The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-13
representative OF the manufacturers
arrives TO give It a test 1t will be turned
over to the Hope company on Eleventh
BRAND NEW WISDOM
DtRily Ilousht-IIc was en- Grren.flnch,
.H.4r now ha,a N Iliue. Finch. M

DtRiiy Dousht-IIc was N Grren.flnch,
now he's n Biue.Fineh.
The confidence man, who has been
working 80 successfully in this city for
several months past, did another very
neat job yesterday morning and trans.
ierred s35 dollars, from the pocket Of a
Missouri farmer to his own, In a few
brief minutes without giving any tquiv.
Rlent therefor, except some valuable ex.
perience.
Louis Finch, a farmer living at Con.
cardia, No., came to West Virginia
several weeks ago to visit relatives. He
came 10 the State with $50. and when he
arrived In the B. 4 o. depot ye,terd y
On his way home, no still had $50
He had a little time to wait
for q train, and was seated in the wait.
Ing room eating a luncheon which his
relatives had prepared for him, when a
well dressed man, a stranger 10 him,
called him BY name, and shook hands.
The fellow gave Finch q name which
correspondent with that Of Il reputable
family in his vicinity, and stated that he
was going 10 Missouri to operate d saw.
mill. After Finch flushed his meal,
the new acquaintance asked him to
walk up street. AT the aide entrance TO
the Riley block, the confidence mar left
Finch and went up staira. He returned
In a few minutes, apparently very much
annoyed, and explained that O man who
had some OF his machinery had gone
out, and tina. the clerk would not let
him have q receipt to move 1t without
the cash, and asked Finch to loan him
5 0. = 1%'
Finch replied tha! he did not know
him, %whereupon a check on the Bank oil
Wheeling for $575! signed by Roper,
Cooper & Co., was offered as security,
the aeecer stating that II he went to the
bank to get the money the Office in the
Riley block would be closed for the din.
uer hour and he could not get bis re-
ceipt in time TO leave on tho next train.
The fellow Was 10 earnest and seemed
go annoyed that Finch, who had some
misgivinss, gave him his s35. The Eel
low rushed up stairs and down and ou'
at the Market street entrance. Finch
waited half an hour, then investigated
and found himself duped, and reported
To the police.
At police headquarters he gave a de
sctiptlon which describes a we'll known
Wheeling crook. He also eaid that he
was finally fooled by the check bearing
the nam Of Henry ]. Morgan, q vel
known man Of his State, on the back 81
an indorser. Finch can give no clue as
TO how his identity and place Of resi-
dence we're discovered by the confidence
man.
Finch was completely broke by tht
scoundrel and remained in town las
night because he had not enough money
to get away. Late in the evening OH
Ger Moran arrested a man on Marke
street on suspicion Of being implicated
in the robbery. At police headquarterl
he said his name was Webb and that h,
lives at Washington, Pa. When he wa!
brought before Finch that gentleman
recognized him as tho man who wa
with the confidence mar before b.
approached him. He was held in tn.
lookup to await developments. Tw'
Wheeling men who in some degree
answer the deecriptiop given by Finch
were taken before him last night, hu
he ~exheuerated them both.