The record-union., 1893-12-27
CRUISE OF A YOLO CRGOJO.
He Plans to Purchase Sacramento
Property.
Borrows Money From the Owners and
Then Disappears Like a
Yolo Mirage.

A young man giving his name as 0.
w. Blodgett, and who claimed the vicinity
of Blacks Station, Yolo County, as his
abiding place, will receive warm holi-
day welcome at the hands of several con-
fding gentlemen of this city when next
he visits here, but the probability is he
will not come.
Special Policeman Warner is one OF
those who are just pining for an oppor-
tunity to take the Yolo gentleman to
their breasts, while Mr.. Bates, who runs
the City Hotel saloon, would travel even
to the city's outmost gate to welcome Mr..
Blodgett.
According to Warmers story, himself
and the saloon-keeper have been badly
victimized by the smooth-tongued Mr..
Blodgett. Warner owns neatly fur
nished cottage out at Oak Park. and hav-
ing somehow made the acquaintance of
the gentleman from Yolo, he learned
from the latter that he had come to Sacra-
mento to reside and to invest here the
many ducats he had laid up while en-
gagged in raising wheat over in Yolo. Mr..
Blodgett was quite taken with Oak Park,
and finally made Warner an offer OF
81, 100 for his property there.
Warmers business as special police
man down town makes it rather lncon-
venient for him to reside so far away,
and he was looking for just such q
chance to dispose of his property. He ac-
cepted Mr.. Blodgetts generous offer,
and then lent the gentleman S2l-presuln-
ably to bind the bargain-although the
capitalist said he would return it when
| they came to sign the papers day or two
later. He was just out of change at that
time, and didn't want to send away over
to Blacks Station for the small sum
needed.
Another thing that made Warner feel
good was Mr.. Blodgett's announced in
tention to purchase the City Hotel prop
erty and install Warner as manager, or
lessee, or something of the sort. Blod-
gett apparently had made some impress
sion on the City Hotel folks, also, for
during his few days stay i'll the city he
ran up bill there for board, and also
borrowed a little pocket money from the
proprietor-until he could go over to
Blacks and close up his business there.
He was likewise a good patron of the
hotel saloon, and the proprietor of that
department allowed him credit for drinks
and money advanced-until he could
close UP his business in Yolo-to the eX-
tent Of some SIS.
Finally Mr.. Blodgett bade his new
friends brief good-by several days ago,
and hastened away to Blacks Station to
wind up his affairs there and ship his
wealth Of golden ducats over to this city.
The following day Warner received a
letter from him, dated at Blacks Station,
stating that he would soon have every
thing arranged and would return to Sac
ramento to complete his purchases of real
estate, etc.
That was the last heard of him, and
now Warner became suspicious. He and
the City Hotel people put their heads to-
gether and came to the conclusion that
they were played for suckers.
NOT OF THAT KIND.
After the above was put in type the
RECoRD-UNIoN learned by telephone
from the Woodland Mail that there is
family named Blodgett having property
interests in the vicinity of Black S Station
in that county, but that they are people of
the highest respectability.
Oscar Blodgett is at present making his
home at Woodbridge, San Joaquin
County, for the purpose of sending one
of his sons to the United Brethrea's coll
lege there. he being a prominent MEM
Der of that sect and man of strict integ-
ritv and temperate habits.
1t would seem from Warmers state
ment, that someone who knows the
Blodgetts has used the name for the pur-
pose of getting money by dishonest
methods.
FOUND HIS MAN.
Warner went over to Yolo yesterday
and located the man he wanted on a farm
a few miles from Blacks. He found him
and made him disgorge mis- ill-gotten
gains.
Warner returned to the city last night,
and congratulates himself on his detective
abilities.