Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-24
WASN'T He A BIRD?
One of Fine Feather and He
Sang so SweetIy.
ONLY A MAHOGANY GROVE
Would DO for Him to Elutter In, But He
Would Have a Royal Castle Too on
the Shore of Neptune's Lava
tory - Rara Avis.
Special to the Gazette

/ SpcCldl 10 tne IdEeLIe
! GALVESTON, Tex. Nov. GA very
! smooth individual sailing under the name
| OF Il c. Walters, and hailing from Tacoma,
! arrived in this city about two weeks
| ago. He came to this city from
| st. Louis, and on the train
| ingratiated himself into the good graces Of
Capt. J. n. Sawyer, agent here of the
Mallory steamship line. Walters rep
| resented himself as 4 gentleman of wealth
| and leisure, bent on making investments
whenever and wherever good opportunities
offered. He also stated that ne owned an
orange grove of 400 acres in
Louisiana that was yielding him
handsome income. Before
parting with Captain Sawyer he inquired
for the address of some responsible real es-
tate agent and Captain Sawyer introduced
him to H. NJ. 1ruehart q Co, and Walter
soon made his financial standing known to
this firm and his desire to make
some good Investment. To further his
schemes and make himself more solid with
Trueheart & Co. and pther members of the
business community, he became 4 constant
attendant OF the First Presbyterian church,
to which he claimed membership in Ia
coma, and was very devoted to church
ana Sunday school He joined the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor,
and became an active participant in the
work of IN Young Mems Christian associ-
dllOil, anu 1TtQue SPOKE 10 MI. ACflance
OF the firm of 81. N. Truehart & Co. of
the poor quarters of the association and
that 1t was a reflection upon the public
spirited enterprise of Galveston. lie stated
that he had already purchased ticket to
Honduras, where he was going to invest
heavily i'll mahogany timber land, but prior
to his departure he desired TO make few
purchases in this city and Texas. His pur-
chase here he desired for the site of
Il pal2tial residence, as he intended
to make this city his future home. With
this object IL view ne went to the Office
of the Galveston land and improvement
company ana purchased one of the choice
lots in the Denver re-survey suburb, which
he paid for with check on the National
Bank of Tacoma, which was
taken to the national bank for
collection. In due course the check was re-
turned with the statement from the Tacoma
bank that H. c. Walters was unknown to
them and had no funds on deposit there. In
duction of n. NJ. Truehart Il Co
at the bank of Ball. Hutchings & Co.
Walters succeeded in getting an advance
of $50 on some drafts deposited by him
when he announced his intention of going
10 Northwest Texas for the purpose of
making investments. He had so en-
tirely won the confidence of True
heart & Co. that they gave him
a letter of introduction to their agent at
Colorado City, where he attempted 20 play
the same game, but the announcement of
the Tacoma bank that Walters had no funds
there, and that he was flooding Texas with
worthless drafts, has exploded the young
mans schemes, and every sheriff in the
state has been notified and are on the look
out for him. His victims here are numer-
Gus and are determined to run him down.