Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

raise money here. As the hour was late,
the banker who cached the note asked:
what are you going TO do with 80
much money at this hourl"
The old man cooked up his ears and
replied:
aThat's my business
The banker begged his pardon.
Then the nephew" and uncle" drove
back TO the picnic grounds, and the
game took another turn, for the sucker"
had not been effectually landed. The
~assayer" said he had concluded TO buy
the bricks himself, and had offered the
Indian $l5, coo. The nephew" became
excited, abused the -assayer" for taking
advantage OF his kindness, and talked
about the unprofessional conduct OF
hired assayer." While this wrangle was
going on, old Swygart's desire was
sharpened at every breath, and ne
stepped over to the Indian, paid him
81 900, and took the bricks. Then, with
the consciousness of having done some
thing smart, he called to his nephew:
Come onl I've got the bricksl" And
the deal was over.
The two men drove back TO town. The
old man drove to his house and sent his
nephew to a restaurant to get square
meal, saying he would come over and
pay for 1t. When Swygart called at the
restaurant for that purpose he was told
that the young man had paid for his own
meal and was gone.
A Terrible Moment
Swygart probably felt a sensation In
his gums at that moment. Walking up
to Mayr's store, he said to the jeweler:
~You saw the bricks, did you? How
much are thew WORTH"
A recollection passed over the jew
elers mind. A woman had called In
the morning, and asked him for one OF
his business cards, and he had given It.
He knew Swygart was the sort OF man
TO be on the lookout for anything that
promised money, and he asked him:
"How much did they do you forS"
Swygart called on City Marshal Rose
and told him all, and he and the official
went to the picnic grounds, but the In
dian and the assayer were gone. Swy-
CART returned to town and sent away
enough kilograms to Indiana points In
the course of an hour to melt the copper
wires.
The woman in the case had hired a
buggy in the morning, paying Tor IL IN
advance, saying she would return the
rig late in the evening. She waited on
the edge OF the picnic grounds for the
Indian" and "as sayer, and drove then
to Mishawaka, station near by, anc
then drove back, tying the horse to
tree in front of a physicians house
Then she disappeared. What direction
the nephew" took is not known.
ale Laughs Best."Etc.
Swygart sticks to it that the young
was his nephew" and that the shrewC
way in which he played him the ole
man) proves 1t. The reason why Soutf
Bend people are embracing each othei
over this event arises from the following
incident: Several years ago maj
came here and met Swygarts partner
Rockefeller, and called him uncle anC
so on. The young man had a schema
and would let his uncle" in for $1,000
! Rockefeller did not have the ready cash
but borrowed it from Swygart, who tool
a mortgage as security on two OF Rocka
Teller s lots. When the swindle dawne'
on Rockefeller nobody laughed a.
vehemently as old Swygart, and wher
the mortgages foil due he foreclosed OF
his old friend and partner, and later OF
when he began building on the lot
Swygart used to stop people and tel
them how Rockefeller had been taken II
and how he CSwygart) got the lots.
The same man who caught RocKa
Teller caught Swygart. Those who say
the man Several years ago identihe
him as the same man they saw wit
2 Swygaft, but no one gave Swygart
, tip.
: 1t Was George Post