El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21
"A SMOOTH STRANGER
WORKED SEVERAL SLICK SKIN
GAMES ON KIND FRIENDS
He Is Sad To Have PASSED Himself
Off As a Nephew OF President
RaynoIds OF. the First National
Bank OF thls City. HE Mas A
Good Tdlker.

Good Talker.
A smooth stranger representing him.
self to be a nephew of J. $. Raynolds
president of the First National bank
of this city lived on the fat of the
land last week and got away. IL is
said. with $40 in money.
Last week a young man evidently
about twenty-five years of age made
his appearance at the Fleck ranch
about eighteen mIIes northeast OF FL
Paso and said that he was a nephew OF
Joshua Raynolds of the First National
bank of this city. He ate dinner at
the F'leck ranch and got on wood
wagon and rode several miles To road
branching of TO go to the A. NJ Coe
ranch. where he got of and started for
visit TO Mr.. Coe.
Here he said that he had camped
out over night and that his horse had
gotten away from him. Mr.. Coe took
him in and gave him bed for the
night and loaned him a horse to ride
TO the Beasley ranch where he claimed
He told Mr.. Coe that he would go to
the Beasley ranch for a few days and
would then return. He gave Mr.. Coe
an order on 81 Ryan for a gallon of
his best whiskey and an order to the
First National bank (where he said he
had been working) for 500 and asked
Mr.. Coe to bring him the money when
he came to town Saturday.
He left the Coe place and went TO
Beasley's ranch where he turned Mr..
Goes horse loose and after spending
a short time at the Beasley ranch went
to Organ where he wrote a check for
$50 on the First National bank and
signed his name IS. l.. Reynolds" The
check was cashed and sent to Las Cru
ces and thence to El Paso where pay
ment was refused by the bank.
The stranger stayed in Las Cruces
all day Wednesday and has not been
seen since. He is described as having
only one eye and being a strawberry
blonde.
When Mr. Coe came to town he
brought his gallon demijohn with him
and presented the order for the whis-
key. but got the horse laugh" as no
one knew Mr.. Reynolds.
When he went to the bank he had
an order Ior 800 and a note to a Mr..
Davis which read as follows: Dear
was signed IS. l. r" There never was
a man named Davis connected with the
First National bank in this city.
At Organ. New Mexico. he claimed to
be waiting for two car loads of horses
which he was going TO take to- a ranch
that he had just purchased
Pat Garrett came down from Las
Cruces this morning looking for the
stranger but so far has learned moth
ing OF his whereabouts. IL is supposed
that he has left the country. The man
was not noticed by anybody in Ell Paso
but while in Las Cruces he told several
that he was a nephew of J. S. Ray
nolds. Mr.. Garrett has the check that
he wrote and showed it to a Herald
reporter this morning. The writing is
plain but very poor hand and he
signed his name IS. l.. Reynolds" using
an ''e' instead OF an "a" as the banker
spells his name.
He was neatly dressed and was a
smooth talker and when the bank here
refused to pay the check il was thought
that the man had overdrawn his ac-
count and Mr.. Garrett came down this
to see him about paying the
money back when he found that the
man had not been seen here.