Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-27
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Yesterday sfsssaoou warrant wes y.
sued fos hges street, @ the charge At
obtaining money BY enlsc prstrnss.
which VAS placed In ccs,aeabls Nunger's
hsnsis 10 serve. Pxgc hsa bcen making
his headquarters II the Irving housr.
and MAS cro.<ins fouFth street bridge
about s O'Clock lnst 'svoning u pace
that would indicate that he wanted IA
80 nan pgstty bslly a the ssss sids-
Munger got GA hn trail and. BY running
several Gocks ovsrhauled him about
midway of the bridge.
He Vas taken belosD Justice Logan.
Who fixed his bond II $4,000 20 appear
at his oGlcs tDmwroW forenoon IT 10
o'clock. The fellow had only about go
and wss sent 81 Jail IL u quite prob
able that tho result u his preliminary
trial toseorrow will be binding over ~
the grand jury.
Nasure - shs awin<ileI
The scheme u the old. old one vith =
few embsllishments- IL 10 strange,
indeed. that persons can be - easily Gu
shared by thsss Willy scoundrels WHOSE
schemes are exposed In every journal IN
the land more or less- The article ITSELF
10 only IN ordinary tin contrivance about
two and . hall feet long. Followed on
the top " conform To the fsllos Of the
wagon wheel Oil - put in this and =
fire made by pouring kerosene over .
wire cage containing asbcstos Tho firo
heats the oil In the box. in which COO
ditiou il readily enters the wood. caus-
ing il to expand and making the tire
taut The principle Is al right and
several Orange township farmers tell US
that they get their wagon tires in no
other way. But this particular article
IL very cheaply put up. probably not to
exceed q. and on Il 10 no notice that the
article il patcpted ~ who the manufac
turer OF Il is.-Watcrloo iowa Daily
Times. June -
q. W. Fry, q wealthy farmer living
near Vinton. made transaction in this
city Tuesday which. to all appearances.
viii cause him ~ lose goodly portion
OF his wealth.
II seems that one N. j. Page called
upon him at his homo last week and
proceeded 10 show him q patent wagon
tire setter. claiming for it great merit,
as it would enable the farmers TO set
their own tires in q manner not equaled
by the blacksmith. Page represented
that he controlled the right Of the sale
Of the article and induced Fry to buy a
certain territory in the state for $1,000
in cash. Page came 81 the city Tues
day in company with Fry and placed
the article on exhibition at j. X.
Vaughan's implement establishment.
Soon after this another party giving his
name as ID. ID. Frisbie came up. He
claimed tn own . hall interest in the
patent. but was quite anxious to dispose
Of his interest in the concern
Frisbic and the Swag.
About this time another man came up
and he pretended to want to buy some
attachments to q moving machine.
That was 81 = secondary importance.
however, as he Was no doubt an accom-
plicc IL both Page and Frisbie He at
once became infentiy interested in the
great labor saving article" and offered
Page 60 = township for some territory
in the western part Of Iowa, which
amounted in all to $500. Page told
Fry it would mean q few thousand dol
lars ia their pockets IL they purchased
Frisbies share. who was very anxious to
sell. The scheme had such a roseate
hue for Fry that he entered upon ne
gotiations with Frisbie and offered him
t3.200 for his interest ard gave three
promissory notes for payment Frisbie
took the notes and dccampcd, as did the
man who was so eager 10 purchase q
portion OF the right