The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-10
WATER FRONT
OFFICIALS ARE
NEATLY BUNKOED
Taken in by a Young
SWindler.
HE FOUND IT EASY WORK
A HARBoR COMMISSIONER OR
TWO ON HIS LIST.
Was About to Try His Tale of Woe
on Herold When Former Vic
+;,,,- Got +ba po1ica on
He FOUND IT EASY WORK
A HARBoR COMMISSIONER OR
TWO ON HIS LIST.
Was About to Try His Tale of Woe
on Herold When Former Vic
tins Set the Police on
His Trail.

\ modern ST. Paul has been paying
visits recently to the offices of the Harbor
Commission. he is all things TO all men,
but ultimately their debtor. To Chief
Engineer Holmes he introduced himself
as Edward Holmes TO Secretary English,
who loosened up Ike the political sailor
he is, the young man was Edward Eng
lsh. and TO Commissioner Colnon, who
cannot break himself of the habit Of
dropping in at the ferry building, he was
Edward Colnon. it was only when he
buCked UP against Commissioner Herold,
who is suspicious of strangers since
Chad" began laying for his wig, that
he came to grief. The same jealousy with
which the newest Commissioner guards
his seat charaCterizes his attitude to-
ward any one attempting graft on the
Herold tree.
Five men. who could not be induced on
any consideration to take bad money,
parted with their good coin 10 the young
man OF many aliases. In addition 10 the
victims named there were two more
Major Harvey, the Democratic watch
dog Of the water front, and eX-Secretary
keesan. Each yielded - 10 TO Edward
NhOeVer-He-W as before his game ended,
and COlnOn. who thought he could de-
tect family likeness in the foot Of the
young man, threw in a years subsCrip-
ton 10 the Stockton Mail as lagniappe.
The young sWiudler used very little bait
10 lure his victims. Using the surname
or the intended victim, but diSCldlmlnE
any Telatiouship-prob from sCOrn Of
kin with such d good thing-the young
man began "A short tale Of woe. He had
been injured in a premature blast in a
mine and had come to San Francisco for
medical attendance. As proof of his story
he showed a scar on the top OF his head
Would the other make q loan of So 20, just
sufficient to enable the visitor TO reach
home? The other invariably did until he
happened 20 be Commissioner HerOld and
then he didn't.
The young man called at the rooms Of
the HarbOr Commissioner Yesterday
afternoon and found his victim. apparent
~ alone Unluckiiy for him, however, he
did not know that Secretary English and
Major Harvey, who always keep near
HerOld 10 render assistance should
Chad make any sneaks on that seat,
were close at hand More than that, they
had spotted the sWindler as he ap-
preached Herold. Their eyes had been
opened few days previously to the fact
that they had been grievOusly bUnkoed,
and the first thought that occurred to
each when they saw Edward Colnon-Eng-
Hsh-HaTuey-KeeE was to send
Tor policeman. They did so and the
blUeCOat had almost reached the offices.
when the man of many aliases saw them,
knew the game was up and turning in
COntinently fed. BY making a rapid de-
tour through the rooms of the State
Board Of Trade he managed to dodge the
policeman whom he probably expected
When the officer arrived he was gone.
harbor attaches hope forever, even where
that subscription to the COlnOn papyrus
cannot reach him.