Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-16
SHINDLED THE TAILOR
KNIGHT Or THE GOOSE rELls
Of HOW IF WAS Talckkn

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ana " mef son1e very quesx cuseonse9
e tne coulHe q ny experiences Haye 4
YET Deen peasenf' y AZ, "a efSlz1e I AavuI
Eve1y man in ny Dnnne. y bound ~
nneet IN men Mno sw1ndle h1m n 90
M y ~ 80 }p.ers 4 ssou tn1nk, hosgleyexs
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PsnsI clty. came nsfe a1d 1900 qg1ee
! Eade alnon8 tne cieFAn - - dermx
inentA used e gu upon them ~ thetx
oInces Win ny pook q ssmplea nd -
e : pretsy Kaaf taiker I mana4ed t0get
Z coca many orders uscd e elye Tim
cfeolt. ana VIII say One thing ~ IL
gupnc departments clerk, and thst y that
ioes very httie money by them. nd
p nave 70 waat good while sometimIe
2 nut iney 6enerally pead ne ~ fu1L
TWO BHPxE cA2HA
But you want 10. know abOnt -
beats Well, one 81 the wofst ever
knew was ! fellow who was here Tor
pome time ae newxpapef man- He wxa
on locaa paper, ana y Was after I'D
eone inso business Ior myself fnaf mee
nm He came INTO my store ono Day
J Wild Two or three Wen Known buA1ne3
young men whose trade had possessed
ior z long ume One g the party,
osnkers ofuered ~ su1t, md mon1-
urea MINI Wnlie the osners chAned him
and examined my stock About - hong
afserwaro TINS newspaper man returned
AND sald tnat ne would nke me - mako
= III Ior MN o. tne same goods seiecsed
py M Iiend ! presumed ne 49, ~
ngnt' LOOK nls measure, made the sult.
sent y 70 ms ADDRESS and wa1ted fof
Inn 70 come and settle. But ne newer
o1d. ana N 9 snort tune ne snapped out q
town. mat WAS 2 dead loss 70 me.
Inat WASH e pad, however, -
tr1cK That was subsequently played upon
me- Tall, me LOOKING gentleman came
~ one Gay, ana a1tef looming over my
SOCK seiected piece q the most expen-
ave goods ana ordered suns 20 0e mAde
rom Y ne wanted the smt finished IN
tnIee Gays. as ne was going 70 leave tho
clIy De was On ms way sourn. ne sa1d,
ana mad already spent more time than
ne naa intenneo He was very poilte
and appeared 70 pe man OF meanA He
was also parflcular as 70 the cut and
style OF the coat ana vest. insisting upon
: collar 70 the latter, although the STYLE
was Without one Wen. put on somo
otner WORK ana completed nus sulf With
m the time agreed upon, and sent i to
his hotel about dusk With the bill-e60.
Inc man Drought back the money, four
w oliis, and put tins IN the safe and
went home The next day when sent
my deposit to the bank those four go
bulls we've returned marked 'counterfeit.
Well, perhaps | wasn't mad 1 sent
down to the hotel out OF course the man
mad gone. ! placed the matter In the
hands OF the detectives. bat they failed
to hnd the swlndler- Many years after
ward saw ms picture IN rogues gal
lery. and learned that ne was one OF the
most expert coun1erfeiters IN the coun-
Try. think ne IS now IN western PEN
itenflary. out 1t was long time before
the government officers captured and
convicted him.
A QUESTION OF EXPANSION
One Of the funniest swindles ever
played upon me was by government
clerk, who was brought to me by the
chief of his division, for whom I had
made clothes for years. measued the
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