New-York tribune., 1900-12-16
LOOKING FOR BLAIR AND HIS NINE
A GOLD DUST YARN BRINGS A WIDOW
FROM LONDON ON FRUITLEss QUEST.


FROM LONDON ON FRUITLEss QUEST
F. H. Macintosh. a lawyer Of No. s. Liberty-st.,
is wondering these days & there is any such per-
son as George Robert Blair Mr.. Blair OF neces-
sity must be a most remarkable person. He sent
a letter TO a dead man in London telling him to
come over 10 New-York and get 10000 worth Of
gold dust from a mine which the London had
an interest in The widow got the letter. and as
she was her husbands executrix she lost no time
in starting for New-York But Mr. Blair her
dead husbands GRATEFUL friend did not meet her
at the pier the steamer came in. and he was not
the Hotel Manhattan when the widow and her
business agent. Herluf Larsen. called. Trace OF
him obtained West Chester Penn. and the
widow and Mr.. Larsen went there Blair had dis
appeared the day before. No one knew where he
had gone. unless il back to a fabulous mine
in the frozen north Of British Columbia.
The widow knew a well known former woman
publisher here. and went 20 her for advice.
GO and see Pnkerton," said the NewYork
friend.
Look OUT" said Robert A. Pinkerton. People
have been swinded twice in this city by just such
a game this. Better hang on 10 your money"
The widow and her agent went back TO London,
starting on the Deutschland last week.
When Mr.. Pinkerton yesterday at his
office. No. 81 Broadway. ne said:
4 asked TO the letter addressed TO the Lon
don capitalist and answered in person by the
in our criminal department the writer OF which
arrested four years ago I'm connection with a
gold dust swindle. ! asked the widow II there was
anything in the letter that could not have been
learned from her husbands will published by an
English paper. She thought II all over ana
said
This is the way the gold dust game is worked;
The swindler gets the names and facts concerning
the death Of some man in Europe from the public
record. Then he writes a letter 10 the dead man,
saying he's grateful for the loan made him, that
he's struck II rich, and has large quantity OF
gold dust all ready for him. The widow. OF course,
can't ask her dead husband. and usually bites al
the aluring bait The swindler produces a lot or
good gold dust. but assures the victim that S29Oo0
IS needed 10 buy the claim Of his partner or OF
some antagOnistic interest. Nothing must be said,
however. as there would be a rush 10 the new FL
dorado IL its location were made public. The game
works a rule. I always turn inquirers over 10
the Police Department
Mr. Macintosh is still waiting for the mysterious
Mr. Blair and his 10000 worth OF gold dust. When
yesterday he said:
gold mine. I don't know where he's gone. don't
know where his gold mine Is. Andrews, his sup
posed partner. says that he thinks the whole thing
is a hoax. I don't think IL IS. Yes, know 80
pounds Of gold dust Is heavy stun TO be carrying
around the country in ones luggage, but Blai-
could do it, / wasn't told where the mine is. L
understand it's frozen up in the winter time"
rAny doubt about Mr. Blair being man of un-
questioned integrityg" asked the reporter.
.'Oh no-O-o-o. I guess not said Mr.. Macintosh
Hes probably gone back to his mine. l haven't
had a single answer TO my advertisement asking
for Information concerning him."