Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-21
is HE A FRAUD

A week ago last Tuesday man giving
his name ms J. W. McIntre, who represent
ed that he was an artist and painter, sought
and obtained board at boarding house on
Water street between Douglas avenue and
First street, kept by man named liardes-
ter. Mr.. Hardester paid no attention to
what the man WAS doing and asked him no
questions, but he had beef running behind
with his board and yesterday Mr.. Hardester
informed him he could keep him no longer.
He then tried to get Hardester to room him
but he refused. Yesterday afternoon
he took his grip and left and We
are ignorant of his boarding
house at present. Getting pointer as to
the mans racket, yesterday afternoon an
EAGLE reporter assumed his detective uni
form and constituted himself into a smelling
committee to ascertain if he was a crook
with the following results
At the Commercial hotel two young men
were found to whom McIntire unfOlded his
clans. One of these was young German,
who had paid Kirby, the employment agent
81 for getting him Job. Kirby, according
to the Dutchman's story, told him he could
get him a good situation working for a New
York firm. He was sent to Mclntire, who
unfoldcd the following plan before him
He represented himself to be the
agent for big New lori
picture foundry and wanted to hire a mum
Der of young men to learn landscape paint
ing, and when they had become finished
artists, which would be in about q month
they would be sent on salary through Col
ora6o, California and Oregon to capture
views and fire them off to New York fol
publication. They would be required to adj
vance $40 to Mr.. McIntire for tuition t.
start with and he would sign a contrsc
with them, guaranteeing S35 for the frs
month to be raised to $50 at the end of thre
month. and SO on up until their fortune wa
built. The young German hired with tn
artist and contractor but didn't put up tn
$50. When he failed to obtain the cash b
asked the Dutchman to loan him pair o
pants, saying he did not have the money t
buy psir. The Dutchman then threw u
the job.
A Young man named Jones, who is EN-
Moved at the Commercial hotel, called OF
the artist with view to be equipped 10
suddenly grasping fortune. He got tn
same racket the Dutchman did, and he to
refused TO whack up the $50. Last nigh
Jones heard that the operator had got hol
of some green teacher who is attending th
institute, and who swallowed the racke
BODY and bones and advanced IS. Now
if there is anything that newspaper mai
longs to be more tumultuously than anything
else, it is to be a great artist, and with tina
object prAncing about in his NOODLE
An EAGLE reporter reps'ret
to the aforesaid boarding house, hi
Uranium filed with visions Of grand vieu
flowing from his pencil setting upon som
LOFTY peak of the Rockies. He was disaT
pointed. however, for the artist had alread.
complied with the boarding house boss n
oues, TO change his grub pile Mr.. Harde'
,ur said, in answer to question. that he ha
not inquired into his plans, but he eoul
not afford TO allow him further tick.
Those TO whom the artist has divulged h
plans are satisfied he is huge fraud, and
must be admitted that it looks that WAY.
nigh, be good idea for Marshal Cairns
J hire on. TO him, if be does not skip as 500
he secs this. He owes s. for board.