Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-15
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have bseo m Boston ioskinx for young
man nsned Scott aud = companion. Iaf
bot D G1dd. alias Ira Mcbride. both sid
to be sxindlers. who have been sccceskxui
10 their operations 60 q r~nlarkaeie degrse.
Mcbride i. wanted By the Boston pnliee.
who say ssss h- sxindisd . score q Boz
toa hus. mss men. and bad brief nos
dsssi esre=r in this city, in which wine
and women figured iarSeiy- he va
known hy the name Of Mcbride IN TINS
city, and irvss igaEions since Ms 0ecA1t
urs has reveaie his sertisy-
Fora year and halt he worked lot
Superintendent Bargher OF the watkins
Automatic Fire Alarm and Exingaisae1
company. in the esp seisy CT special asea.
While tser- he was an espeeisiy soo
sapieys, aud il is said orruzhs sood
Aeat o; business into the concern NC
Bride aiways drrssd we'll aud wsnl IN tne
very be-t OF society. he Is about . OF "
Years Of age tie made friends with every
body, aud until he hastily left the city an
enemy OF his would have been hard 10
find. But within week after his depart
ure there were dozens looking Tor his
scalp
He always made his lodgings at the
Grand hotel on Columbus avenne, anu
there usei 10 eatertaia his tfirnos IA q
most lavish manner. He was a great
lover Ct wine, aHd this. together VITA
certain woman be adored, are thouent 10
have caused his downfall. although ihsre
is but little ,uot but that he has swindled
people in a like msnner In other cities,
aud this is looked upon as the reason ior
his going under an assumed name.
Worked His FRIENDS.
When he came to Boston about two
Years ago be was practically stranger Ia
this city, for his home i. in the far west.
With him. however. he brought several
recommendations of = most complimentary
nature, and he bal but little trouble In
getting position from superintendent
Burgher Everything went along well
until shortly before his departure from
Boston, aad then he worked ais friends
;,nd acquaintance, securing IN different
sums before he left money amounting 10
I3utj5 to 5000.
Shortly before his departure from Bos-
ton, say FIVE or six weeks, there appe ,red
on the scene a woman who claimed TO lie
his wife, aud who was formerly an actress
connected With the McCauI Opera com
pany She lived with him at the hotel
nntil his disappearance. Sue Is now known
TO be in New York.
Soon after he came to Boston he made
he acquaintance Of young man on Boyi-
ston street, and the tier became CRAFTY
interested in Mcbride. ami for some
time "chummed" with him. Often Nc
Bride would ask the young man 10 dis
count paper aud cash checks for him.
which he would do. He always found
them good until the fellow left town, aud
h-n he discovered that he cashed paper
fOr him to the extent OF about S5oo which
WAS absolutely worthless.
This is the fact in "a great many cases,
and among his victims are Superintendent
Bursh her OF the automatic company, who
endorsed draft for $50 which Was WORTH
less; w II. Richardson * Co, gents
iurnishers; Tailor Harrington; Proprietor
Reynolds of the Hotel Grand; Jeweler
Cohen; K H. White & Co.; Louden &
Wilson, tailors; Shoe Dealer Graham;
Tailor friedman ami many Others.
Collected at Lynn.
Just before his departure he went to
Lynn and there swindled three firms on
he repre- sent alton that his employers had
lent him to col lect money, when Ia reality
le had no authority to do this. From j.
.. Marshall be obtained 500; Dearborn
Bros. 800, and from NJ. Butman he also
.,scured quite a sum Others are anxious
O find him. --5
When Mcbride went to Superintendent
t,urgher and told the latter that he had
decided to go with his wife for few days
70 the White mountains there was no OBJ
lection offered and he started on lis sup
posed journey, but LIE never came tack.
| t was not until some time afterward that
The Office discovered that he had left be-
ind his BADGE and other things belong
ny to the Office, which first made them
suspicious. 1t was then that his other
rookedness came to light and the chief
aspector was consulted. Since then his
whereabouts have been unknown.
Mcbride came ftom good family, and
is father, T. Z. Gadd. OF the firm of f. I.
add & Co, wealthy real estate dealers Of
lincoln, Neb, has often been called upon
o clear the SON OF trouble and settle his
;ebts This time he refused to aid the
foung man,
When quite young he left home and
vent to the south, where he became a
exas ranger lie afterxard went into
he real estate business, where he made
1uite lot If mouey, but squaudered 1t all
n women He afterward became treas
urer Of the McCaull Opera company. At
ne time it is said thai lie was also an
gctOr.
He had for an intimate friend while in
this city Young man named Scott who
swiudled tine Bauerniiller Piano company
If New York out OF a considerable amount
If money and for whose arrest reward
his been offered 1t is thought that both
# the young swindlers are now together