The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-25

I this, but confded to Wallace that while
/ ne was in poor circumstances just at
] present -he was interested in a Chicago
estate which was now in process of set
I tlement, and he fully expected to get
! several thousand dollars in a week or
/ two.
He was in Lorraine because he had
/ succeeded in getting a small position
/ there. He did not bother Wallace
/ again for a few days. until he came
I back with a check signed for SO. signed
! with the name of a small grocery house.
The other check had been all right,
and Wallace cashed this check This.
too, went through all right
The next time the man came in he
was radiant He had letter from his
Z Chicago lawyers in which they said
] they noted his suggestion that he would
have difficulty in getting large checks
cashed in a town where ne was IN
known and they therefore had sent him
. py express FIVE $1,000 bills, on account
of his share in the estate of his de-
ceased relative
he had the express package and the
hve $1,000 bills. He now wanted to
take this money to his home town and
deposit it in his local bank, but pre-
ferred not to carry the Dash. He there
lore requested Mr.. Wallace to give him
a check to his order
Wallace, who liked money men, ac-
guessed with alacrity. He put the five
Dlils IN mis- safe, wrote the check. hand
ed ii over and then invited the relative
/ of Mrs. Wallace out to lunch. The lit
tie man stipulated that be must be re-
leased in time for his train, which went
at O'clock.
The lunch was finished and the little
man left. Instead of taking a train
he went to a bank. where. by the cour-
tesy Of another business man of the
place he was identified as the payee
named in the check.
He thereupon received from the bank
nve $1,000 bills. Then he. too. disap-
peared
The same evening Mrs. James r.
wallace returned to town and James +.
/ told her about her relative. She had a
relative of that name, but he had been
/ dead for five years.
The next morning James +. Wallace
sent the five $1,000 bills to the bank
for deposit to his account The bank
returned them with it's thanks Each
was a cleverly executed counterfeit
James T. 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 resembled a man
whose name was Peter F. Clancy talked
( earnestly together in a dark alley.
Some money passed between them.
Again the police force were up in
arms Again the newspapers hOwled.
Again there was a lingering wall of
anguish from the victims
A bluff. hearty man with a travel
stained appearance stepped into the
First National bank with the pro-
prietOr Of the Lorraine hotel. The bluff.
hearty man wanted to deposit to his
credit some $1,000.
The hotel proprietor was rather
proud OF this man-for he was John
Billings, the famous cattle king OF
Arizona. Lorraine was a great grain
center. and attracted by the low prices
at which feed and fodder was being
offered. he had cope on to give an or
DER way ahead against the coming
winter.
He made extensive purchases at sew
eral places-On credit. AS the goods
were not to be delivered for some
months to come. the dealers leisurely
and lazily looked him up in Brad
streets.
John Billings was all right. the agen-
cies reported. They reported that they
could get no personal statement from
Billings himself. as Billings was in
the middle west, or eastern states, buy
ing up grain for the winter.
This seemed satisfac Glory. Billings
had some further arrangements to
make in Lorraine. Gradually he was
introduced to a millionaire or two-the
INTRODUCTION was made by the grain
dealers.
He wanted to borrow money. He
would give his note and chattel
mortgage on his cattle. He only
wanted 500. 600 or $50. 900.
Each millionaire investigated found
that he was all right. that the cattle
were free and clear. and FASTENED to
make the loan at the highest rate Of
interest.
After he had obtained three loans
(. from as many milliOnaires. and had
given I'D a little round Of calls. upon
The grain dealers, he said gOOd-by- and
went back 10 his cattle ranch.
That is where he said he was going
Where he actually went no one exactly
knew-eNcept, perhaps, one man. That
man was Clancy chief of the police
department.
Ultimately the grain dealers and the
millionaires communicated with John
Billings at his far west address. He
answered each letter with alacrity.
He stated that he had never been in
the town Of Lorraine He had just re-
turned from grain buying trip, it
was true, but all his time had been
spent In theecity of Chicago
Eventually someone secured photo
graph Of the real John Billings Alas.
he was not the cattle king who had
made a flying visit to Lorraine.
In the midst of ct all the only man
who maintained his cOmpOsure was the
new chief Of police. He called one day
at the Office of the Liberty Rel. This
was its subsequent announcement:
Syndicate OF SwindIers Swipe. Clancy
Caught COunterfeiting, Confidence
Man and Cattle King"
At this announcement the town was
wild. il swarmed to police headquar-
tiers but there It found out nothing.
Clancy. instead. simply notified every
man who had been swindled to attend
him in person at . o'clock on the fol-,
loving day.
There were several Of these men, and
Clancy opened UD the doors to the
ClamOring crowd.
AS soon as quiet was restored. Clancy
signaled TO an officer who stood at an
inner door. Immediately there saun-
tered into the Office well dressed man
with a smooth face. At his entrance
young p. Toler Andrews gave vent 10
an Involuntary exclamation of sur
prise.
What's the matter. Andrews?'
asked the chief mildly
Andrews spluttered in his excitement:
9TH th-that's the fellow that did me
up-that Tracy fellow from New York.
The chief raised his eyebrows Are
you sure?" he asked.
Andrews was sure and so were a
dozen other men. The chief waved his
hand. The stranger jauntily walked
back bV the way he had come