Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-14
A SMOOTH STRANGER
A Number Of salt LakeTS Brush Up
AGAINST Him 10 Their Sorrow.
HIS NEW RESIDENCE on | STREET


Auuh MS htIAitNAh lANa"tNANAN NNA
Denver yesterday morning ON the 1905
Rio Gunde Western passenger train
after xix days Of close and successful
application ~ businetH.
He took with him considerable cash,
clothing ami other article for which
The rightiul owners have teen
fcrambllng Tor moro than twcnly.iour
hour, but which they do not now
expect 10 recover.
The story OF their sorrow may be
briefly aummed up as follow:
About ten days ago the well know
real estate frm Of Miller & Miller int
brOihcn-no rrlationl OF this city,
received u letter from a stranger stop
ping temporarily nj Ogdon. He repre-
sunIed himself rs being n woli.tU.do
business man In search u d home and
announced that he would Visit the
capital In few days 10 look over the
city.
About the same time he punncd n
communication TO HHrril, the state
street furniture dealer tn which he
said that he was debiroua OF furnishing
home ~ this city. His letters were
tigned: "samuci Phillip" Both
iifma were naturally anxious 10 do
business with Nit. Philiipa anu both
wrote him courteous and palfOniziug
replies. In n fow dnyt-0n Turuay
las,-Mr. Phillips arrived Ia Salt Lake
all ready for business. Ito secured
pleasant aud quiet quarters az the
private frBldcucu u Mrs. Emma Nyr,
ut No. 285 east Second South, anu
then called upon tue Mrssfs. Miller.
l.. g., NJ once took him in hand or
rather he took l.. O., la hand anu Co..
gothcr they visited q number Of houses
tho iifm had Tor sale.
Tho prospect tor disposing OF a house
and lot finally resolved Itself down TO
two pieces ut property. Tue keys for
thcto residences wutu turned over to
BIT. Phillips and be visited them SOW
efal timee during the week, IN the
meantime calling frequently upon
thU Messrs. Miller Aud suggest.
ing various improvements aud
changes. lilo talked freely Of his
family affairs. lie said he had n wife,
three children and m0theT.in.lnw,
all Of whom be represented were here
with him. Ills vile, lac said, was n
native Of Brazil ami the beloved and
only daughter and heireEB Of mill.
iOnaito south American Coffee plan
tati0n owner.
Ho was very fond Of his wife, he
claimed anu was anxious 10 please her
IN every way possible, and as she had
taken n liking 90 the beet house shown
him by the MesBru. Miller aud Of which
the purchase price was 5000, no de.
clded TO take II at the lgure named.
On Saturday he CAME 10 close up the
trade and apologized very effectively
on account OF being unable 10 get the
Salt Lake banks 10 put up cash on
certain certified checks and Now York
drafts held by him, He, however
showed l.. g., a duplicate deposit
check on the American National Tor
between si1O and $500. But he deemed
this OF no use anu was therefore
anxious 10 leave the Transaction open
until Monday. But belng pressed by
Mr.. Miller to close the deal there aud
then he wrote out check for $3.50 In
the hfm's name on the American
National bank Of this city for which
he received conditional receipt
A lew minutes later ana no had
made his deOut before Mr.. Harris aud
soon selected furniture amounting 10
sl8l. To Mr.. Harris lao represented
TINT he had Just made n real estate
purchase with Miller 4 Miller and had
paid out all Of hla ready cash and pro-
duced receipt 10 prove the truthful
ness Of his statement. He next pro.
posed 10 give Mr.. Harris q certified
check for sl65 on the Commercial Ma.
,iohal Bank Of Peoria, Ills, drawn In
favor OF one Egbeft. This he
asked Mr.. Harris 10 accent
and give him the difference IN cash.
This the latter refused 10 do stating
that he was not acquainted with Mr..
Phillips and wanted time to irquite
as 10 whether the check was bOuHil ie.
But Mt. Harris was not anxious to lose
sale Of such proportions these hard
times and asked Mr. Philips II he
would accept o. eek for $3.50
representing the difference, dated the
l4th, two days ahead. OF course he
would-and did.
Mr. PHILIPPE did no. propose o lose
any time as In lees than ten minutes
after this deal ho called at Lipp-
man d WaIersteiu's, the clOthieTs
with Mrs. HAtrls'a check and pur.
chased four or five dcllars' worth OF
goods ana got the balance In cash.
Later still he turned up at Goldsmith
a Co.'S with certified check drawn
on tho Commercial National bank of
Ogden for Sij, with this he
purchased $50 suit OF olothos aud
got sg5 In cash. Tho check has since
been pronounced forgery as has also
the one on tho Illinois bank, Mr.. Har-
ris today receiving the following tole.
gram: "EgbeTt's check not genuine.
No such account on our books"
Yesterday morning the Tribune an.
nounoed that W. h, Hubbard, presi.
dent Of the CbRmter OF Com nercs
had sold a nice residence on | street
to :. Phillips from New York City for
$4,000 This Is tho same Phillips ami
II II stated that he worked Mr.. Hub |
bard in a manner that enriched him,
self considerably though the East
Waterloo property ruatler is 10th to
communicate Information on that |
point.
Phillips is about thirty.tlve years OF |
age, OF diminutiyo stature being but |
little more than five feet high, Of |
swarthy complexion with dark nous.
tacho and polished manners, Ho has |
decided German accent and his ohiro- |
graphy shows him 10 DO a man Of edu. |
cation and ability with as many styles |
OF writing rs any Jim the Penman In
the country.
Chief ofPolice Paul regards him as
being the shRrpest swindler who has
HHaNH a a. a