St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
WHAT A CHUMP.
A Foreigner VINO Gave Up His
Money on the Most Absurd Pre-


Money on the Most Absurd Pre-
tense.
a good-loOking young Scotchman ar
rived at the Union depot yesterday
morning. having just came from Fargo,
where he has been employed at his
trade as a painter for the last nine
months. He registered at the Mime
sofa house. on the corner of Third and
Rosabel streets. as William Forbes. He
was seized with fit of vomiting
shortly after. and a man hanging
about the hotel Office rendered him
some attentions. The two became famil-
lar on short notice, and the young
ScOtchman readily told his new-found
acquaintance all about himself. He
had been born in ForfarShire. in North
east Scotland, and had always lived
there until nine months ago. when he
sailed for America TO make his fortune
He had no relatives or friends in this
country and had drifted to Fargo, where
BE worked at his trade and saved up
little money. He had now come to st.
Paul looking for employment. The
stranger won his confidence and offered
10 direct his to cheaper and better
lodging house. Forbes went with him
Glil EpNC Alilll ll1C NliCCh lOl lllS Il,
which was still at the depot. On the
way up Sibley street the stranger handed
the check TO an eXpreSSman standing at
Smith park and ordered him to fetch the
trunk to No. 40 Robert street. The two
went on, and stopped at Schneider's
saloon, No. 405 Jackson street. The
stranger ordered drinks at the bar, and
then tried to borrow % cents from
Forbes to pay for them. At this juno
ture another man stepped up, and tax
ing the young Scotchman into one of
the stalls in the rear of the saloon, told
him not TO have anything to do with the
first stranger, whom he characterized as
dirty bum"
Continuing with his good advice, he
said: IF you have any money you had
better deposit it in bank at once"
The ScOtchman admitted that he had
Ell5 on his person. ''COme with me
and I'll show you bank where you can
put it, said the other, and then as if a
bright thought struck him, he exclaimed,
"N ait minute; can give you a check
for the money right here" He took
from his pocket a number of blank
receipts bearing the imprint OF Cigar
makers Union No. 9S, and made out
one in lead pencil i'll the name of the
ScOtchman for S1l5. 1t was
A BUNGLING JOB
of the worst kind, but the simple
minded victim never once doubted the
whole transaction, and handed over his
money in exchange for the paper.
He staid about the place some
time, and the man who
had Swindled him suddenly disappeared.
The Scotchman afterward met his first
acquaintance again, and went with him
to lodging house at No. 440 Robert
street, where he showed the paper to
the proprietor, who detected the fraud.
The case was reported to the detect
ives at once, and on the de-
scriptiOn given, Detectives Dan O'Con-
nor and Ahern arrested William Jones,
cigarmaker and an officer of the
Cigarmakers' union, who was found in
Schneider'S saloon about o'clock
last night. Young Forbes fully identi-
fed Jones rs the man who had given
him the worthless paper, and blank re-
ceiptS corresponding to the one held by
Forbes were found on his person. Jones
was locked up at the central station,
but would not tell what he had
done with the money. The detectives
are looking for the other stranger and
the eXpreSSman who took the check for
Forbes trunk. There is fool born
every minute, but the officers are at a loss
to comprehend how anyone should have
been taken in by such awkward and
palpably fraudulent work.