The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-28
CLEVER swINDIINe SCHEMES
St Louis Post-Dispatoh)

ISL LOUIS ECEL-DlSpat
Speaking Of clever swindIes," said
a famous English Scotland Yard de-
tectiVe, who was over here on an i'm
portant case recently, to a group of
friends i'm the lobby of a we'll known
commercial hotel reminds me Of two
/ which were successfully worked in
England not long ago and the perpe-
traitors Of which we are still looking
/ for.
One happened in Liverpool during
! the time Of the races. A styHshly
! dressed man drove Up TO a jewelry shop
: i'm Dale street and told the proprietor
| that he wanted to buy a really good
! watch. After looking at timepieCes of
various prices, he finally chose one Of
the best i'm the shop. the price of which
was As guiueas. In payment he ten
dered a fifty-pOund note, which the
/ JeWeler carefully examined and, after
/ finding 1T TO be all right handed over
the change. The customer put the
watch carefully i'm his pocket and was
about to leave the shop when another
man entered and greeted the first with:
% Why. hello Charlie Who would
have thought of seeing you? What are
/ you doing here2'
I've Just been. Duyiug a watch
/ was the reply.
We'll, if that isn't strange. I've
| just come i'm TO buy a watch, too. Let's
have a look at yours. That seems a
/ pretty nice watch; what's the price of
it, F0rty-fve guineas2 III get one
! just like it,
"WhereupOu the jeWeler, delighted at
the prospect of making two good trades
/ in one day, produced another watch Of
I the same kind and was handed another
| fifty pound note. This he also care
| fully examined and detecting nc hing
suspicious about its appearance again
handed over the change,
THE two friends linked arms and
approached the door of the shop, when
man of official appearance dashed up
. in another cab.
"Ah, I've caught you, have 10 he
said, covering the two with revolver.
. Then, turning TO the jeWeler, ne said.
Have these two men just given you
two fifty pound nOtes%
Yes, sir replied the now frightened
proprietor.
well, they're forgerIes. the clever
est we have had i'm England i'm many
a long day. I'm a Scotland Yard de-
tective and want YOU TO accompany me
with these two men to the police sta
ti0n at once Whereupon he hand
cuhed the two customers.
% Il can't possibly come now said
the jeweler for Pm all clone I'm the
shop and my assistant won't be back
for half an hour
d" Wen. never mind, give me the two
notes and follow us as soon as you can
get away.
1.-THE notes were handed over and
the three men, two of them still hand
cuffed. drove off Ia the cab. In half an
hour the ieweIer hurried to the pO-
lice station only 20 find that nothing
was known of the matter there and
that ne was minus his two watches, his
two ffty-pOund notes and his change
THE other was brought off in a sub
urb of London. A little boy, who Tor
two or three days had been going to q
small grocery shop to buy groceries,
entered one day with an old violin ana
bow under his arm. Approaching the
grocer, he said.
- 90 please. fsir. my fathers very sick,
and has got no money and asked me
To come and ask you If You would let
him have a few groceries on ms vio-
lin. Fathers very fond of his violin,
and win come ip and pay you IN a LeW
days and get il back.
s.The kind-hearted grocer gave the
how what he wanted and hung the nd
die uD in the shop. The next day
STRANGER entered the shop and save
quite am extensive order which ne paid
Cor. saying that ne had just come 10
live i'm the vicinity. As Ire was leaN-
me his eve fell on the violin and he re-
mats an interesting instrument
% No said the grocer, who proceeded
to ten the man the story of the little
boy and his old father. the stranger
s-i-a5 III sea the violin. and after care
ruiIv examining TT. commenced 60 play.
0Tbat's a nice instrument he SAID. !
wonder If the old chap would sell IL:
II DONE know replied the grocer.
s.rThe next day the boy came back
for q few more groceries on the violin
These were at once handed over, and
tra grocer thinking TO make q 5000
5esf a5u+ him back Go his father with
am offer Of ESQ for the violin. Shortly
afterward he came back with tottgerI-
ing old man, who Win tears III nls
g,-ee ea{d that he would not part with
his dearly-loved instrument even for
e50 A deal was finally made for zoo
and the money handed over
.eThe grocer waited some days FOR
+he Stranger 10 return and then took
he violin 10 be valued ~ was worth
about i've shiliings.