The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-03
SWINDLER OF WOMEN
A FAKIR WHO TRIED To BLK
PIKE STREET MILLIyERs.
He Tried 70 Get Oaly . Dollar and
six Bits Out Of Each One. bat
Failed to Get Even That-A ket-
tie Of Tar Sells Over and Starts
q Tsre-DtphtheFia in the schools.

The getty sw.n5ier has once mere made
his appearances. This t1ns re - trying 20
alcA few dollars from TIA pockets y
r<s.iIinars Re has worked in3us--togsiy
Oh PTxe street. sGt. Of course. every oZs
CT tsss intended victims escaped
T'ns srfacier. more properly pernars IN
s,sc-ezst9i sw1a1-r. Is tall man. zgsd
saoEt - yea-a His compilation - Lgn-
He wears 3 lark. red3ssh nalstacha
Ssr<uls-sy enough. rrs women. o. a. least
some % rhsns. failed 10 note the s.yls os
ciosaes he were.
whea the tai ran win RE reddish
nussschs called al Mrs AArgx-es Affairs
millinery store day o~sovs yesterday he
tod her wfth so1rish o. e-u-npess that
ecwa q. SewhaiF.. meaning the ssg New
bali store IN the Ratio BLOCK, they coz
s.1=red her a very smart and honest
woman. srS {. was owing 70 this stzta
% Affairs that be had coma 10 see her On
. nattsr % Business At this stage O. he
game he bad ossn sent from the store.
later he came from somewhere else. He ex-
Planet 10 Mrs AIi2tt that the manage
rae1st ot Nexhza's had cone 20 the con-
ciasion that l. would give up handing
the Standard patterns direct and place.
agencies n 5sGerea. parts Of the city.
He cad that he had occurred al agent
down :owG. and that Mrs. A-la.; had oeen
selected as a proper person 10 han1ls tns
patterns II the Pike street district.
A nice case sr the goods woasd % put
in By the a~n. and oGs OF the SAILS Mrs
Aiiltt would be allowed 10 retain % per
cent Ars- AAatt was becoming interested
but then how was she 70 know that her
caller had been giving the same story %
Mrs ishagn ana to Mrs. Ferguson. ether
nIlilaevs oa the same stres-2 Incidental
". TIE asen. remarked that it woa-d cost
Mrs. A4sst5 SIS 10 hAve her address and
name printed on the fashion Plates that
accompany the Patterns. This money
could hs paid 20 him AMI rhe firm would
furnish boy 10 distribute them Mrs.
Alatt was willing 70 undertake ths sale
o. the patterns. bat suggested tnat the
arm have the printing done on the plates
and take pay oat CT the money sae toog
In from sales
Nj. Reddish. was OF rsse opinion that
.hss plan would not work. He said that
rs woGl6 caE LATER In the dag. expecting
that by that time Mrs AIlast would -
ready 10 give him 81 70 and become New
mars epreSentat.xs n the middle dAstr-c,
CT the city.
After lie had gone. one OF Mrs. AUatt's
lady friends called 70 see her ard they
talked the matter ever. In the midst Of
their conversation the smooth gentleman
returned and was escorted to the psrIor.
Then Mrs. AIiatts friend ran over to The
nearest telephone an6 called up Newhalls
store She told them about the man and
his pattern story. and received the reply
that the man was an irnpostor OF the worst
kind.
Mrs AlIatts friend ran back to the nil
hnery store ard told Mrs. Auatt that the
management at Newhails said the man
was an impostor.
Mrs. Aliatt told him this He fel, great
~ agSrsevei. and explained that he had
nothing 10 DO with Newhalis but Instead
had been sent cut by the general agent OF
the Standard Pattern Company to dad
agents. IS IL was the intention OF the COM
pany 20 take the agency away from New
hau About this time policeman passed
the door. and Mrs. Aliatt's visitor almost
yelled out that Il wouli not Re necessary
for Mrs. Allatt 90 Fay that sl75 until she
received the patterns and the nice case
Mrs Allatts friend made move as II TO
cali In the policeman. and the gentleman
suddenly remembered that he had buss-
ness down the street