Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-28
FOlSEYER sWINDLINGgs
HOW a Liverpool Banker was
Triclked by a Confidence Man.
HIS Compassion for Seemingly Re-
psntans sinner Costs the Man OF
Money Something Over q
Thousand Dollars.

Thousand Dollars.
A queer story is told by the Boston
Every Other Saturday of Liverpool
bank officer who received private let
ter from his friend, a member Of Lon
don banking firm. 1t said that one of
their employees, the son of their highly
esteemed cashier-a man who was pro-
bity. itself-had gone away with several
thousand pounds of securities. If the
son should be arrested and placed in
the prisons dock the old man would
never lift his head again. The firm
was, therefore, resolved to do all that
lay In its power to save its aged and
valued servant from the misery and
shame which would surely overtalze
him If his sons sin became known.
The writer thought that in all proba-
bility the young man would call with
his securities at the Liverpool bank,
and on the strength of his connection
with the London bank try to negotiate
them. If so, the London banker wanted
the Liverpool banker to seize the prop
erty and keep it until he heard from
the London banker again, to lecture
the young man soundly, buy him ticket
to New York and give him one thou
sand dollars with which to begin the
world again. The London banker was
going to Paris for a fortnight, Sd that
the Liverpool banker didn't need to
write to him about the affair until that
time. He also wanted the secret kept
from everybody, as far as possible, both
for the sake of the London bank, the
young mans father and the young man
| himself. The Liverpool banker, know
ing that many young man had gone
| wrong who might have been saved at
the proper moment, decided to comply
with his friends request.
Soon after a nice, frank-looling
| young man of the name referred to
was ushered in to him, and, saying that
he desired to travel, explained in a
constrained and nervous manner that
he had some securities on which he
would like to realize. He said he
| didn't understand business, and per-
haps was going awkwardly to work,
but the ship for New York was to sail
that day and he was in hurry. In re-
ply the Liverpool banker handed him
the letter he had just received. AS he
read it his breast heaved with emotion
tears came into his eyes, and he finally
q
full confession, and the banker, after
pointing out the Nervousness of the
crime, offered to do what the letter re
quested. The young man kissed the
bankers hand in token of his graft
tude, said that he had been foolish anG
wicked and would gladly go to an
other country and redeem himself. The
banker then gave him the Thousand
dollars, bought him hrst-class steamer
ticket and gave him dinner at thu
restaurant. But nothing he could dc
or say seemed to raise the young man.
| spirits. He was so sad and broker
down that the banker really pitied him
AS he babe him good-by from the ship
side the hard old man could not re
strain his tears as he thought of tn
: young and repentant sinner he hao
saved from life of crime
II At the end of the fortnight, when h
supposed the London banker would
have got back from Paris, the Liver
pool banker wrote to him in great gle
of his success in carrying out his wishe
and of the contrite youth who had Sc
sail for new scenes with the banker
: blessing. He got the following repl,
from London:
'You must be mad. Our cashie
never had a son. No securities ar
a missing. Perhaps you have been sold.
D 1t was true. He had. The letter wa
!, forged. The securities were worthless
a He had thrown away one thousand dol
, lars, a passage to New York, goo
dinner and a good deal of advice upo
an ingenious swindler.