The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-23

men with money, who thought them selves shrewd, were my prey. I would study a man and learn what could about his means and property holdings, and then perhaps at the end of three of four days or a week, would call on a real estate agent in the neighborhoOd, and inquire if any of his property was in the market. I would follow this up by going to see the owner himself, and make him a generous offer for his home. Generally preferred to deal with men e middle age or older. If they had not been feeling well it was an easy matter to make them believe they were suffering from heart trouble.
 T would indicate a few symptoms, and then the mans wife, whom l took care should De listening, would step in and say, That's right. John; you'd bet ter have the matter attended to by the doctor and of course I was the doctor. To get the patient to disrobe then be- came an easy matter. I would carry supply of court plaster with me and ap- ply it. on the back as the patient lay face down without his clothing. When HdppEllEu lO DC O0t VI 3NOAAN EAcT7eAA would substitute ordinary bicycle tape or passe partout used by the pho tographers. I had difficulty more than once in restraining myself from laugh ing aloud Once. under such circum- stances over in Jersey-I will not men, tion any name or addressI took every thing could lay my hands on. After leaving the house remembered fin- ger ring had overlooked, and I went back and got it. The patient Was still obeying my instructions to the letter; to lay still face down and not even breathe for three or four minutes if possible, until could bring some band- ages from the druggists.
 You would think that shrewd men would know better, but they did not, for the reason that they had the Amer ican desire to get something for noth- ing and too kall sorts of chances on my free treatrnent.' Once. though I was beaten by sharp fellow. I won't give him pame. for I don't think he would care to see 1t in the newspapers. He let me down easy and I will have eonsid- eration for this feelings now. Mueller chuckled st the thought. Continuing. he said: T never would have swindled single person or stolen anything, on ly was driven to early this month by an immediate need for funds. My wife had teen good to me, and I wanted to provide literally for her. She did not have any knowledge of what I was about, believing me to be an honest sewing -lnachine agent One thing is certain, r.ever would have worked my schemes off in Germany. There the peo- ple dtc'ine, as a rule to deal or talk with strangers, and the game would be a hard one.
 T had an unlncky time in Nek- ark. had buncoed business man out of his watch and chain, a diamond pin and some money. stood on 8 trolley car plarform on my way back to New York. and as took the chain out of my trousers pocket to examine it the diamond pin came out with it and got lost on the ground. had car stopped and went hack and searched for the pin, but could not find it. Mrs. MueI- Ter. the isisoner's wife, said she had never suspecied her husband of any thing wrong, and had always fairly worshiped him.. My friends were against my marrying him IS months ago.. she added. Because he was a German and an Irish girl. When he became a machine agent I took good care of him; never permitted him to leave the house on rainy days. did not yant him to get wet. His arrest was terribie blow to me, and I hard ly knew what to do" Mueller Is clean shaven, % trars old and about feet l'tall He talked as if fairly we'll ed ucated. The police found 14 pair of trousers in his apartment 11S East Sixty ninth Street. where he was arrested New York Evening Post.