The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-13
MILES GRANT, HOODO0
Alias Harry Waite, Doing Business IN
0lhef Sections
TRICKS EXPOSED IN DENVER
He swIndled People in Butte and
Now He Shows Up In San
Jose: and Other Cities
4 They al Want Him.

BUTTE, April 12.-There arc many
people IN Butte and surrounding towns
who will remember Miles Grant. alias
Harry Waite, who did such a thriving
business in this city some months ago.
telling fortunes and selling love powders
and charms and transacting q general
spiritualistic and fake business until the
STANDARD gave HIM several columns of
write up in the nature of an expose. The
suave Harry, IL seems, has been doing the
sans kind of business in different parts
of the country since leaving Butte. and
according to the following from n Denver
paper of last Wednesday. has at last got
himself into serious trouble:
ssGay young Frank Hamilton, alias
Harry Waite, was arrested yesterday
morning by the city authorities upon q
fugitive warrant. The information lead
ing to the arrest of Hamilton came from
San Jose. Cal, and 1T is charged that
Hamilton secured $500 from q woman,
which he failed to return.
Hamilton came to Denver two weeks
ago and opened up pariors at 1854 Wei
ton street. He advertised himself to be
the greatest medium in the world. His
personal appearance Is striking. He Is
short individual and does not appear 10 be
over 10 years of age. He has a glib tongue
and he did not fail to get in his work here.
The Sunday after his arrival several per-
sous visited his parlor. among them being
a gentleman with long black whiskers.
This man, says Hamilton, was hoodoo.
The day following Hamilton was arrested
upon charge of false pretenses, the
complainant being one of his lady visit
ors, who accused him of running lottery
scheme and also of defrauding her out OF
$22.
"Hamlton will be held in Jail awaiting
further information. He claims that y
- l.<.r aoA
to associate are at the bottom OF his
troubles
Another account of his arrest says:
Hamilton is a clairvoyant and a spirit
ualist, and since he has been in Denver
he has had an Office on Welton street near
18th. He claims that a certain band OF
spiritualists are trying to drum him out of
town and that the charge has been made
against him to attain this end. Hami ton
Is but % years of years of age. but he has
already gained notorety in his business.
He was arrested here, on the same
charge. preferred by local man, few
days ago, but was released upon squaring
the case with the victim. Hamilton has
only been here few weeks, but. accord
ing to reports at police headquarters,
does not lack for dupes. When arrested
he wore diamond ring of great value
A dispatch from San Jose gives the fol-
lowing account of his career at that place !:
ssChief of Police Kidward to-day received
dispatch from Chief George l.. Goulding
of Denver stating that Harry Waite the
alleged astrologer and splrnualist, was in
Jail there. He is wanted in this cry on q
charge of grand larc any. Chief Kidward
will send TO Sacramento tomorrow to Sc
euro requisition papers from Governor
Budd. and will then proceed to Denver. y
"Waite is much wanted in this city. Al
ready there are numerous letters awaiting
his return from the many persons he
swindled while here.
AIRS. A. S. McWilliams went to Waite
and wanted to get some very valuable in
formation. In order to secure il the lady
was told she would have TO make some
sacrifice, and upon asking what IL was she
was informed that she would have TO give
up n diamond ring that she had on her
finger, which was valued at 500.
"Waiie then told the woman the lottery
ticket that he had just handed to her
would draw $4,000. he said the ring
would do him no good. as he would crush
it up, and BIZ some sleight oflhand work
the ring disappeared. The woman waited
patiently. but the ticket never drew any.
thing He is alleged to have swindled
many others in similar ways. and it Is
said the amount he got away with will ex'
coed 81 5O0.o