Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-06
cULLED FROM THE COPS.
Swindlinx CIairvoyant Leaves Many
Northsfa Mourn . s-Pointers.

swindIinx CI.irvoy.nt Leaves Many
| Northsfa Mourn . s-POinters.
The police department is notified
by the La Crosse authorities to be on
the lookout for a swindling clairvoy.
ant, who made that city his head
quarters for limited time, much to
the sorrow Of merchants and others.
He is described as a miidle-aged man
with light complexion aud brown
hair, light mustache and light blue
eyes. He dresses neatly and is ap-
parently OF Swedish birth, although
his speech does not suggest the be-
lief. He uses poor grammar and
hesitates while speaking and flashes
several large diamonds and also a
large roll of greenbacks. He left La
Crosse in company with a young lady
whom he represented as his wife and
for whom he purchased sealskin
cloak and beaver cape before depart
ing. The man in question represents
himself as Prof. Arno and on ar
irving in city makes a
great flash through the news
papers of his wonderful powers.
His most successful money-making
scheme is in telling people visiting
him that there are large sums of
money buried on their premises, and
agrees to Locate it for one-quarter of
the amount. OF course there is
nothing to loose in that game so far
But Prof. Arno amends his PROPOSE
ton by claiming that in order to &C
complish the act without fear of fail
ure an envelope containing q neat
sum must be placed under the CALI
er's pillow to dream on a certain
length of time and then to be re-
turned to Prof. Arno and the buried
fortune will be located. But the pro-
lessor examines the envelope con-
tanning the money and while doing
SO exchanges it for one full of paper,
on which the party dreams, only to
find after several days that the pro-
lessor has flown. He works other
games also and does considerable
carriage riding and goes through all
sorts Of snowy performances.
Polio. Notes.
Ralph Cushman was fined So and
costs for last nights oesstly Jag.
He resides in Sears.
May and Lou Sibley and Jessie
Clark were fined SIS and costs apiece
for being keepers of houses of i'll
fame, and Lucy Gray. w. M. Martin
and Harry Tracy We're assessed SO
and costs apiece for being inmates.
All went to Jail in default of fine ex-
cept Jessie Clark.
Officer Carnes arrested John Bury
anek, of Milan, and Godfrey Joseph
son and Charles Systrom, of Moline.
for being drunk and disorderlv last
night. The Molineites were fined s.
and costs each, but Buryanek took a
until tomorrow morn
ing. and engaged Looney & Kelly to
fight his case.
j. o. Valentine was flimmed out
OF $3.50 by two confidence men yes
terday. The game was a somewhat
new one and was worked so cleverly
that the men could have got much
larger amount, il the victim had ha
it. MIR. Valentine was waiting in the
Peoria depot for the Cable train,
when a stranger with dark whiskers
struck up conversation with him.
Mr.. Valentine was asked to walk
outside. Near the Milwaukee depot
a smooth-faced young man came up
to Mr.. Valentines friend and de-
manded the payment of a bill imme-
diately. The man said he only had
a $500 check and asked his creditor
to wait few days. But he could
not do it. So Mr.. Valentine was
asked to loan his friend some money
to be returned at Cable. The old
man turned out his pockets. He had
but $3.50. But they got it.