St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-10
He COMES TO GRIEF.
Or. FRANK P. MOORE, THE CLEVER
SWIRDLER, JAILED m BOSTON.
a WOMAN ALSO IN THE Tolls
Charged With Working a Clair
voyant Skin Game and Swind-
ling Viola AIason-Their Arrest
in Minneapolis Last August
Brief and Brilliant Career in
This City-His Eastern Record.


Brief and Brilliant Career in
This City-His Eastern Record.
The victims of DR.. Frank P. Moore.
alias ''Dr. Hall" and a dozen other
aliases, and who otherwise described by
himself as Moses the Prophet" 1.-THE
Star of Mystery" etc, may now have
an opportunity of seeing justice melted
out TO the rascal. even if they do not re-
cover their money.
Word was received by the Gooding
detective agency yesterday to the effect
that the WHY doctor and his female part
ner had been arrested III Boston, where
he is wanted for a long line of sWindies
and crooked transactions.
The facts connected with the sensa-
tional arrest III this city of the doctor
and his paramount, last August, Will be
readily recalled by the readers of the
GLOBE. There was at the time con-
siderable mystery about the case,
and all the circumstances have not been
cleared up yet. While in this city the
doctor and MS partner worked the clair
vOyauJ racket, and they succeeded i'll
roping in large number of more or
less feeble minded individuals. The ar
rest, however, was made at the instance
of an alleged detective. or officers from
Chicago. and on being taken into Gus
tOdy both Moore and the woman showed
fight. making attempts TO use their re-
volvers. That the couple was success
full III their various SWlndling schemes
III the West was evidenced from the
fat rOl! carried by the doctor when
searched. amounting 10 several thou
sand dollars.
Marc Haynes acted as attorney for
Moore, and 1t was understood that he
received money TO settle the advertising
bills of several Eastern papers. At any
rate an attachment was served at the
time OF MOore's arrest TO secure claims
of the Kansas City Star and the Cincin-
natl Post. These cases were to have
been heard in the justice court yester-
day. but poStpOnment was taken oW-
ing to the absence of HAYNES, who is in
the East. In the meantime suit was
begun in the district court by the ST
Louis GlObe-DemOcrat to collect a claim
of $3.50, and in making disclosures Mr..
Haynes SwOre that he had no money be-
longing to the doctor.
Regarding his arrest and record 2
recent issue of the Boston Herald has
the following:
DR.. Frank P. Moore, thirty-Uhree
years old. who is known to the police
under a score of aliases. the principal
one being ''Dr. Hall" with any number
of surnameS, occupies a cell in Charles
street jail, much to the satisfaction of
the police, who have been looking for
him for abOut two years.
DR.. Moore. VINO is clasSed as one of
the cleyerest Of confidence swindlers.
Was arrested in Worcester YESTERDAY
afternoon by Detective O'Day. of that
city, upon the Geographic request of
Chief Inspector Coulter, he being want
ed here for the larceny OF $40 from
Viola Mason in July last
AS soon as the arrest was made the
Boston officers were notified, aud In
SpectOrS McCauslapd and. Howard went
TO Worcester and brought the man TO
this city. The doctor was taken TO the
jail. instead OF the TOmbS. as he was
still suffering from a broken leg, re-
ceived about two months ago in Mime
apOlis.
Tuesday night Inspectors McCausland
and Howard arrested Mrs. Minnie Cope
land. late OF No. COS Shawmut avenue.
on warrant charging her with swind-
ling ROXbury woman out of S179 last
July 10y pretending that she could draw
the capIIat prize in the Louisiana lot
terry.
At the same time the inspectors ex-
pected to capture her partner in the
business. the notorious Dr. Moore, who
was to be living at her house, put he
was away at the time of the officers
visit and Immediately left town, giving
out that he was going TO Cincinnati.
But the Off ers had aSceTtained that.
when closely pressed by any of his vic
tins. he had been in the habit of taking
up quarters in Worcester. where he car
TIed on his business until he thought
the coast was clear once more Accord
lngly, word was sent 10 the Worcester
officials, and he was soon in the hands
of the police