St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-20
DONE FOR So, 900.
A Minneapolis Man Now Mourns
the Loss of His Cash.

A Minneapolis Man Now Mourns
the Loss of His Cash.
A Minneapolis man, and one who is
supposed to have his wits about him,
was ''done up'' yesterday to the tune of
$4,000 ON a swindle that might occasion
ally catch a tenderfoot, but one with
which every Western man is supposed
to be familiar. 1t was the old gold brick
game with the usual Indian acc0mpani-
ment, and as usual the man who eX-
pected to get something for nothing
now mourns the loss of his money.
The mans name is said to be Scham-
berg and he is a pawnbroker with
place of business on Washington ave-
hue north. Fortunately the man who
swindled him, or at least one of
them, was arrested by Detective
John P. Hoy, and heis now under $1,000
bonds for trial. 1t appears from the
that John Doe, Richard Roe and Gilbert
o. Hastings, alias "Dick Deadeye,"
did MI Schamberg out of his cash. He
secured what he supposed was gold
brick valued at $4,000 for $4,000. and
when he discovered that instead of gold
it was brass he appealed to Supt.
Bracket for assistance. Several days
ago a supposed miner called upon
Schamberg. He claimed to know the
pawnbroker's brother, who was down
in New Mexico or somewhere else.
The miner took Schamberg into his con-
fidence. The fact was. he said, he had
a brick of gold with him that he wanted
to dispose of, and he had come to this
man whom he heard of and whom he
believed to be honest to dispose of it.
He and particular friend of his, an
Indian, very wild and untaimed saw
age, who was now encamped upon
the shores of Lake Calhoun, had discov-
but himself and the Indian, but they
business man to whom they could dis
pose of the brick. Mr.. Schamberg and
the miner went out to Lake Calhoun and
saw the gold brick and the Indian. The
miner cautioned him not to bring any
one with him because the Indian was
exceedingly suspicious. So in deeply
and darkly mysterious way they went
to Calhoun and dug UP the brass brick
which was doing duty as gold. The
purchaser bored into it and took the
borings home with him to test. Mean
while, the miner, who was nimble
fingered card shifter in disguise, had
''shifted the cut" on the victim. He
had replaced the brass with true gold.
AT the Windsor hotel they met Dick
Deadeye and he also claimed TO be
miner Just returned from Alaska and
pronounced the borings pure gold.
They were taken to Nicollet avenue
assayer and pronounced all right. Then
Schamberg turned over the $4,000 and
received the brick. He Clipped off
piece of it, and took it to the assayer
who pronounced it brass. Then he re-
ported the facts to the police, and Dick
Deadeye was arrested. He will have
an examination on Tuesday next.
Ten ordinary DRINKS were given the
choice of paying a fine of $40 each or
goin5 TO the workhouse. G. III. Hender-
son was charged with the larceny of a
flower valued at 90 cents, the property
of Il. A. Guise. He was fined 81. G.
P. Jones and John Anderson will prob
ably enter their horses for the gentle.
mems race at the meeting of the TWIN
City Jockey club, but they will not race
them on Portland avenue any more,
for an unappreciative policeman ran
them in yesterday for fast driving and
they were fined So each. Tomorrow
Oscar D'Absolmon will have a chance
to explain why he threatened to shoot
May Olson. He was arrested yester-
day.