The herald., 1895-01-11
CAREER OF YOUNG,
THE SW|NDLER,
IN PETALUMA.
The Wife Beater Gathered .
Golden Harvest.
Experience Of an Editor Who
Trusted Him.
AS A SOCIETY LEADER
A Souvenir Edition Thst Never
Came Ont.
AS A SOCIETY LEADER.
A Souvenir Edition Thst Never,
Came Ont. !,
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PxrALuMA, Jan. 10.-Thomas L.
Young, a. pseudo Newspaper man who
was arrested in Los Angeles - Nav
Years evening for druukennass an4
wife beating and Ansd 500 yesterdayr
and who. it ia said. married . San Fsan-,
cisco girl. deserving her . tow days afters
wsrds, besides buncoing her out Of
money and vAluables. 10 wanted ID Psta-
lums, and in all probability, aftsr the
the Southern California officials Gee
through with him, he will brought here.
whore he will be given an opportunity
to explain certain financial traneacsions
which in tsrss English would b. eallsd
awindling.
HIS ADVENT IN PErALUHA.
Last July there cams 70 Potalums
Thomas L. Young. spruce. dsbensir
and naughty. He claimed 20 hall from
Louisiana, and said he was . jonsnaliut.
He soon convinced the editor q tho
Daily Evening Imprins that - . noWs>
lpapareann there was not his eolsi = Al
this broad land. .rns editor. won ~ the
new comer's plsusibility. made arrange
msnts with him to get ont . souvenir
edition of the Daily Evening Imprint.
he paper to be elegantly gotten up.
respleudeut with cuts. and to outshine
everything ever attempted in the line.
Being educated. polished, sauvs and
q brilliant conversationalist, Yonng soon
made many friends and was not long I'M
using them to further his, own ends.
1t was not long before j. T. 6tuddsrts
proprietor Of ths Imprint, began to sus-
poet crooksdness on the part Of the
smooth-salking Younx, and keeping
close watch discovered that his sur..
mises had been correct. Young was in
vited to q conference; and whom the
editor accused him Of being dishonest
hc Was apparently much panied and en-
desvorsd to convince his accussr that
he was much malignod. It was neces-
sary to produce proof. and then Young
acted like q baby. With tears in hia
eyes he asked for lenienoy. and with
much protestation OF "nsvsr doing 90
again." succeeded in winning over the
puUubuok W kiVo hias AhotuSh shAeAs
COSTLY ERROR.
Therein the editor erred, for Y oung
not only pursued his old tactics but
taught the editor an experience valued
1t several hundred dollars. Then
Young borrowed money right and loft
BY falsely stating that his employer
owed him money. was out OF town and
would pay him on return, though there
was not cent coming to him.
Livery stable propristors. policsmsn.
editors, landlords. several saloons and
numerous well-known citizens we're
made victims of the sleek operator for
sums varying from 81 up, and those In
Petalura whose "legs are really longer
than they ought TO be" are legion. Thus
Young worked the gullibls. Z,
RODE ON PASS.
One day Young announced pom mpously
that he Was going TO San Francisco to
''close contract with the railroad CONS
pauy." Young went. but he never
came back. Incidentally he took the
advertising contracts and realized SUBJ
stantially ON some Of them. The police
we're put on his track. bat NO clue 20
the willy swindlsr was found until some
Petaluma citissns who went to the Los
Angeles fair met him. his pockets filed
with coin and himself faultlsssly attired.
He was posing there ~ nabob. The
next heard Of him WAS his arrest.
Young is man Of fins appearance. con-
siderable personal magnstiam and
found no trouble In living on hia wits.
While here he became intimate with
many prominent people and lived high.
He travelled along the line Of tbs San
Francisco and North Pacific railway
on . pass furnished for iavors to b
shown the company in hts big writs-up
Of the valley.
T6iu In the season 60 got the best