Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-23
Butterworth Tells How Colonel Turner
Worked Neat Swindle.

f5uttefWoftn Tells How Colonel Turner
Worked a Neat Swindle.
Copyright, 1855, By the California associated Press.
WASHINGTON, January 22d-" Have you
heard anything lately from your dear friend,
Colonel Tarner, brother Morrow ?" asked
Representative Butterworth of the Califor-
mia Congressman yesterday, as they were
talking in the center of group of mem
bers on the floor of the House after ad-
journment.
g Your friend, Colonel Turner, you
mean," said Morrow
"Oh, no. was the answer you vouched
for him. He is your friend.n
What is the story, Benz asked one of
the pa party. L., , =. -. -. j,
Ohio Representative, 81 was standing in
the Burnett House, when very respectfully
dressed gentleman, of agreeable manners,
asked me If my name was Butterworth.
| told him it was, and he wanted to know
if was the member of Congress of that
name. | answered in the affirmative, and
he said he was delighted to see me. He
told me his name was Turner, and that he
had letter of introduction to me from his
dear friend, Colonel Morrow. in San Fran
cisco. He handed me brother Morrow's
letter, which said that he desired to make
me acquainted with his lifelong friend,
Colonel Turner, wealthy stock-raiser in
the San Joaquin valley, who was coming
East to see the country and to make some
purchases for his ranch. The Colonel is a
good fellow, said the letter, and pays spot
cash. The Colonel asked me if l could
Introduce him to some reliable house,
where he could buy line of goods such as
he required l told him that l could, and
! took him to Scotch merchant, friend
Of hot YIa al ,,,+r
duced to me by letter from Mr.. Morrow,
and that he paid spot CASH for all that he
got. The merchant and the Colonel were
soon in friendly conversation, and | left
them. The merchant took the Colonel to
the Queen City Club and gave him an IS
lunch, brought him back to the store and
turned him over to salesman to select
what he wanted. He picked out about 500
worth of goods, and the obliging clerk in-
vited him to go out that night and see
the sights of great city. He accepted
the invitation and then drawing the pro-
prietor aside said to him: Ny young
friend here has invited me to look about
town tonight. 1t is after banking hours
and fear l have not enough money with
me to defray the expenses of the trip.
do not want our young friend to be put to
any expense, and / will be obliged If you
will lend me few dollars. Meantime will
you please put this package in your safe
until morning. The Colonel drew from
his pocket an express envelope, sealed, on
the outside of which was written the
Coloners name and thirty-six hundred
Certainly, sir answered the merchant
How much do you want? Let me see,
1 think $50 will do, said the Colonel. Per-
haps, though, you might make it SIS. and
what time will you be around in the morn
ing" Nine O'clock Yes, / will be here
at that time and taking the S75, the
Colonel and the clerk sailed forth. Some
time in the night the Colonel became
separated from his companion and he has
not been seen since. The express parcel
that he left behind him contained beauti-
fully illustrated time table of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad"
And you have never heard anything of
the Colonel since?" asked Mr.. Morrow.
"Oh, yes" was the answer, " the Colonel
appeared in st, Louis as a big sheep grower
from Round valley, California, with let
ter of introduction to Congressman John
J. .ONeill from ex-CongTessman Henley
He had just reached the city late in the af-
ternoon, when he met John and esteemed
himself fortunate in having so soon met
an associate of his old friend Henley in
Congress. O'Neill is no fool, but when the
Colonel told him that the people of the
Pacific coast had watched with interest his
efforts as Chairman of the Committee on
Labor to amehorate the condition of Amer
lean workingmen, John warmed toward
the Colonel and Joined him in drink, and
their friendship was firmly established.
The Colonel asked John if he might ven
ture, on SO short an acquaintance, to beg
favor. He was stranger in town and it
was after banking hours, and would he in
troduce him to the cashier of the hotel so
that he could borrow little money Ger
tainly John would, and how much did the
Colonel want. A mere trifle, say $50 and
John borrowed it himself and gave it to
the Colonel, who promised to return it in
the morning. That morning has not come
and John has never since met the
Colonel"
Your friend, Turner, brother Morrow"
continued Mr.. Butterworth, {" had such an
agreeable experience with Mr.. O'Neill, of
Missouri, that he concluded TO pay visit
to his friend Charley O'Neill, of Pennsyl-
vania. This time the gallant Colonel ap-
peared in the role af a Texas ranch
man, and he presented letter
of introduction from Congressman
Lanham, of Texas. Charley met him
with an affectionate hand shake, for which
he is SO Justly celebrated, and listened
with attention to the Colonels brilliant de-
scription of life upon the ranch. He in
troduced his niece TO the Colonel, and,
metaphorically speaking, extended to the
friend of his dear friend Lanham the hos
pitality of the Quaker City, but when the
Colonel delicately hinted at the possibility
of making a temporary loan, Charley
closed like clam and the Colonel grace
fully retired. At last the gentleman ap-
peared in Louisville, Ky, with a letter of
introduction from some member of the
House to Representative Willis. He in
vestigated the Colonel's antecedents and
had him arrested as a swindler, and
think he is now either on his way to the
penitentiary or has reached his destina-