Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
HAS A NEW GAME.

The following, taken from the Osh-
kosh Times, represents the recent work
ings of a man known in Wausau:
Representing that he was employed
by the city of Oshkosh on street work
and received his pay twice a month,
man who gave the name of David Nit
chell and later said his real name was
Martin Glines. run grocery bill of
about 81 at the store of Fred Below, 40
Oregon street, and thereby paved the
way for his arrest and present incar-
ceration in the city Jail
'Glines was arrested last evening on
the South side by Officer James Mulva,
on warrant charging him with obtain
ing goods under false pretenses.
Below, the grocer, became suspic-
ious shortly after trusting Glines for a
quantity OF groceries, and called at the
city hall to inquire if a man named
Mitchell was on the city pay roll. Learn
ing that no such man was employed by
the city, he caused warrant to be
sworn out for the arrest of his customer.
During the past two days Glines has
been working at the Lutz stone quarry.
he has been here about one week.. and
said that during the past two years he
had been living with his family in
Appleton.
'In explanation of his conduct Glines
last evening at the police station said
that he had been drinking rather heavi
y of late and hence had become short
of money. When he came to Oshkosh
he had nothing to live on, and repre-
sented that he was working for the city
in order to get credit at the grocery
store. 1t was found that he has been
boarding and rooming, in company
with two or three other men, at 152
Seventh street The police say they
have received reports from other
sources stating that he has worked the
same game in stores besides that of
Below Glines said that he was a
married man, and had intended to bring
his wife here to reside within short
time"
The man mentioned above came to
Wausau in the spring of 1901 and after
hanging around here few days, dur
ing which time he made good fell
low" of himself by spending lots of
money for drinks, he began series of
crooked deals that landed him in Wau-
pun. Stepping to telephone one day
he called up Joe Lucia, proprietor of
the Adams House, and changing his
voice represented himself as one of the
officers of an Amigo bank and said that
if Martin Glines needed any money to
supply him and the bank would make
it good A little later he called, and
claiming to be lumber foreman hiring
men to send up on the drive, he asked
MIR. Lucia for some money to pay their
railroad fare up the line. The money
was given him and later in the day Mr.
Lucia, who felt somewhat suspicious,
communicated with the bank at Amigo
with the result that the officials claimed
to know of no one as the man described
to them. Lucia then started out and
soon found Glines and had him arrested,
when later it was found that he had
worked the same game on Strachota
Bros. The man a few days later de-
cided to plead guilty to the charge pre-
ferred against him and was sentenced
TO one year in the states prison After
being liberated from Waupun he went
to Appleton and worked the same
game, claiming to be foreman in the
employ of the Menasha Woodenware
Co. That time through some hook or
crook he escaped with light punish
ment