The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-04-19
MADE A BIG HAUL.
A Business Man the Victim of a
Sleight of Hand Trick.
Duped by Gypsy Woman--He Pays S3l4
for His Experience With a Wiz
ard--A Clever Trick Well
Performed.

There is a certain well known bus
ness man in Canton today who is
mad as March hare. and he is not Il
be blamed, since by his credulity H.,
has become poorer by 1914 than he was
previous to his meeting with gyps
woman. We will not mention hi
name, but the story about to be relate,
is the truth, as we know of ourselves
Our readers will remember that so n,
ten days ago. band of gyps es were
encamped just outside the city, ant
left some eight days or week since for
some point farther west
Nine days ago today gyrsy woman
went into the store of a prominen
business man of Canton, and made =
few minor purchases which were wrap
ped up and paid for. Just she was
about to leave the store, tie woman
made some remark about Wart ur",
the merchants face, and decli red she
could remove it without medicine
he gentleman asked her how sle
would do it, and thD gypsy replied tt a
the same power which enabled her /,
tell persons fortune would assist he
in removing the growth from his fl"
The gentleman, just for the fun of the
thing, consented to allow the woman /,
try her skill, and she forthwith pro
| ceeded.
The gypsy asked the gentleman tC
procure three 800 bills and fourteen
81 bills and bring them to her. The
merchant did this apd the woman tolc
him to take the three 500 bills anC
wrap them in paper and hand them t.
her. She then took the money and tieC
it in black paper-muslin sack and re
turned it to the gentlemen. The samt
operation was gone through with tht
one dollar bills, the business mar
closely watching the woman while she
was sewing the money in the muslin.
Then the gypsy handed the sacks
containing the money to the merchant
and told him to take them andlay then
in Bible and not open them until the
end of nine days, at whicl
time the wart would have disappeared
The gentleman placed the money il
Bible and locked the book up, anC
every day examined his face to see j
there was anv decrease in the size {.
the moler. This morning he opened
the Bible and took the sacks out, dis
gusted with the whole business.
When he ripped open the little bag
he was dumbfOunded to discover ii a
all the money was gone. Both sack
were empty, and he was exactly $3l.
poorer.
1t appears that the woman had play
ed neat ight-of-hand trick upon tht
merchant and thus swindled him out 0
his money. How she did it he is una
BILE to say, as he closely watched ever,
movement. 1t is possible and probable
however, that she substituted slips o
brown paper for the money, as TIN
paper was the only thing the bag
contained, and then cleverly hid TIN
money in the palm of her hand o
secreted it in her sleeve.
AT all events, the money was gone
and so is the woman. The gentleman
is about the maddest man III the cit
because of having been duped in thi
manner, and if any one knows of
slickeF trick we would like to hear it.
We are informed that the gentlemal
reported the matter to the police ant
asked them to work the matter VI
Officer Bederman and another police
man went to where the gypsies wer,
encamped this morning and made
search for the money, but nothing wa
discovered III the way Of clue to tn
missing cash. The woman had evi
IDENTIFY skipped town several days age
The balance of the gypsies left today.