Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-04
CROOKS IN TOWN.
Relieved Nicla Delappo of Sum of
 942O.

That New York sharpers are not the only sharks that are reaping the harvests was demonstrated to-day in this city when Nicola Delappo was fiimflamed out of $420 by pair of clever crooks. Although the case was reported at the police station, there is very little chance of catch ing the fellows who used the Water bury man for a mark.
 It was the old New York game which brought home the money this morning. A couple of strangers ap- preached Delappo. evidently knowing that be had little money. They in- formed him that he had fallen heir to fortune in Italy and they had brought with them part of the poodle to be paid to him immediately.
 Their next move was for one of them to pull from his pocket pack age, full of greenbacks, and as Nick saw the roll his heart almost stopped beating with the expectation of the thousands. that was coming
 Without any fuss they handed over the money to Delappo and ad- vised him to hasten and deposit it in one of the local banks.
 As the man took the money and was just about to start for the bank one of the fellows in a nonchalant manner said, Well, by the way, don't you think that you should give us some security before we allow you to place the money to your credit.
 Nick" did not see anything wrong with the suggestion and declared that be was perfectly willing to put up all the money he had for security. He proceeded to his house and pro- cured the S420 which he has been saving for years. Meanwhile he had given the package of greenbacks back to the strangers.
 But when he had handed over to the pair the $420 they once more de- livered to him his wallet and assuring him that they would call on him in a few days in order to fix up the re- mainder of the business, as they had told him that the sum given to him this morning. was only a part of the fortune they departed.
 Delappo set out hot foot for his home as he was eager to count the rolls of greenbacks which had met his gaze as he first peeked into the package.
 But. alas. when he reached his home and opened the package he was almost mortified to find nothing but roll of paper. The man had been given a 'phoney" package which was exactly the same as the first bundle which contained the money.
 Delappo reported the. loss to the police station. but the police who are saying very little about the affair, know that there is very slim chance of capturing the crooks.
 The Ssntoro brothers. who conduct ! a fruit store at the corner of Abbott and Phoenix avenues are bemoaning the loss of $600. as the result of q visit to their store q few weeks SEQ by a couple of drummers. who more than handed the fruit to the busi- l ness men One afternoon the Santoro 1 brothers ordered a large amount of l goods from two drummers who called Dn them The dr,Immers had the 1 rhecks for the goods made out to fhem instead of to the house from whom the goods were to come. AL i ihough the bill totsled much more I han s0n. the fruit deslers made out rhecks for that amount for the first l paynent
 They thought no more about it un- tiI about ten days after the drum I ners had visited their store. when hey becane suspicious as no goods ] 1ad arrived They soon got into com | with the concern that vss 10 ship the goods. but tbey were in- 'ormed that they bsd received no cr- iefs and had not seru a cent of the 1oney. which tse ffuif men hd psil lke drummern rhe santoros realise hpv WeFp doue eo fkp cuppn-a f.ufo