az neither n Was
! Of much moment 10 the event which
! occurred further on IN the day. ty
which the Young man was inveigied
into a shrewd confidence game. ope:-
! aied by two alleged sharpers, wearing
:he ame O: p. r. Ford and B + Eg-
! c!cson cha, johnson, who are not
I unknown 70 our police, having oper-
aied ;heIr schemes IN tkis city DUNG
last fall. when a number OF people
were aeeced out OF seyera. hundred
dollars and especially one OF u
worthy farmers who sadly mourns the
loss OF something Ike &SO0 for . lev
minutes experience and . great deAi
OF glorious anticipation, and for this
and other causes these .ald travelling
sharks one morning bic = fond adieu
10 u peaceful Village and "iiItled
10, d more conxenial field OF labor and
more perfect ~otscuriiy from the pay
ing eyes Of detectives. who were IN
search of them. 80 the story goes. The
young man IN question mad some esO
IN ms Possession, and the confidence
operators discovering the fact, very po- |
Iitelv invited HIM into their Don 10
spend the evening, letting IN u the
Illinois youth thu they were IN search
Of land and . few minutes later they /
were quietly seated IA The said apart !
inents. A little later one OF the sharp
er very ca-eiessly drew from ms po.k- |
ell a bunch of envelopes containing |
cards with numbers on them. The
operator OF the scheme then produces
a CHAR with numbers on II correspond
ing with those IN the envelopes. The
figures al the chart specify the amount
OF money TO tie drawn 10y the numbers,
most of which draw worthless prizes.
While the operator Is shutting the en-
velope- he purpn-ely exposes a num-
Der IN n of the envelopes. The VIC
tim l. deceived In the number and
thinking - draw a prize falls readily
into the scheme. The victim paws his
and the operator gives him he
containing the numbers,
hut upon opening them he finds they
contain nothing but worthless prizes.
The sucker Boy" dropped n little
matter OF $50 before realizing that he
WAS being swindied. The capper then
wrote ont "A check and offered i; 10 his
which he refused. and
both oon afterwards hurried from the
room TO catch the outgoing east bound
train. In the meartIme their victim
had notified Deputy Sheriff Bal. who
with his usual ~promptne>s arrested tne
guilty parties at the depot just as the
train was pulling out. II 10 strange
after the oft repeated warnings Of the
press. that any person possessing COM
horse sense can be so easily VIC
Hardly a day passe. tina, the
people are not warned, and indeed
The CHIEF has called the attention Of
people 10 these swlndiers more
than once within the last eighteen
months. The people should beware
all such schemes of designing men,
whose only purpose Is To- rob the un-
and thereby gain a living
without work. On Monday the par
ties. arrested were before u legal tn
bunal. and after the evidence had
been produced in the case, they were
fined fifty dollars and cost.