El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30
RIJNCoED IN MISSOURI.

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IN MISSOURI
Charles MackIing of Pittsburg. Pa
who came in on the T. & p last nisht
End left this morning for Arizona oV-
or the S. p told a plausible story at
the :. p. depot this morning OF now
he was fieeced of his money IN Mis
qouri by new bunco game. new TO MIN
anyway The substance oil MI Mach
Ing's story is as follows;
lam skilled iron worker and have
worked in several cities of Pennsyi-
v.pia hut I do not always work at my
trade. I spent three years prospecting
for cold in Alaska and l nave also
prospected in Washington. Calitornia
and Colorado and have Travelled
through countries of Europe. nave
moi many a smooth man and many
click bunco game has failed on me. but
7 hold that If a man is tender hearted
and the opportunity is offered he VIII
finally fall a victim to con game
II left Pittsburg last week for the
rurpose of going to California 10 90
some more prospecting. L also intehu
sd IN spend a few days in Arizona 1
started with about $500. all the money
; had after buying my ticket. l have
an aunt who keeps a hotel in Billings,
No. and | stopped and visited her a
few DAYS. Tuesday of this week | left
Billings on st. Louis & San Fran
cisco train. 4 man came and sat down
by me. He was well dressed. tall. over
80 years old and had a heavy mustache.
whitened with age. He looked like
prosperous business man and had a
pleasant face.
The stranger and / talked awhile
and when we were nearing Monett he
said that we would have to change cars
there. Then he added that he was ac-
companying corpse of fellow-Mason
which was in the baggage car and that
il would also have to be transferred
at Monett. Then he said he didn't
have a cent less than thousand dollar
bill and he was satisfied that in Monet
there were no persons wealthy eonugh
to have change for it. He didn't know
what he would do. The train would
not stop long and he must have the
corpse transferred. as relatives, friends
and brother MasonS of the deceased
were expecting the body on that train.
His eyes glistened as he worried over
the matter and tears trickled down his
cheeks.
He asked me if 1 had any money.
! told him how much / had. He then
told me he was a banker, mining brok-
er and cattle raiser of Tombstone,
Ariz.. and that he had to take the
corpse to Sherman, Texas, the charges
to be paid at Monett were pretty high;
could I let him have $24O until he could
get the bill changed; yes. could. but
I was in Missouri then and had to be
shown: he opened his pOcketboOk and
taere was the thousand dollar bill;
asked him to give me security: he
closed the pOcketbOok and handing it
to me said to hold it until he returned
the s240; / gave him the money; the
train pulled into Monet: he said he
Eiust hurry and look after the corpse;
when he was out of the car looked at
the bill; one side looked all right but
the other was blank; / hurriedly Sc
cured my revolver and ran out on the
depot platform; my banker friend was
not in sight; l ran to the baggage car
ard asked about the corpse; they had
not had one on the line for a week;
had been buncoed out of $24O and the
buncoer was gone; the conductor
shouted. All aboard and 1 had to go;
here is the thousand dollar BILL
The purported thousand dollar bill
Is not a bill at all but a gold bond for
that sum issued by the United States
Silver Mining of Denver. 1t bears no
Tie place us
Der is blank 1t is also very probable
that the company named on it does not
exist But Mr.. Mackling was not fieec-
ca because he believed it of value as
"A mining cOmpany's bond. The man
had just opened his pocketbook far
enough to show the green paper and
the figure 1000 and in that position it
does indeed look like a genuine United
States bank note for $1,000.
Mr.. Macklng said his sympathies
were worked upon and the mans tears
had so unstrung him that he did not
think of any possible danger of his not
being what he claimed to be.
Nov I am not a man to confide my
business to strangers" said Mr. Mack
ling. but I told my aunt at the hotel
in Billings all about where 1 was 60
ing and she is woman. She told my
story to her guests and if this smooth
old man was not in the hotel some
fellow in cahoOts with him was and
told Kim. The man thought because
| was going to California to prospect
for mines that [ had lots of money on
my person and followed me on purpose
to make sucker of me. And he did"
Mr.. Mackling will take I'D the pick
and shovel in some mine in Arizona or
California and earn enough to carry
cut his original plans. - -
PROJECTED RAILROAD LINES TO
SONORA
II all the lines are built that are
now projected into the state of Sonora
they will open up some of the richest
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