The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-03
NEW GRE IN GOODS METHODS.
Dressed In Feminine Attire. the Swindlel
Lures Ills Victims.

Dressed In Feminiue Attire. the swindle,
Lures His Victims.
Accompanied by Police Constable Irv.
ing and . friend, . gentleman whose &C.
cent afforded indisputable evidence that
he Il of German extraction walked into
the detective Office last night and there
related Q most remarkable experience
which, he stated, had befallen him. Hi
name is Frank Hohlbein, he u the rep.
sesentative Of q tan bark company, and
in the register Of the Red Lion hotel be
has given his address a. Dashwood. Ont.
His business has taken him all over this
country and the adjoining republic. and
he has only recently returned from the
southern states.
His story to the detectives is to the
effect that on Saturday evening. having
nothing to do, he paid a visit to the
musee on Yonge street. When the per-
Torrance was over, he came ont to the
street and was about to return to his
hotel when he noticed a very plump,
rather handsome young lady. who ap-
pears to have had power enough to
charm him away from his original in
tention to go home. Neither seems to
have objected to the others company,
and, to make a long story short, the tive
strolled away up the street arm in arm.
Hohlbein is a stranger in the city, has no
knowledge at all of its geography, and il
therefore unable to now describe. except
in very general terms, the route followed
by him and his companion, but it is
sufficient to know that at length they
reached the outside Of a house which
the lady informed him was her home.
With some hesitation be accepted al in
vitation to enter and was ushered into
a room furnished in a very ordinary
way and containing, he noticed, a type
writer. He was offered some ale. but
having declined to drink the lady drank
some for him.
After some pleasant chatting his COM
panion stepped back. and raising her
hand lifted off her hat and a wig, and to
his intense amazement Hohlbein saw
that he was in the presence not of a
woman, but Of q man.. Another twist Of
the wrist, and the. man had removed >
jacket. waist and skirt. and there he
stood-a young man in ordinary male
attire.
Hohlbein was at q loss to account for
this very strange metamorphosis and
grasped a revolver which he carried
with him, determined to defend himself
should the occasion rise. The stranger,
however. requested him to be calm and
at his ease. as no harm would come to
him. He then produced some samples
of bills. which he handed to Hohlhein
with the request that the latter express
an opinion as to what they were.
Green goods!" said Hohlbein.
Right you are" said the stranger,
and he then and there offered him all he
wanted for 25 cents for each dollars
worth.
How much money have your" he
asked Hohlbein. The latter produced
his purse and showed his companion
that there was nothing in it but some
small change scarcely worth mention
ing. This seemed to exasperate the &C.
cupant of the room. and with rather
strong language he opened a door lead
ing to the back yard and promptly
evicted his gnest. Hohlbein said he
walked a long distance before he could
find a street, and when he at last did SO
he FASTENED to his hotel. In the morn
ing he related his experience to . friend.
and the two interviewed Constable Ev-
ing. who went with them to the detective
Office.
The story is such . queer affair that it
10 difficult to come to any conclusion re-
garding it. The man who tells it is said
be an honest. truthful and sober man,
and those who know him place reliance
CD his word.-Toronto Mail.