The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-15
A SLICK RASCAL.
a Woman Fooled and Robbed Of Over
Seven Hundred Dollars.
THE SAVINGS OF TEN YEARS.


Were Unsafe, and Induced
Her to Trust Her Money
With Him.
Some months ago a slick rascal, who
called himself Prof. Duane, fooled an
old credulous citizen of Augusta, Ga,
out OF several hundred dollars, and
then silently departed between two
suns. No one knew where the rascal
went, but recently he turned up in
San Francisco, where under another
name he worked identically the same
game that he worked in Augusta as
the following story shows:
AS the result Of her trusting belief
in the integrity Of vagrant palmiso
who, assumed the fairy-tale zane Of
Professor Karpovah, Miss Hulda
jacobson, a domestic of San Francisco
is mourning the loss of $3.50, the saw
ings of ten years. The story Of how
Miss Jacobson became acquainted with
the prophet who read in her face
the extent OF her bank account, and
who, without the aid Of any magical
passes, converted her shining gold in
to roll of greenbackS, is another at
testation of the fraiity Of human ma
ture.
Prof. Karnovah, as he was known
to his landlady and patrons. occupied
suite Of rooms at No. 6S4 Sutter
street. In these quarters he did an
enormous business in magic SPELLS;
palnistry and kindred delusions. His
speciality consisted Of everything that
was calculated to please. He could
read the past and prognosticate the
future with astounding accuracy. Z
one desired position Of power and
needed influence the only requisite
was the payment Of small fee, and
every wish would be instantly grant
ed. At this rate business increased to
immense proportions. From 9 O'Clock
in the morning until long after sun
down steady stream Of callers passed
through his study.
Among those who visited him was
Miss Jacobson, who invoked the pow
ers Of KarnoVah in search OF her miss
ing brother. After writing her name
on slip of paper and passing it to
the man of mystery, she was aston
ished to see how quickly her queries
were answered. Thinking that Kar-
novah was more than human. Miss
Jacobson instantly confded in him and
believed whatever he said. was so
anxious to hear some tidlngs OF my
long-lost brother" says Miss Jacobson,
''that would have done anything to
learn Of his whereabouts. The man
must have hpynotized me. He ap-
peared so kind and good that l can
scarcely believe he meant to steal my
money.
'He took my hand and instantly
exclaimed, I see great things in your
palm. You have money in the bank.
yes, I replied, I have $3.50. All,
said the sharper, I am sure that you
will soon lose it, He then told me
about the insecurity of banking in
stitutions, saying that I should no
longer trust them. I did not fully
understand him, but when he said
that he was in the habit Of keeping
money for a number OF persons, dis
playing at the same time large roll
Of greenbacks, I thought I would let
him take care of my money. He in
sisted upon my getting it at once for
him, but I delayed until last Monday,
when I withdrew the entire sum and
gave it to him to keep for me. He
placed it carefully in small sack and
put it in the safe. He told me to re-
turn at the end of two weeks and re-
ceiye my money. I then returned
home and thateyening when went TO
bed I could not sleep. I thought how
foolish I was to let a strange man
have my money Without the sllghtest
security. The more thought OF it
the more nervous became.
AFTER sossing in my bed all night,
at an early hour Tuesday morning l
hastened to No. 6S4 Sutter street and
rang the door bell. Getting no re-
Spouse aroused the landlady, Mrs.
Andrews, and asked if the professor
was at home. Finding the doors all
locked we made an investigation and.
found that he had moved out during
the night. I didn't know what todo.
I had often read Of women giving
money away for foolish things, but
never thought that I would do any
thing so crazy. That man certainly
had strange influence over me-"
The police are endeavoring to pre-
vent the seer's fight from the city, II
be has not already gone.