The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-06
bUNCO ARTIST
Aurpl<rD SEATTLE BUSINESS
MEN TO q FlNISH-SANG
CROOK WHO WAS HERE.
Pretended 70 Be TIE Travelling Repre-
sentati.. Of Ringing Brothers
Circus.
The Seattle Times says:

getting SO that any old thlnS can nap
no, in with good clothes on It's odch
and a suaye. shell pink tongue III It's
bead and Quit town with a gOOd Dig
burch of that delicate little suDStahCe
that is such a ready exchange 1or IHe
good things of lie.
According to journals devoted eA-
,,lDsively to police news, there -
nothing new under the sun "hen
comes to the great game OF graft out
there is something new, ana drains
NOWADAYS are just as fertile as they
uspd 10 be in past years, ana IL al
WAS proven in this city only lie"
short weeks ago.
There are various ways OF "orhlnS
tb<, graft Some men employ the
srTong arm and CHOKE the puSlllStlc
ambifions out of the unWary. Others
,ueeIy albeit deity, rub black-
looking gun over the facial express
sraD OF the victim. Still again, the
more nfmble gentry cuteiy ship theT
fingers into tht various pockets tnat
pass them like Harden ships III the
Night" while still others attend the
Legislature.
However. it j., not often that the
CRATER cons the graftee, as 1t We're,
into a full and complete partnership
in tine graft" 1t was up to one Sea
mans. or Lane. or whatever. his
name is. TO take the gObleC OF graft
and round it off with the beautiful
white foam Of something doing, very
new"
This man Seamans drifted into Sc
attic some six weeks ago. There were
10 iangIes or folderOls on his clothes.
1hey were neat. plain and Simple
something after the manner OF MS
graft. However, he wore large rec
tangu.ar biz Of plate glass IL SHINING
EXPENSE OF shirt front, which coupled
win his elusive scheme OIL money
making that was calculated 10 put
Wall street on an UNI MOrganlZed
basis. and the merry. merry rattle OF
his teeth against his tongue, certain
y enabled him to make glad get
away TO the tune of some $4,000.
Had His Nerve.
Seamans registered at the Palace
MOTEL Boldly and apparently without
the slightest tremor he wrote after
MS name, With Ringing Bros. Cir
Gus Getting into his hurry cos
tune. he went out in the highways
Or Humes' devoted subjects to a gold
an tune Entering prominent
Wholesale meat establishment, he
spoke as follows:
= am the advance man of Ringing
Brothers circus. | find that it is ne
1p4sary for me to contract for 1000
pounds of meat Now this is purely
busiu. proposition for you and
ne. VII give you that contract if
YOU viii siga a paper saying lhat YOU
contracted to deliver this meat at
light cents per pound. Now, as a
matter of fact. you Will sci. the meat
Jcr & cents pound, paying me now
she difference between and = cents
tor 2o0o pounds and then when The
cIrcuS arrives in Seattle they will
nave your affidavit saying that the
contract price was s cents and you
Viii he able 10 collect your regular
price Of cents Per pound, as we'll az
the difference which EOu viii pay TO
IL, for giving you the contract.
The most prominent firms in Sc
attic lit li1e so many bass. He work
ca thc meat game on no less than
three Gffereut firms He then turned
his attention to the grain and hay
mon. and the bushels OF corn and oats
and the tons Of hay he purchased
@ould be enough to stock ali the
Gr3uaries in the world. He then
suught out the prominent restaurants
ami cafes and contracted for the feed
OF fhe star performers and the own
ers of the Snow He also engaged
rooms for the best people" at some
o. SeatJIe's leading hotels. H
worked an employment agency for a
certain number OF extra hands He
ala not overlook the Wholesale as
we'll as the retail grocery men. In
fact everything a circus needed he
saw to. and haI he been on the square
Ringing Bros would have had the
most elaborate time from a financial
standpoint they ever encountered
since they first put The Worlds
Biggest and Best" on the road.
He Forgot Nothing.
He almost forgot the little matter
of circus grounds, but before he left
the city it occurred to him, and this
is What he did. He procured MAJ
of the city. This cost Is cents, an(
is the only real money he is know
10 have spent in the city. Spreading
the map out in the seclusiOn of hi!
room, he marked off every vacan
available space in the city large
enough for circus grounds Huntins
up the several owners. he laid the
same grating proposition before
them. For instance he would 90 tt
an owner Of certain plot of ground
and after introducing himself would
Say
Nov W. want your grounds TO