The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-28
He SWINDLES YALE MEN.
Asa New Haven Tradcsman lie o'"u'
ied the Tribe.

smooth.spoken. sllck-haired young
ma, has been making lots Of money out
Of Yale graduates in this city recently
lie used To keep little store IN Ne"
! Haven near the Yale campus lie hau
every opportunity to become familiar
with the vocabulary and manner OF the
: nresent generation Of Yale men. Has bus
moss failed He was not seen about the
collegiate part Of New Haven for a long
time Not long ago he appeared In New
York.
He sought out men who had patronized
his Mace and VINO knew him. To them
he told an unhappy story of family SICK
ness and A pressing need for the amount
of his fare TO New Haven. lie got what
he wanted from most OF them. lie prom
ised to come * and repay what ne
borrowed within a week. lie din L III
about six weeks he reappeared win
checks varying in amount from $40 10 sl)'
with profuse apologies for his delay ne
offered these in payment OF his debt.
II l. not known. however, that anybody
cashed his checks, though they were
signed by men fairly we'll known among
recent graduate. That they were not CASH
ed was not due 50 much 10 the Keen
perception OF the men TO whom they were
offered as TO the fact that, luckily, the
young man approached them when they
had not the cash to give him. Then he
varied his tactics.
lie appeared one time at the home
| OF an undergraduate known TO have con-
siderable money az almost any time OF
the week The man. who was married.
had just gone out Of the house. The
visitor looked panied and surprised. lie
was very sorry, he said.
WAS Mrs. u at homer he asked.
She was. He asked that she would see an
old college friend OF her husband. She
saw him.
He knew her husband very well. in
deed he said. He told her what his name
was. she had never heard fl before. That.
he explained was doubtless because hs
was a scientific school or Shelf. man,
while her husband took the academic
course. Anyway, he continued, A.
(whose name she did not know had told
him where the Is lived. He had seen
A. al the Yale club the night before.
A., he remarked parenthetically. was
"A queer creature; and then he piled on
college and local color until 1t was per-
roctly apparent that he had been mem
Der Of Us class. He was terribly sorry
q had gone out. His face grew very
long.
Mrs. L wanted to know what she
could say 10 her husband II was moth
ing. nothing. the stranger said. nothing
that she could do. He seemed mildly
embarrassed. She pressed him. To be
frank ne confessed, he wanted a check
cashed He was "A stranger In town and
didn't know how to find any OF his class
mates in business hours She did not cash
the check. but the young mans visit
was not altogether frutless.
Her husband had never heard OF his
very good Shelf. friend. He wrote A
asking that his memory be refreshed.
A. answered IN wrath that he hadn't
been to the Yale club in six months.
Such incidents have been frequent lately.
The swindler undoubtedly possessed all VI
the class books OF the last few years.
for he has impressed many fond parent
or brother or sister with his intimate
knowledge OF their sons or brothers col
lege nicknames. his manner Of speech and
general disposition The class books con-
tain all that sort OF Information He was
last heard from In Paterson. y. j.. where
his apparent intimacy with members OF
the class OF rs lnductef a 90 man 10
cash a check OF considerable proportions
for him.-New York sun