The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-08
100000 FLY IN A
WELL-SPUk WEB
HOW TWO INGENIOUS AND PA.
TENT sWlNDLERs TRAPPED
MAN OF WEALTH.
.LURED BY WALL STREET
And Financial Names and Then BY
Fortunate Coincidence Rise in
Pacific Stocks Came and
Trap Was Sprung.

New York Nov, With prize of
100000 rewarding their efforts, swind
lers whose operations cover three
countries and who after months of pa.
tient effcrt saw their victim, a mem.
Der Of a well-known New York family
living abroad cross the ocean to swal.
low their tempting bali, have scattered
and sought distant parts of the world
to spend their plunder and to elude
pursuit.
1t may be doubted If better plan
ever was worked out for such Purposes
than was used in the presen, instance.
Details are Just coming to light that
amaze the few who have heard tie
story
The magic of Wall street was the
charm that won the victim from Lis
usual shrewdness and made out of him
an easy prey Of the hunters. who Kept
up their pursuit for the better part Of
half year. No small amonn; of
IL
allaying the suspicious Of the hunted
but their outlay was returned to them
hundredfold.
Nor did their cffrCntery stop at
making Wall street the ostensible the
ater of the lulfilnent o. -ner swlnjie
They used the name Of finapciers with
Il freedom hd. would have awaken.
cd suspicion ''d ii not been done In so |
a oil ma amer.
Two men. presidents of great rail
roads, were mentioned with an ap.
parent Indifference thai seems 10 have |
Gerved its purpose, and when the plan |
was ready for execution cable mes
saees seemingly coming from one Of |
these, lad the effect Of removing TIE |
last doubt that may have been felt |
by the fly for whom the spiders had |
woven SO fine web.
Once the confidence of the victim |
gained, the adventurers needed only |
to complete their stage setting before
reaching their climax. This they did |
by renting an extensively furnished |
uptown apartment, the pretended |
home of one of the swindlers and by |
hiring well fitted offices downtown,
In which secret conferences OF much
Importance were of daily occurrence
between the sharpers and the men in.
reduced as personal representatives
Of powerful money interests.
Fortune favored the swindIers. for
lust at the critical moment sensa
tlonal movement in Union Pacific At
ed In TO their scheme with a remark.
able precision. and 1t was a simple
natter to persuade the investor" that
Trough their acquaintance, and, of
ar greater value, through the pretend.
I'd theft of alleged secret code mes.
'ages from and to the big men Of the
street" the time for the coup had
arrived. II had. and the profit was .
arge, but not to the one who had ex- +,
'ected TO realize IT. ,
James Nome Of Chicago, New York,
1Ondon and Paris, where he Is known =
IS Edmund Jeffries although In Ger
ain police headquarters he would be ,
nore readily recalled under the name
( chi Jim" and his comrade, George
iregory. who is sometimes known as
iichard Campton and on other occa.
ions has answered to equally well d,
elected and reassuring names. have
isappeared. They have been relieved
T the necessity Of working" for an :,
ther wear or two and they are TAX. !,
,g advantage of the opportunity to ;
travel for their health"
In London and in Paris. where he
pends hts time, a man of almost mid
lie age. whose knowledge of the world
lade him imagine himself proof
gains the pitfalls prepared for the
rdinary mortal, Is contemplating r
eavy reduction in his comfortable
,rtunc for almost one-fifth OF his
state fed in the attempt to double it.
hagrined. he is refraining from pub
city. but it is unlikely plausible
rangers will again ingraiiate them Al
lives 50 deeply into his confidence. n