Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-20
LIVED LIKE A PRINCE.
THE sLIcKEsT CoNFiDENCE MAN ~
TiiE WORLD.
some ot the Many stories THAT They
Tell ~ Culinary Joc's" Wonders
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tiafy In Baltimore the other dny. Alvanl
f. ono OF the suuve and well sfcoined
Mr.. lewis assumed names when he is
'out Tor the dust Another alias adopt
cd by this excessively smooth ilnanciei
is Horny +, Post. %singulurly enough. II
l- generally believed among tn" frater-
MT" who derive cpulonve from the cred-
uliiy OF their fellow men by means OF vari-
oua econ genes. that u was a crook
whose meme d. Post IN reality who was
guilty OF tho act for which "Hlunrty Joe
hinorr. Tho elegant Mr; Reci .Waddeil.
Who Ufterwuri suCcumh"d TO The contents
Of Mr.. Thomas p'Hrlrn'S revolver IN PAris,
Iai. 70 me a, couple OF years ago IN the
- don't IKE 'Ioc.' but II is only fair
TO say he was wrongly convicted In BAL.
tiEui,. u" was not tho guilty man at
am. no tljcl. OF course. to defend himself.
hrt. although Post and he were, enemies
h. didn't 'squcul' when they soaked MIN.
ior.c, but h. has the laugh on joe" .
Joe was In his time the sEiouth"st AMI
most successful operator OF his class. 1t
was always his especial dclight to trap
men 'f pr"minehc. and the list OF ms
victims contains tn" names OF soine OF
Amorirn's greatest men. tpon one occa.
sion Prior. private detective OF the tifth
Avenue hotCl, saw General John a. Logan
fascinating MIR, Lewis. IN" two men went
NJ TO Gencfil l].ognn's rooms. and the
detective, after thinkins thc matter over
door was opened, Mr.. Prior said;
"Geasrni d? yog know }his mani"
IN" f. the son Of my old friend. Blank,
tn. banker. " Cairo.
'lgi are mlstahen' tciorted Prior, He
i Hungry joe: the slickest confidence
hlAl. IN IN" world
81 am amazed exclaimed Joseph. with
an expression such as might possess tho
face Of a lamb observing q dynamite en-
pI1,loh OF Et'nt masnltMdo.
Lave ,hr room ,sir roured General
i.oEhn at Iilor, y shalI report you to the
Ia'I''Hhor ior nuNihE SiossIN ana Vfatuit-
az, /, III. ''''" ~ menus SUN Leave l'"-
"veyy E,or st." sat, pnta.
81 TX, ~, siIt TUT Us ne wen,
I'M !io ! nave warned Eou-'hat Is all
"a ~
au m1'1 nn hour iiuntrr Joe came down
go ~ IlnseHt"i 70 i"s ,ashl'f an orh'f
~ S'',, uy'IInE u'"'ihl LOGAN : Slfnnlnre.
- ~ IirSt'' Vut 70 tnr Stte't the satufhlhc
der dcreI pr I . r5 Sss'r nnl s a9yo 'h hir inGney nns
anm,, stmt.ol lausn,
~ Soursr ','herll Logan never prosecut-
.I. 4>eIlh,t nlI mat 3lher Western stateS-
NV EhEihnd wise man. Charles Francis
1919 "VL un. Of M "lheF lIuSttloHS
AmerlG9h eiil@enS VINO from TIM to time
,u.ultei ~ ne IiegS'ht n.L eNpenr,Ne INN
ulH "l nj i'"I1 a1'l'hln'hhte' me oUlE
men of wide celebrity who eyer fell into
ery ovcr his losses was oscar Wilde. Joe
t""'hHH w me ior $500 OF wnlch $l'V,, was
~ Glsn a4i ~. remainHar N noteS' Mh,n
L IMnaH un nc "stnetr ifiton ,hht he
n9i bcrn trimmed ne went to AieNander
~ lI'.!n!S' Nuo was A. ma tifnt captaIh OF
IhH, t'hIerI2in rregihst' and moahed' re
a ~ Mc " nTt WISH 20 tst p"yH M G'Sn,
nv NHt'u Nnl IL slWh't u 1V' "oulH T.
turti inc notes M,llatns SEM OUT Tor ne
Uu.h" iham, 'ut Wheh ne reported al inc
S'at'Tn mouse san 70 NM; ~. u.u,o
JOE, want tAose notes MI NAuc
sagt SoW, D., r.s,or,os TO ,f,h r,
l"ft3Lhiy teSpohdci Joe WIN hlunh
ChrertulntSS. as ~ proHneeI me desired
way Williams said he would be- pleased