Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-02-27
BANKS SWlNDLEO.
Noted Crooks DO Up Cincinnati Ofiicials
to the Tune of Thousand OF Dollars.

to the Tune of Thonsand Of Dollars.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 23-The Cincinnati
banks have been swindled by check
-aiserS There are bank officials in
Cincinnati who could furnish some i'm
portant information which would lead
to the detection of the people, il they
would, but for reasons best known to
themselves they decline to make any
statement at this time.
Enough has been gathered, however,
TO show that the trick was turned by
one of the smartest men in the country,
and he is no. altogether stranger in
Cincinnati. He is known to few, and
he was seen on the streets before the
forgery was committed, but when the
pot was raked in he disappeared in a
most mysterious manner.
AS far as is known, the amount he
raked off in the scheme footed up to
fifty-one hundred dollars, but from re-
liable sources it is learned that the sun
reached s2l, oe0. There are two men
implicated in the plot, and they have
been in the business many years. AS
far back as 1880 the man who played
the leading part and manipulated the
cards made his first appearance in Gin
cinnati.
Before there was any publication,
and even prior to the working of the
| forgery, a well known Cincinnatian re-
marked to a friend There are couple
OF the best people in the country in the
city, and you'll be hearing of a big
drop before many days" Forty-eight
hours later the Third national was
touched" for sl,70o.
Under certain conditions the police
authorities will be given straight
tip in regard to the two men who
had worked the banks. A reporter
! called upon the man who has the only
information in regard to the identity
of the men who swindled the banks
How do you know that the parties
you saw are the men who turned the
trick on Third steet, and what is his
name?" was the first question asked.
"You ask me his name? Well. I
wouldn't tell you now under any con-
ditions, but I will say that he is too
smart for any Cincinnati detectives to
trap him. He is one OF the best sharp
ers in the east, and when say that
am telling you good deal. Yes; he is
known here, and only few minutes
before met him he was passed by one
of the detectives Of Dietsch's force.
knew that he was here for purpose,
and when the story was published Of
the forged check that was passed the
Third national bank understood wha,
his mission here was for.
Il was surprised, for didn't know
that he would turn trick of that kind
Now, the other strange feature comes
in. That same afternoon met his pa
at Eighth and Vine. They were to
gether at Leadville, and l found then
working in conjunction in Cincinnati
What were they doing in a strange city
many miles from their homes?"
SIS there any one outside Of yoursel
that know they were in the city?"
"Yes. On this point l care to say
nothing, for it is a matter that does no
concern me. wouldn't peach on thes'
men for more reasons than one. ! car
say this much, however, that the money
flecced out Of the Cincinnati banks cam,
nearer being sci, 600 than S., 100.
Hunter, for by that name he is linowr
at the present, had grown old in years
and his hair has turned gray.
For years he was rated as the leader
among bunco men, and his home is il
Boston. In that city his wife and fam
lily are located at the present His ac
complice is a man who was born anC
raised in Illinois, and once served ;
scven.year term in the state prison o
Kansas at Wichita. His strong poin
was in working the gold brick scheme
From the nature of the evidence gath
cred one would readily infer that thcr'
were Cincinnati men who played I
silent part in the robbery Of the ThirC
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