Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-20
AN ALLEGED swINDLER.
Arrested by Detectives Charged with Play
ing a Confidence Game.


HE rs SAID TO HAVE OPERATED IN NEW onIKANs,
OMAHA, Los ANGELES AND KIsEwHxRK-KAs
CUT QUITE A SWELL IN THIS crrr-Sow IN TEE
STATION HOUSE.
Rev. Ulysses s. G. Click was the name given
by soiidlooking citizen who was arrested early
last evening by Detectives Raft and Carter. The
officers claim that he is one of the cleverest
confidence men who ever reached this city.
The officers here first heard Of him several
| weeks ago when Inspector Swindells Of the
detective corps received letter from the chief
of police Of New Orleans concerning the al
legged divine. According to that information
Click was arrested there on charges of using
forged checks. He settled with the parties and
was paroled to appear later on. He skipped
| town and failed to appear. The officers heard
nothing more of him until letter, purporting
to be from Clicks brother and postmarked
Washington, was received.
DETECTIVES ON THE WATCH.
This letter was forwarded to Inspector Swim
dells and with it was picture Of the man
taken from the Police Neos. Detectives Raj
and Carter were detailed on the case and they
learned from clerk in the city post office that
| the police picture was a likeness Of the man
who had been calling ut the window for
letter.
Yesterday the officers located Click at the
Anderson, corner A. and c streets. where he
bad rented large double parlors and lived In
fine style.
About o'clock in the evening the officers
called at the Anderson and informed the Rev"
Click that he was wanted by Inspector Swim
dells.
What's up now2' he asked the officers
Under ARREST.
Their tbo. ha lor
few minutes later the prisoner was seated in
Inspector Swindells' Office at headquarters and
that official protluceda clipping from an Omaha
paper. which he read.
The story printed in the Omaha paper began:
&c. s. Morton has been heard from again"
According to the information furnished by
the clipping. Morton is no person other than
the prisoner. and he was in Omaha last Sep
TENDER as the reputed financial agent Of several
investment companies of Boston that wanted to
spend their large sums of money in Omaha
real estate.
He was a finely educated, well posted man.
and his anxiety to get his cash invested in bust
ness bargains in Omaha right away before any
rival companies could get in and gobble up any
OF the choice corners won the hearts Of the
local real estate brokers.
HIS OPERATIONS N OMAHA.
Then the story goes on to tell Of Morton's
plans and the real estate purchases that he
bargained for. Then the bottom fell out of
Morton's plans and he was discovered to be
fraud. The bills against him were mentioned.
This was the last direct information received
of Morton until last Wednesday. when Land
lord Easton Of Paxton received a letter from
NJ. s. Hawyer of Los Angeles, a former resident
Of Omaha, inclosiIg a clipping from Los
Angeles paper concerning the doings Of one U.
s. G.. Click.
This parsonage writes Mr.. Hawyer, lis
the same as c. S. Morton, Of whom you know.
The fraud, deception and rascality he INDUCED
in here would ill a volume.
The clipping from the Los Angeles paper re-
ferred TO Is as follows:
"A letter has been received from a gentle
man In Washington. DC, a former resident of
Los Angeles, making anxious inquiry in regard
to U.S.G. Click. who will be remembered as the
spiritual adviser Of the murderer Ansclag. who
committed suicide on the night previous to the
day Set for his execution in November. 1855.
HIS CAREER HERE DESCRIBED.
The letter referred to says: az. S. G. Click is
cutting quite a swell here in Washington. He
was a candidate for time for post Office inspec-
tor: then he withdrew the strong recommends
tons given him in April, 1885, by DR.. Cantine,
A. E. Pomeroy, Hervey Lindley, Judge Fitz-
gerald, Gen. Boyce and others and Law in wait
for something else. He was an aspirant for as
sstant postmaster Of tie House and failed again.
Then be put in an application for a Senate
clerkship. The last heard Of him he had
made somebody believe be was the purchasing
agent of the Leland Stanford. jr, Uni
versity; Seems to have plenty of money
and to know about everything in this world as
we'll as the next He called on me last October
and said he had just come from Los Angeles,
and was full of news about Los Angeles politics
and society. well as business. He caused
doubt to arise in my mind by some remarks
which led me to think he had not been in Los
Angeles since his escapade of year and half
ago. Later. a representative of q Chicago
school supply company told me he confidenced
his firm out OF 900 or $780, and that his trunk
was still held on account."
WHAT THE PRISONER SAYS
After Inspector Swindells had read the arti-
Gle he asked the alleged confidence man
whether the statements were true or not and
he answered that some of them were true, but
he would not tell which they were.
From letters found on him it appears that
his trunk is now being held in Richmond for
board.
In conducting the investigation the officers
learned that many of the statements made in
the article referred to were correct
Last night the distinguished prisoner slept in
the sixth precinct police station and this morn
ing he was taken to headquarters There Clerk
German took his description and he was pho
tographed for the gallery in headquarters. He
is thirty-seven years old and is nearly five feet
six inches tall and weighs 1S5 pounds. He was
well dressed and has a brown beard. After
being photographed he was returned to the
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