The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20

e6ted In ChlCa 60 estate winch was uow
in process OF settlement. and he fully ex-
pected to get several thousand dollars IN
week or two.
He was in Lorraine because he had sue
ceeded In getting small position there
He did not bother Wallace again for q
few days, until he came back with check
for slO, signed with the name OF a small
The other check had been all right, and
Wallace oashed this check. This too,
went through all right,
The next time the man came in he was
radiant. He had a letter from his Chicago
lawyers in which they said they noted nus
suggestion that he would have difficulty
in getting large checks cashed In town
where he was Unknown, and they therefore
had sent him by express Ave one-thou.and-
dollar bills, on account Of his share IN the
estate of his deceased relative,
He had the express package and the nve
one-thousand-doIar bills. He now wanted
to take this money to his home town and
not to carry the cash. He therefore re-
queated Mr.. Wallace to give him a check
70 W Val aceer who liked moneyed men. &C.
quiesced with alacrity. He put, the FIVE
bills in his safe, wrote the check. hAnded 1t
over and then invited the relative OF Mrs'
Wallace out to lunch. The little man stipu-
lated that he must be released In time for
his train, which went at o'clock.
The lunch was finished and the little man
left Instead OF taking train he went to
a bank, where by the courtesy OF another
business man Of the place he was identlned
as the payee named IN the cneok. ~, ,.,L
Eve one-thousand-dollar bills. Then he.
too, disappeared.
returned to town and James F. told her
about her relative She had a relative OF
that name, but he had been dead for hve
years.
The next morning James F Wallace
sent the Ave one-thousand dollar bills to the
bank for deposit to his account. The bank X
returned them with its thanks. Each bill
was a cleverly executed counterfeit
James F. Wallace had been taken In
and not he alone, but dozen other men
besides.
And on the evening that the relative, OF
Mrs. Wallace disappeared he and another
man who reeembled a man whose name
was Peter F. Clancy talked earnestly to.
gether in dark alley. Some money passed.
between them.
Again the police force were up in arms.
Again the newspapers howled. AGAIN .ne Ie 2
was lingering wall Of anguish from the
A bluff, hearty man with travel stained
appearance stepped into the First National
Bank with the proprietor Of the Lorraine
Hotel. The bluff, hearty man wanted
to deposit to his credit some 5000.
o, his n %snLfoT he Was John Billings. the
| famous cattle king Of Arizona. Lorraine
was a great grain centre, and attracted by
the low prices at which feed and fodder
| was being offered he had come on to give
an order way ahead against the coming
| winter.
| places-on credit. As the goods wert
not to be delivered for some months t<
come, the dealers leisurely and laziy LOOKED
him UP in Bradstreet's:
John Billings was all right. the agencies
reported. They reported that they Soule
get no personal statement from Billing
himself as Billings was In the middle West
winter. ,,,
This seemed satisfactory. Billings his
some further arrangements to make Il
Lorraine. Gradually he' was introduces
to a millionaire or two-the htroduoe'ol
was made by the grain dealers.
He wanted to borrow money he woris
give his note and chattel mortgage on HI
cattle. He only wanted 1000 or $50 900.
Each millionaire investigated, found tina
he was all right, that tho cattle were RE
and clear and hastened to mako the LOAF
| at the highest rate of interest.
After ne mao OUtAlneO tLAoo oSIS HSi-
az many millionairea, and had given VI
three chattel mortgages, and after ne MAD
a little round OF calls upon tho grain dealer
he said good-by and went back to hi
That is whore he said he was going
Where he actually went no one exaetl.
knew-except. perhaps, one man; Ina
man was Clancy, chief Of the police de
partment.
Ultimately the grain dealers and tn
millionaires communicated with John BIZ
! lings at his far West address He answers
each letter with alacrity. g,
the town OF Lorraine. He had just re
turned from a grain buying trip, II wa
true, but all his time had been spent In tn
Eventually some one secured q photo
graph Of the real John Billings. Alas
he was not the cattle king who had mad
q flying visit to Lorraine.
In the midst OF it all the only man VIII
maintained his composure was the ne'
chief OF police He called one day at th
office of the Liberty Bel, This was 1t
subsequent announcement: Syndicate {
Swindlers Swiped. Clancy caught counte,
feiter confidence man and cattle king.
At this announcement the town wa
wild 1t swarned to police headquarter'
But there it found out nothing. Clancy
II,
had been swindled to attend him In perso
at 2 o'clock on the following day.
There were several Of these men, an
thew we're invited inside the railing. The
Clancy opened up the doors to the clamol
ing crowd.
sienalled to an officer who stood at an innt
door. Immediately there sauntered int
the Office well-dressed man with smoot
face. At his entrance young p. Tolt
Andrews gave vent to an lnvoluntar
, exclamation OF surprise.
whats the matter. Andrews' aske
the chief, mildly.
Andrews spluttered In his excitemen
sTh tn that's the fellow that did me up
that Tracv fellow from New York
, The chief raised his eyebrows Al
you sure7" he asked.
; Andrews was sure. and 40 were doze
} other men. The chief waved his han
The stranger jauntily walked back b
, the way that he had come.
! There was q buzz OF versation
} ceased when a shabby sort OF man, vi
, seemed little. entered in tho custody I
an officer. He bowed nervously to JAM
r. Wallace, who glared at him:
He was identified at once by willir
conco,lrse OF compliments. He. too, WI
J retired.
r Two policemen then appeared. leadir
between them blum, hearty, powerfu
, looking man.
, This man no sooner entered than the
was wild hubbub.
! "Let me get at him!" yelled one OF Il
| millionaire wildly.
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