Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-17
BOUGHT gold BRICKS
Thomas Dougherty, : WEALTHY
Farmer Hear Ottumwa, Swim
died Out Of d. 600.
Stranger Calling Himself &c =
Moore, Of Arizona" Called
Dougherty His Unole
And Told . story About Val
uabls Mining propsrty
Iowa News 81
T[hom,as Daugh.

Ottumwa. Oct. Il. Thomas Daugh-
lerty, a wealthy Irish farmer, who re-
sides six miles north Of Abba. has been
the victim Of gold brick swindle, and
as result OF his transactions with two
strangers he was mulcted out Of $1,000
In hard cash.
The beginning Of the story runs back
to the Sd day OF October, when q man
apparently Of middle age called at his
farm and asked If he was Thomas
IDaugherty. Mr.. Daugherty said he
was, and then the stranger proceeded
to tell q tale of the disappearance Of an
uncle by the name Of Thomas Daugher-
|gty. the disappearance occurring some
thing like twenty years ago. The
stranger gave his name as Charles L..
Moore and his home as in Arizona. He
said . man from Hiteman called at his
place in reply to an advertisement Ias
to relatives of Thomas Daug herty and
told him such a man lived near Abba.
He then came to Abba to pursue his
search for the uncle whom he had al
ways supposed TO be dead. If the uncle
could be found there were $4,000 that
belonged to him and the court records
could be signed SO that he would come
Unto possession of many valuable mining
claims. He put up such strong talk
that he touched the sympathetic chord
in Mr.. and Mrs. Daugherty's hearts and
when the stranger asked Mr.. Daugh-
erty to accompany him to Ottumwa he
|agreed, after his wife told him to dc
so, but to sign no papers.
Mr.. Daugherty and the stranger got
into q buggy, drove to Abba and took
the first train for Ottumwa. They went
i to the Park Hotel, where the stranger
pointed out the location Of valuable
mineral claims on q map. He told Mr..
|Daugherty of his long and faithful
search for his uncle. and Mr.. Daugher-
] ty informed him that he had plenty Of
this worlds goods and was always
willing to aid any person. Then the
stranger preached the money question.
His trip had caused him to use much
money and he found himself in a
Icramped condition. Could he borrow
about $1,000 for sixty days, and give as
lsecurity two gold bars which he had
with him, and which had come from
one Of the claims? For Mr.. Daughtery
Ito prove the genuineness Of the bricks
was easy The stranger went forth to
jget the assayer. He returned, the as
Isayer made an inspection and test of
1.-THE gold and pronounced it the real ar
Eticle. Mr.. Daugherty gave UP his good.
hard dollars when the two arrived in
the city, while Mr.. Daugherty went Il
his home. The stranger had the money
4 but Mr.. Daugherty had the gold bars,
two of them weighing forty pounds.
Friday Mr. Daugherty received let-
tier from his nephew and it told Mr..
i Daugherty that he had been skinned,
.ffeeced and buncoed most beautifully
and it would do no good to search fer
/ the man who did it, as he would be en-
Toying the money in a foreign lime.
Mr.. Daugherty is financially able to
stand the swind1e. He owns over a
4 thousand acres OF land-the best insthe
lIcounty--but his faith in human beings
8Ehas been sadly Jared.