Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-10-18
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An Aged Farmer In Massachusetts
Swtndled Ont of $3,OOO-The Same
Gang of Sharpers at Work I'm other
Parts of massachusetts and Connec.
ticut.
bins, farmer aged eighty years living
four miles south of here, was swindled
out of 81, 800 this afternoon by the thinest
of thin tricks. Yesterday well dressed
young man called and wanted to buy his
farm, one of the finest in the section. A
trade was agreed upon and the buyer was
to come to-day to see more about it. He
came and took the farmer in carriage to
look at distant part of the farm. On the
way back they were met by man on foot,
who entered into conversation with them.
He claimed to be southerner and did not
like Yankees, who had swindled him out
of large sums of money by tricks at
cards. He offered to show how it was done
and the fellow in the carriage won $50,
which was paid. Then Stebbins was asked
to try it, and won So, 800 Before they paid
Stebbins was told that he must show that
he was worth a like amount. He drove
the sharpers to Palmer and drew 81 400
from a bank there. When he reached
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the seat and put his money in it, locked it
and gave it to Stebbins, telling him to keep
it until tomorrow, when he would come
and take the farm. After he had gone the
old man began to think all was not right
and opened the box to find that it con-
tanned only a few sticks The sharpers
were a thick-set man with full beard and
a tall man with moustache, and when last
heard of were seen in Stafford Springs,
Conn, driving toward Willimantic. These
are evidently the same parties who recent
1y operated in Southwick and Westfeld.
AN ASSASSIN SHOT.
The Murderer OF chief of Police
Hennessy of New Orleans MORALLY
Wounded in PrIson-More Than
Fifty Arrests Made.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17.-Anotio Scaff-
da, identified as one of the assassins of
Chief of Police Hennessy, was shot and
MORALLY wounded at 11:45 o'clock to-day
in the parish prison by Thomas H. Duffy,
a young man twenty eight years of age
Duffy is brother of Professor Duffy, the
boxing instructor of the Southern Athletic
club, and is at present employed in the
Office of the Spirit of the South He
called at the prison and asked to see Scat
fida, as he believed that he could identify
him. Presently Scafida appeared, accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff Dwyer. The dago
shufaed along the corridor to within a
few inches of the inside gate when Duffy,
who was standing about a foot outside
the gate drew q revolver from his hip
pocket and fired. The dago fell with a
groan, the blood squirting from a wound
in the left side of the neck
Duffy was quickly disarmed and re-
moved to the fourth precinct station,
which is situated in the parish prison
where he gave his name and address. He
said that if the dago died he was
willing to hang. He said to the officers:
1T only wish there were about seventy-five
more men like me-" When the wounded
man reached the Charity hospital Judge
NJ G. Bringler was sent for, and with his
assistant, Judge Hollander, arrived in a
few minutes. Scaffida was asked if he had
anything to say before he died and made
this statement:
Knew that Chief Hennessy and the Pro-
venzos were good people. We were good
friends of Matranga. I am going to die
and die innocent. You know me, judge.
I always was good boy. My idea is the
Matrangas, did that to keep the Proxenza-
noes IN JAIL L knew the Matrangas, the
Provenzanos and Chief Hennessy. I was
friendly to all of them. That's all. Oh,
my God, am going to die" and Scat
fida closed his eyes and remained silent.
At this moment Father O'Neil entered the
ward for the purpose of administering the
last sacrament to the wounded man.
More than fifty arrests have been made
of parties believed to be implicated in the
assassination of Chief Hennessy, and to-
day another dago, Pedro Natal, was iden-
titled by Officer flanagan as one of the
men he saw running away from the scene
of the murder