Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-22
THO NICE IMr0STERS.
A Pair OF Confidence Men alleged to
he En- Route to This City to Work
Their Game

he En- Route to This City to work
Their Game.
Chief OF Police j. r. Dolan Tuesday re.
Celvct word from John j. Fraucy. Il we'll
known business man of shenandoah, Pa
stating that two impOstors, claiming to be
replted owners uf large mines in the west
lad paid him visit with 4 view 10 getting
him interested III the mines. the price of
which was sl2,0OO. lie went to Baltimore
on invitation Of one Of the Swindlers, he
says and while there he secured a man to
shadow one Of the men aud learned enough
to convince him that the stranger was
crooked whcrcupOn he dropped him,
The stranger registered at the Eutaw
House, in Baltimore, rs Walter ]. Philips.
The latter rode back to Philadelphia with
Mr. Franey and stated thai lie believed
he would come to Wilmington Del. The
second man registered at the Carroton
House, i'll Baltimore MS Charles Brown,
of san Francisco. California.
Mr.. Franey says that Philips first came
to his place in Shenandoah about week
ago. The stranger pulled from his pocket
aroll OF bills, in the midst, OF which was a
slip with the name James Franey"
written on it, The slip Of paper was
handed to Mr.. Francy. who said that was
his name The stranger pretended he
could MOI read the name lie said he was
looking for his uncle. who was older than
Franey, and that the uncle had come east
from Arizona, about six years ago. He
was looking his uncle NJ bccailsc he
vented him To 90 to Baltimore between
the 10th and 18TH to buy claim that ad-
Joins his own and that Of his partner in
the Idaho mining district of Colorado"
Philips and Brown claimed 10 have dis
covered very rich deposits of quartz rep
resrnting in value, Sl0O,0Oj Franey
agreed To accompany Philips TO Baltimore,
where, as stated, he got on tothe confidence
mans scheme AMI accused HIM of
treachery. He discovered that while
Philips cVntended he could neither read
nor write, he saw him reading newspaper
and sign paper which his confederate
had handed him while Franey was shadow
ing the pair, Brown also turned M in
Baltimore. Philips claimed that lie wanted
10 keep uut of Browns sight. while hraney
discovered that he was communicating to
him al that transpired between Franey
and him.
When Franey discovered Philips ras
cality he took him in hand at the Eutaw
Hotel, in Baltimore, where he accused
him OF duplicity, after Informing the i'm
poster that he had had d detective on his
track. The confidence man was crushed
by this information, but insisted that the
mine was all right. When the train reached
Philadelphia, OH the return trip from
49, ~ ''H ne I'm l"tt4'tt
sneaked away from HIM ~ Broad street
station, after saying THAI he was unde-
cited whether to 20 direct to Colorado or
60 to Wilmington. That Was the last
Franey saw Of the impostur.
When franey reached Shenandoah, he
found this telegram awaiting HIM
wilmington DEL, June lG. \ have received
reliable and valuable information from Colo.
r "a. ab9nt ny rf@,ertYi ny property s rot
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