Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-27
MAD A CLEVER GRAFT
e. V. Good Worked the People
of Cedar Rapids In a
Novel Manner
AID BOYS A COMMISSION
They Solicited for Funds to Send a
Sick Man to the Coast, While He
Followed Them in Buggy and Divid-
ed the Profits, Giving the Boys 25
Per Cent.
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Cedar Rapids. Sept. 27.-Oae of TIE
clever est gratis and one that seemed to
be very profitable was worked in this
city the latter part of last week. AS
result, e. v. Good, w',o was the au-
thor Of the graft, was arrested sun
day. When arraigned in police cou1 t
Mon' Hy he pleaded not guilty. lie
Will have trial this week A citizen
residing on lfirs. aven IL, reported TO
the police that fellow had been driv-
ing thru that section OF the city in a
carriage, Just keeping up with two
boys of about Is years, who were ,al-
lug at every house and presenting a
suIscr'It.on paper. Ike gentleman
stated that the stranger answered the
description Of man arrested short
time since for smooth graft in Gales
burg, and advised Captain Kroulik to
look him up and bring him in. The
case was reported to Deputy Marshal
Brown, who took horse and buggy
and joined in the chase. Good was
located at Hanrights livery. just as he
was putting UP the horse he had been
driving. He claimed to be unable to
walk any distance and stated that he
was stopping at Starks' hotel. Upon
being taken to the station and searched
Two subscription papers were found on
his person which read as follows:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 25,
1914. TO whom 1t may concern: This
paper is presented to you with the re-
quest that you will kindly contribute
towards raising $50 to send a very sick
man to his family in Pasadena, CAL He
cannot Live In all probabilities, but a
very short time, and he is anxious to
be with his children as any Of us would.
placed in his predicament. Please put
your name and the amount you wish to
contribute on this list. Do not sub
scribe after $50 is on this list. (Sienedl
'E. v. GOOD"
Subscriptions to the amount Of $40 20
had been secured on both papers
Soon after Goods arrest the Grand
motel presented bill for $3.50, stating
that Good had room with bath and
that ne had paid his Saturdays bill.
Only few minutes later a livery bill
for 81 was presented, which showed
that Coed had been out for several
hours on Saturday. No subscription
papers under date of Saturday were
found on his person, and it was con-
Guided that he had solicited consid-
cradle amount and torn the papers I'D.
Work Sympathy Racket.
GOODS scheme was unique. When
ever any Of the people refused to pay
the boys until they had conferred with
the sick man" they were invited to
come out to the carriage where Good
put up story that would touch a
wooden Indian. He had supplied him.
self with a machine such as physicians
use to listen to the action of a patients
heart and lungs, fitted with rubber
tubes and ear-pieces, like a phono-
graph. This Good had strapped about
his body and when he found it neces-
sary to convince his victims he asked
them to listen to his heart.
A prominent physician, who was vic
timized to the extent of 25 cents, was
asked by Good yesterday to give him
certificate to the effect that he is the
victim of serious heart disease, but the
doctor declined. The police today will
summon as witnesses against Good the
two boys who were circulating the pap
err, on IL promised commission of 25
per cent Good is about so years of age
and looks as tho he had a checkered
career.