Willmar tribune., 1904-08-17


patton, whom and when you will
marry, and what you called for, be-
fore you decide to have q reading. j:
A card, containing among others
the modest and truthful statements
quoted above, was handed to Juel
Juelson, Of St. Cloud, Tuesday OF last
week by Prof. Hume, who was &C.
by an assistant evidently
the trade. We are in pos
session of letter written by Juelson,
in which he explains how he came to
have anything to do with the fortune
tellers. We publish it in full just to
show that the days of reckless and
swindlers have not yet
come to an end and that in spite of
their "experience" in grating they
sometimes run up against the wrong
man:
Willmar, Aug. 10, 1904.
o. August 9 I was approached. by
Mr.. Hume just az my train Was about
to start. He said he had something
very important to tell me. First he
asked me If I had received any money
for the threshing rig had sold. To
this I replied that I had not, but that
expected to get part or oil the next
day. He then told me to get all II I
could, and said there was q big pile
Of money buried on my place by In.
dians. In order to locate this it was
III IN
I asked him If q draft would not
answer the purpose. "No," he sad.
''There II no magnetism In Z draft. "
"Would you prefer gold or paper
money?"~I asked. 'Paper money" he
answered. "Is there, then," said I,
"any difference between the magne-
tism in draft and the magnetism in
q piece of paper. money!" "Yes," he
said, there is. The silver thread acts
as q magnet" To my question as to
how he could locate the buried money
by means of my cash he answered: Il
place . silk thread in your hand and
you move about your property until
you come to the place where the treas
ure ia located. Then the thread will
point downward. promised I would
meet him the next day "Wednesday
at the Merchants hotel.
JUEL JUELSON.
The grafters of course thought they
had struck it rich and that it was only
question of time when their finances
would be decidedly improved. Before
meeting his appointment at the Mer-
chants on Wednesday, Juelson, how.
ever, held . conference with Police.
man Stephens, and the result was that
the officer accompanied Juelson to the
hotel. Leaving him In the hall,
Stephens entered the waiting room,
taking with him the above quoted let
ter and the advertising card. He first
produced the letter written by Juelsor
and asked them If they had had any
thing to do with q man of that name
When they gave a negative reply
Stephens called in Juelson, who identi
fed both as the men that had tried Il
swindle him the day before. Whel
Stephens furthermore produced = cop.
of their advertising cards the grafterl
finally broke down and owned up t
their little scheme. By this time tn
atmosphere must have become rathe1
chilly and uncomfortable for the pro
fessors, for the hue of their counter
ances paled peroeptibly. Stephens pu
an end to their anxiety by saying
''1f you fellows will agree to leav'
Willmar on the fret train that goe
out It's all right. If you don't, yo1
know what's coming" In less tim
than it would take to describe it, tn
professors expressed their gratifica
tion, settled their board bill and hur
ried off for the train that would tax
them away from the unkind and un
grateful man who might have had q
Indian treasure had he only followe
their unfailing Instructions. Az it il
Mr.. Juelson will have to get alon
without the Indians' hidden "gold,
for it is not probable that the magnet
ism In Z silk thread will work an
wonders in the absence OF the "m,
dium.' ~..|~. .~... .:~s-..-.>,
Stephens deserves much credit fc
the manner in which he handled tt
affair. Al nothing definite could
charged against the ''Profs. . ): the o,
ly thing that could be done was I
hustle them from the premises, an
this he certainly accomplished In
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