The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
HIS SCHEME
FAILED
TO WORK
Cutting Advertised for Conduc-
tors and MOtOrmsn, Then Tried
toMuIct Applicants 81 Each

A long. lank and very smooth looking
man, very well attired, whose chief per-
sopal charm appeared to be luxurious
beard and moustache Of Titan red was
escorted from the City hotel 10 police
headquarters, at IL o'clock this morning
by Capt. Parker.
Following the captain and his prisoner
was a crowd OF about 80 young men, all
seeming to be very much Interested In
the probable Incarceration OF the slick
looking stranger.
On arriving at the police building on
Fountain street. Capt. Parker took his
forced guest down TO his private office,
inviting half a dozen OF the followers to
accompany him.
Once in the captains office the prisoner
was put through a rigid examination
searched. denounced as a fraud, practi-
cally admitted that he was one and was
placed In a cell
The primary cause Of this arrest and
consequent commotion was the appear
ance OF the following advertisement IN
the want" column of a morning paper.
CONDUCTORS. MoToRMEN; old or
green hands; no strike. Call at Room 81.
city Hotel between a. m. and p. m.
There was quite an carly rush of appli-
cants for work In response TO this ad-
vertsement
Inc 1Ftl 10 can WAS JdIfltt CuNdkts OF
Go Plainfield street, who was soon Joined
by Howard Spencer OF Olneyville. Henry
Jost OF 36 Newbury street, e. j. Wilson
OF 12S Plainfeld street and George Spen-
Ger OF l043 Westminster street.
After these the arrivals we're so fasC
that II was almost impossible TO Keep
tabs on the crowd. for there were more
than 100 applicants in and about the
room at one time just after 10 o'clock.
These visitors were received by the
aforesaid tall, snck-looking man, who
said that he was Morris G. Cutting and
| that he was commissioned TO procure ex-
ira hands for a street railway company
operating In and about Lynn. Mass.
In substantlation OF this averment he
exhibited card on which was printed:
NJ c. CUTTING.
Northern Railway, Boston.
Cuttings proposition was that the sew
eral applicants should pay him 81 each,
| whereupon he would give them his card,
! which they were 10 carry TO Boston.
on arriving there they would be met
| by n man i'm fun uniform and escort them
TO the office OF the Northern Railway
| company. where they would be assign ed
90 work II they were competent hands
| or sent TO where they would be in
| structed preparatory TO the usual break.
ing-in process.
Four Of the young men gnve up theii
| dollars, but when others demurred, par
| ticularly when Cutting said that he was
| not TO 40 with the party. none Of whom
would see him again. it dawned upon
| young Mr.. Savage that the latter portion
| OF the declaration was true that Il
would be well TO call Captain Parker's
attention TO Cutting and his proposition
When Captain Parker heard the com
| plants Of the young men he lost nc
| time I'm getting over Co the City hotel and
| slmmarily closing up Cuttings "boo-ro.
The excuse Cutting hTst gave was thai
| he saw an advertisement In n paper thai
strike was contemplated on the North
ern railway and he thought that M
| would send men there 90 get ready u
| take the strikers places.
lie had no Authority 10 act for th'
| Northern railway. he said.
Capt Parker found Ia Cutting pocket
! book 81 in bills and few pennies ",
also secured one of Cuttings cards and
about ~ slips of paper. upon which hat
been written the nance, ages height
weight and previous street railway eNpe
| riencs of tho several applicants
The captain put Cutting IN one % ths
| detention cells and dismissed the body
guard until such time as he should have
need ~ their services In the sixth dis
trict court
The nominal charge the captain prefers
agatnss Cutting is fraud.