Omaha daily bee., 1890-04-06
HE WANTS, HIS HORSE.
George Hooks OF Blair Thinks He Has
Been SwindIeI.

Been Swindled.
A short, slender Young man, who said his
name was George Hooks and that he lived at
Blair, called at the police station about 10
o'clock last night and told the officers that he
had been swindled out of stallion worth
$1,000. He prefaced his story by saying that
he had been working for Peter Siert,
saloon man "a Blair, during the
.I5months, and1e was well known in
that town. He hat owned the stallion for
some time, and rocSatiy kadAsoncluded to
dispose of it, Last Thursday he came to
Omaha in company with one Bob Martin, a
friend living in Blair. Martin introduced
him to Fred Robars, bartender at the Mer-
chants hotel saloon, who in turn introduced
him to j. w. Foster as IA probable purchaser
of the horse.
Hooks says that Foster appeared to him to
be a well-todo business man, and told him he
had been "A resident of Omaha a long time.
Foster said he wanted the animal and would
trade him $1,000 first mortgage on lots in
South Omaha, and that the paper would be
good at a . pei cent discount at any bank in
in the CITY Hooks thought that
was about what he was looking
for, and verbally closed the trade then and
there, and returning Immediately to Blair,
had the stallion in Omaha the next day, driv-
ing here with buggy and leading it behind
pom tiIlNlllS HtIt ne DtiU up HIS HDIStS III
the Club stables on Capitol avenue Then he
went around to see Foster. The latter
showed him the 5000 first mort
gage. Hooks asked that he be al
lowed to show it to the other parties
before accepting it, a friend of Fosters to ac-
company him. Foster agreed to this, and
sent man whom he introduccn as MIR
Bush, a real estate man. Hooks says that
business Office but whose or whore he can
not now say, and showing the mortgage asked
if it was all right "A lcapmg appearing
man in the big business office"
Hooks says, informed him lhat
the mortgage was no good, Hooks
then returned the mortgage to Foster and
told him he wouldn't accept it. Foster re-
marked something like oh pshaw! That
man didn't know anything about it. I'm aW-
full busy just now. But see here, I'll get it
all arranged for you on Monday, by going to
the bank myself" Hooks says that Foster
talked along ofor some time, and
appeared to be TO thoroughly reliable a
person, well known and all that sort of thing,
that finally, when he remarked 'Now,
Hooks, you just give me bill of sale for the
the stallion right now and I'll give you con-
tract to pay for it on Monday Hooks says
he gave him clear bill of sale for the horse.
Yesterday he took his own team and buggy
back to Blair and returned to Omaha last
night. After getting his supper and going
around town while he thought he would
drop around to the Club stables and see that
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After learning this, startling fact, Hooks