The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-15
DAILY A SLICK ONE
One of the Cleverest Confidence Opera
tors in the Country.
HIS NAME JOHN MORRlSSEY
The Kansas City Swindler Certain
Iy Seems to be a Convict Whose
Term Expired Last Week
at Deer Lodge.

4 or Lawrence Daly Tor SWlndllng IN
Kansas City created much comment.
especially with reference to the identity
of the prisoner, who is thought by
many to be the convict of that name
released from the Deer Lodge peniten-
tiary a few days ago. His familiarity
with Butte and Anaconda seems to
| justify the conclusion. The following
dispatches tell the story. the first COM
ing by associated press:
Kansas City, Jan. John Morris
sey. an old-time confidence man orig
inally from New York. is under arrest
here. charged with swindling the Met
ropolitan National bank out of $500 on
a bogus draft and with swindling
other Kansas City people. He was cap
tured at Sedalia, Mo-, last night, while
en- route East. Morrissey had been in
Kansas City about a week under the
claim of being Lawrence DAILY. sup
posed brother of Marcus DAILY. the
Montana multi millionaire mine owner.
and agent of the Rothschilds. easily
became ingratiated into the favor of
several local business men. He stopped
at the best hotel in town and submitted
to a newspaper interview in which he
said he was here to dispose of an Ana
NOHud SOiu lillilt llt INDlnSNllAic.
Morrissey became very popular and he
ughingly said to-day: THE people
forced themselves upon me. They want
ed to get me in on the ground floor.
i had to accommodate them" He sold
one man 10000 shares of the Fuller
mine for $50 and with a bogus check
endorsed by John Ii. McEwen. presi-
dent of the Southwest Millers De-
Oh,
tan National bank. lie was on the
point of swindling several other men
on bogus mine claims when a dispatch
from Denver disclosed his fictitious
identity and he suddenly left town.
Special Dispatch 10 the Standard.
Deer Lodge, Mont, Jan. H.-Law-
renee DAILY. who created such a furore
in mining circles tn Kansas City by
representing himself to be the agent Of
the RouhschIlds and a heavy stoc khold-
er in the Anaconda mines, Is none other
than the same Lawrence Daily who
graduated from the state prison here on
1.-THE morning of Jan. Z. He Is known to
have checked his little baggage TO that
point. and ms lost no time after obtain
ing his liberty to catch the first train
that would speed him to his destina-
to carry out the part he took in the
Kansas City affair no one who saw him
act his part In the play produced at
the penitentiary by the oonvicts on the
evening of December will question.
The Standards report OF the play had
this TO say OF Mr.. DAILY: Lawrence
Daily was the commanding general OF
the occasion. He was down on the bills
as the business manager. He also took
leading characters in the plays lie was
the easiest and most graceful actor on
the boards"
Lawrence Daily is a man about 45
years of age. feet 10 inches I'm height.
He weighs $50 pounds and is we'll pre-
served, although his hair and mustache
are ttnged with gray. Lawrence Daily
is only an assumed name. his right
name being Thought ITO be w v. Nick
les. His home is in Chicago where he
has some relatives, but through force
of circumstances ne found 1t necessary
to move to new fields He has Travelled
extensively I'm the West.