Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-12-21
Buncoec.

1t is not often that man who
reads newspapers is buncoed OF
swindled out of money as was jacob
B. Crowell, of Greencast.e, Franklin
county. Crowell is said to be worth
SIS, 900, and was swindled out of
$4,000 by pair of Baltimore sharks
on the 9th day of December, in the
manner told by the Chambersburg
Repository, as follows:-Mr. Crowell
was in his yard in Greencastle on
Wednesday morning when a medium
sized, well dressed man, rather stout
and good looking, came into the
yard and offering his hand greeted
the old gentleman. Mr.. Crowell in
response to the question, "Don't
you remember met" said he did not
The man told him he knew Mr.
Crowell well and introduced himself
as son of Mr.. Alexander Stewart
of Scotland. He said he was cashier
of bank in Harrisburg and spoke
of his uncle George H. Stewart and
how that gentleman owned number
of farms. He himself was in need ol
a farm and hearing Mr.. Crowell haG
one that would about suit him he
came to Chambersburg, left his wife
and child Mt the home of Judge Johr
Stewart, his uncle, and came t.
Greencastle He had no doubt bu
what if satisfactory terms were offer
ed he would buy the farm.
All this talk of the Stewart family
with such glib mention of "Uncl,
George" and Uncle john drew I
veil over Mr.. Crowell's eyes and h
fell into the first trap bodily. Get
ting into the m ms team they started
for the farm and the place was wei
inspected by the genial Mr.. Stewar
who pretty nearly made up his minC
to buy the farm but wanted a littl,
time to think over it. They startet
back toward Greencastle and on tn,
way met tall, fine looking man wh'
stopped them and ask about the dis
tance to Hagerstown, where ne saiC
he was going. He had just come, b.
said, from little place near MERGERS
burg called Upton, he thought wher
he had been to see his sister. Sh
had died before he got there and s,
he was going to return to his homo
in Kentucky. The name be CAV,
Mr.. Crowell has forgotten. He wa.
n fluent talker and soon had the two
men engaged in conversation anC
after time proposed a little game o.
cards. Mr.. Crowell declined to joir
but "Mr. Stewart" was not 50 back
ward and took trial. Finally Mr.
Crowell was pursuaded to try his
luck ''just for fun" He did and drew
a caro- winning $4,000. His friend
Mr.. Stewart insisted on the stranger
giving this amount to Mr.. Crowel
but this was objected to as Mr.
Crowell had put up no stakes. Mr.
Stewart insisted and to prove tina,
the game was played in "good faith
got Mr.. Crowell to drive to Green
castle, draw the money from bank
come back and put it up Mr.. Grow
card for the five thousand the Ken
tuckian showed the amount over to
hum put up in two packages. Mr.
Crowell pushed it back saying 81
don't want your money" then the
man put it in a box and put it un,
der the buggy seat, then the sup
posed Mr.. Stewart said to Mr. Grow
VII You have won this money, take
it, as this man is drunk and will
loose it or spend it." Mr.. Crowel
then said ''If I do take il, it will be
refundable at any time as 1 dent
want it" He says he didnot suspect
anything until after he left them fo,
bis home and they had driven away,
but says if lie had opened the boz
there and found out what he after
wards did they might have resorted
to foul means and carried away his
money also.
The first and second stranger.
had became quite intimate by this
time and the Harrisburg bank cashier
finally determined to drive the be
reaved brother to Hagerstown Sc
they bid MIR. Crowell adieu and
drove off leaving their victim to wall
home with $4,000 in the box in hi.
hands! When the box was opened
at his home Mr. Crowell found moss
bark and similar rubbish 1t 1t. HI,
saw, when too late, through tn,
game and Immediately got on the
train for HaSerstown to try to catcl
the rascals. All that was possible
was done by the officials there and {
reward of S400 hundred, offered fo,
the two sharpers' capture but SO fa
to no avail.