Daily Republican., 1888-10-25
PRICE ON
ANOEAHnwHAKmINDED EAEmER
40 Livsg tn BrandyWins hundred, and
rays - 900 to Bunco Men for . Lin
tie Wit.


40 Livsg IN BrandyWins Hundred, and
rays 81 900 to BuneO Mon for = LIt'
tie VIII.
| Joseph e, Guest, living on the PhIla
delphia turnpike, four miles from the
city, In BrandyWine hundred, is the
latest victim OF the festive bunco men.
| There were three Of them, and Mr..
Guest had the temerity to meet them
alone and he paid dear for hfs msstlnR.
The affair happened about noon yeBter.
day. and this way Is 10 Was done. Three
men, two Of them riding In a doctors
phAeton and one In buggy, oalled on
him, having heAEd that he had some
property to sell, aud 10 . very polite
snd atfAble manner made known the
object Of their visit.
Farmar Guest says one of the men
was = short, thick-Bet fellow and wore
sull OF dark clothes; another Was tall
sna wore . white hat, and the third
was heavy.set man, dark complexion
and wore = suit Of lead oolored clothes
roe latter represented himself aH q
southerner. They Thought the property
was Just what they wanted, and the
prics, IS 600, they thought was mot ex
orbltAnt, though they would like to get
1t cheaper II they could. Farmer Guest
was pleased that he hAa found q mum.
ber OF gentlamtn who did not stop to
hiRgle on small matters, snG it was not
long before 3 bargain was struck and
the enterprisinR gentlemen were tohAve
the farm for Is. 900.
81 far SO good, but there were other
preliminary measures to be taken. To
mako the thing binding the enterprls.
tpg land buyers proposed that each
party should put up forfeit of $500
Farmer Guest didn't happen 20 have
that much money about him Just at
that time, but he remembered his very
oradltAble account In the WilminRtop
saving Fund, and at the suggestion OF
his neWly-f0rmed friends be jumped
into carriage and drove into tine city,
and drawing bis 5000 from the bank
as Was soon on his way back to the old
tarm that was soon to be his no longer
On the way home he met his three
friends ct the fJ0t Of Penny Hill, near
Shellpot Creek.
AT the suggestion o; the. three gentle.
men, Farmer Guest aliRhted and went
with them little way into the woods,
ss tue road was public and there was
no use for eVsTy body who came along 10
kn0E all about their pIivkte business.
II never eeemed to onter Farmer Guast's
mind that there was . certain dearee OF
impropriety in his going with three
itrsuRe men Into lonesome Wood with
$4,000 In his pocket,
Neither did he seem TO take q second
thought about Sh1 WAS TO hold the for.
felt money, s.. 600 on each side. Bat be
coon found cut, Arriving at the proper
Tlace 1t was suggested that one OF the
pS,rty.ot ihree sho9ld hold the money Nm.
I'll all the pRpeTs for the transfer ofthe
property could be made. Farmer Cues.
coulG sae no impropriety In that and
hAndea over the neatly done mp pack
sac OF notes. The party also handed
their package over to the BtAkeho,de
30 far all right, but Farmer Guest
about this time seems to have had lit |
tie tWinee Of resurbing good sense, and |
he thought things were not Bll quite |
right after ell. As he thought this be |
made sudden grab for his money and |
supposed he hAd the right package. TIE |
bnnco men, with q look OF diEQust a. |
Farmer Guest for not keeping hts part |
OF the bargain, lefT him, and Jumping |
tato their wagons drove up the hill |
towards CLAY mont. Farmer Guest then
began 10 examine his piokAge, and as
h1 looked It began to dawn upon his
mind that he might have seized the |
wronR packlgs. He WAS Eoon convinced |
that this was actually the fsot, for as |
he took "a $40 bill from the top he |
came 70 number Of pieces Of news |
paper out to the B,zo OF . bank no;e |
sat 81 tie bottom OF the package he |
had better luck, for there he found 81 |
note and 81 note, making In an Si3 |
And large number Of pieces Of nsws.
paper.
In balancing seoountB, It occurred to
farmer Guest tonething like thu;
y, ,Ou0-SlS-leaveg " 1887 as the lose,
mr. 9ueftI not sAdsaed with the after
Moons result, drove huErledly to this
city, with bis clothes sticking full of
0uIrs and Spanish needles, with which
be had ojme in contact In the woods.
and laid his case before the police.
IelearAms were s3nt 10 all the principal
oliles giving description Of the thieves,
but nothing had been heard OF them Ai
I oon to day.
Lat night George MahAu, a ilyery
man, from Chester, Pa, came down to
Wilmington In search Of two teams he
had hired to three men ye,fe day fore.
noon. The men said they had some
business south Of Chester to look aftsr,
ous falling TO return ct O'Clock IS they
promised, Mr.. Mahan started out IN
search OF his property. Hiring q team
N this city he drove out TO Farmer
iuegt'sihe told him how he was robbed,
dr. MahAn thinks his teams will turn
lp All Right some where as the thiaves'
'hiei object was 70 get away - room as
'os.ible, and this they oould do by rail.
'oaa quicker than BY carriages.
Mr. Guest was In the city this morn
ns, and says he does nos intend to do
.nythlnR more in regard to the matter,
nat ahe thieves are gone, he has lost his
money and thers WAS no use THROWN
way more in trying TO get hack what
le nna io1t. Having been accommo.
lated 6y the Wilmington Savings Bank
with the meney upon 4 short
lredit, he arranged with The bank for
he payment OF the same, and departed
or home with 5000 worth OF bought