Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-14
MAN FROM THE WEST
Experienced No Difficulty
in Making Friends.
WHICH THEY NOW REGRET
Boston Business Men Swindled Out Of
Various Sums by Mr.. Mcbride.

have been In Boston 10 king Tor young
van named Scott and a companion, Tai
bot ID Gadd, alias Ira McSide. both said
TO be swindle $, who have been successful
In their operations to a remarkable degree.
Mcbride is wanted by the Boston police,
who say that h swindled score Of Bos-
ton business m,n, and bad brief but
dashing c. reer in this city, in which wine
and women figured largely He was
known by The name OF Mcbride in this
city, and inves iga ions since his depart
ure has reveale / his identity.
For a year aud a half he worked for
Superintendent Burgher of the Watkins
Automatic Fire Alarm and Extinguisher
company In the capacity Of special agent
While there he was an especially good
employ, and il is said brought a good
deal of business into the concern Nc
Bride always dressed we'll aud wen In the
very best OF society. He is about d or 80
years Of age. He made friends with every
body, aud until he iastily left the city an
enemy of his would h w been hard to
find. But within week after his depart
ure there We're dozens looking for his
scalp
He always made his lodgings at the
Grand hotel on Columbus avenue, and
there used to en-, ertaiu his friends In u
most lavish manner. He WAS a great
lover Of wine, aud this, togtthe with
certain woman he adored, are thought to
have caus, his dow nfa.l, although there
Is but little ,uUt but that he has swindled
people In a like m'nner in other cities,
and this il looked upon rs the reason for
his going under An rs ,umed name.
worked His Friends.
When he came to Boston about two
years ago he was pracli ally stranger In
this city, for hi, home i, In the far west
With him, however, he brought several
recommendations of most complimentary
nature, and he hal but little trouble iu
getting a position from Superintendent
Burgher Every hug went long we'll
until shortly before his departure from
Boston, a I'd hen he worked" his friends
aud acq rain tanCe-, secuiin in different
sums before he left money amounting to
5000 TO 5000
Shortly before his depar ure from Bos-
ton, say five or six weeks, there appe
on the scene IA woman WHO claimed to be
his wife, aud who WAS formerly an actress
connected with the McCauil Opera com
pany She lived with him at the hotel
until his dis ppearauce She is now known
to be in New York.
Soon after he came to Boston he made
the acquaintance of young man on Boyl-
ston street, and the tier became CRAFTY
interested in Mcbride, ana for some
time "chuu med' with him. Often Nc
Bride would ask the young man to dis
count paper aud cash checks for him.
which he would do. He always fouWd
them good un.Il the fellow left town, and
tn he discovered THAI he csshrd paper
4. q L. IN -.
was aDso utely worthless.
This is thr TACT in "A great many cases,
and among his victims are Superintendent
Bur her OF the aui oma ic company, who
endorsed draft lor $50 " hich was worth
less; w. II. Richardson q Co., gents
furnishers; Tailor Farring on; Proprietor
Reynolds of the Hotel Grand; Jeweler
Cohen; X III White q Co..; Louden g.
Wilson, tailors; Shoe Dealer Graham;
Tailor friedman ami mauy Others.
Collected at Lynn.
Just before his departure he went to
Lynn and there swindled three firms on
the repre- .entation that his employers had
sent him t. col ect money, WHEN In reality
he had no aut ority to do this. From j.
q. Marshall he obtained 500; Dearborn
Bros, 500. and from NJ. Butman he also
o
to find him.
When Mcbride went to Superintendent
Burghe aud iold the later that he had
decided to 20 with his wife for few DAYS
to the White mountains tn re was no OBJ
lection offered and he start on his sup
posed journey, but lie lever came back.
1t was not unit some time afterward that
the office di- C ,vered that he had left be-
hind his bad aud other things belong
ing To the uflite, which first made them
suspicious. IL was then that his other
crookedness came to light and the chief
inspector was consulted. Since then his
whereabou have been unknown.
McBride came ( ON good family, and
his ther, T.. J.. Gadd. of the firm of +. T.
Gadd a. Co wtritny real estate d alers Of
Lincoln, NIB has oft n been called upon
to clear the s1n OF trouble and settle his
debts This time NJ fused to aid the
young man.
When qulte young he left home aud
went to Inc s,uth, where he became a
Texas ranger. lie aftrrward went into
the real rs ate business. where he made
quite u lo' money, but qua de, ed Il all
on women. He sfterward became treas
urer Of the McCaul Opera company. At
one time it is said that he was also an
actor.
He had for an intimate friend while In
this city young man ned Scott who
swiudled the Bauermill Piano company
of New York out of "A consld rdble amount
Of money and for who's arrest n reward
has been Offered 1t ~ Thought hat both
of the young ,N nd e. = are now toQ .ther