, 1897-10-20
'HE Was BOUND OVER.
v. WOLF, NOTORIOUS CROOK
PUTS UP A SMOOTH
GAMD.
But Fails to Give a Good Reason Why
His Drafts Are No, Honored-One
o. the Sm0othest Crooks on the
Road-The Methods Used by the
Swindler.

This afternoon at 2 O'Clock V. WCIf
brought to Cheyenne TO stand trial for
~swindling a Cheyenne business firm, had
his preliminary hearing and was bound
over to die district court in the sum
OF $500. Wolf. as fhas been shown, by
his career OF the last 10 years, is as
smooth a deadbeat as was ever behind
he bars Tcd the defense he offered this
afternoon shows his nerve, if nothing
more. Through his assuming appear
ance and Masnoic connections, WuH has
been successful in getting various bust
ness firms over The c0unDry to indorse
drafts and Though ARRESTED time after
time, has been successful in Keeping out
OF jail half the time at least. In Dem
Yer he was arrested for beating Hotels
and influencing his son to desert from
the linked States army ReQuisition
papers were sworn out for the below
ty his vic1lm in This city and although
Uhe fellow was wanted in various lCcali-
ties by victims of his nefarious schemes,
he was turned over to Sheriff Shaver
and has been in the county Jail in this
ciCy Cor some weeks.
Anyone listening TO VOLTS defense OF
an almost hopeless case today can easily
ccou Tor 'hish brilliant success as a
law breaker and general s%coundrel.
WoIf arrived in Cheyenen about a
year ago and representing himself as
the agent OF A. Selgel, 1856 Washington
street, New York. he lived in swell style
in Cheyenne for about two weeks and
his sample whisky was surely A No. l
and was very cheap, bur slll not cheap
enough TO cause serious suspicion.
About a week before he left the city he
sold a Cheyenne man a large bill OF
whisky TO be shipped at once. Just pre-
vious TO his departure he ran short Of
funds and leisurely requested OF his vic
tim that he cash a check for $3.50. His
manner was bold. appearances good and
his past action had been slYch as to
crea,e a favorable Impression. The draft
was cut down to $40 and Endorsed by the
business man, who found in a few days
that he had been swindled, Gs the Chem
zeal National bank OF New York could
find no such mar as A. Seigel and no
such place as 1S5 Washington street. A
letter was written to New York and per-
|sonal Inquiries made, but the postoffice
officials sent back The reply, NO such
man can be found and the firm of A..
Selgel and company does not exist"
During the time Of his Imprisonment
in Cheyenne Wolf has written TO New
York and has in his possession a letter
from H.. Seigel. written from another
address in Now York. saying that he
was a member Of the firm o. A. Seigel
and company and that no draft was
presented to him. Well had no aLtor-
ney today. but with this fake noe as
his only evidence he put a very smooth
TAX and %eloquently discoursed on the
injustice OF mis- arrest. He accounted
for H. Seigel writing die note that he
presented by the fact that A. Seigel was
dead, and the firm have since moved
Iheir headquarters. When it was called
to his attention that a large business
firm, with agents in all parts OF the
country and selling whisky by the bar
re-, had seen fiji to write a business let
Ter on a common piece OF note paper.
he said quickly, The Letter was written
al Mr.. Seigel's home after business
hours" He got very nervous when his
past record was thrown mp to him and
undertook to explain just why he was
arrested in each instance and how he
got cut Of it. He admitted that many
Of his drafts had never been honured,
but undertook to explain the matter.
His chief defense was that in New York,
a messenger boy calls a. a place where
a firm does business upon which there
fs a draft and II the parties are not in,
a note is simply thrust under the door
and perhaps the business man never
gets it. He said that everybody knew
that the notary who attaches his seal
never leaves the bank and knows moth
ing OF the draft. His game was smooth,
but failed Of success.-Sun-Leader.
STILL OUT.