The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-08-01
THE OLD, OLD STORY
J. ]. M'ALEsrER CAVE up sio..
900 TO GOLD BRICK ARTIST.
FAKE MINER, FAKE EsAfER
Work One os the Oldest Schemes
Known on Prominent South
MeAlesier Capitalist.

town that heAn hls name weAithg =
auAucief Of note and presideat q t's
American NAtional hank q south
MeAlesieF. sas the victim saturday
of enc II the Oldest srhemes known to
swsndiefw A4ld Il uut Just tasa iiign1Afid
good American d0liAmas o0nssqnn
fls had tns s'gold brick" nckst work.
ei 90 him About : udsk Aen man
giving his name a. Joe Daniels aud
claiming % hal from Montana, arFis.
e.i 10 south McAlesisf olstsnaihly IN
sArh of an alscla lie had IN bis
possession letter parpoEtlngMto he
from . prominent mining man 10
MontNna, and representing himself 10
b. a minaf
Daniels assumed 60 heilese he llsd
caas 10 think Col McAiestsf sas tie
uncle whom he sought. hut vhen ti,at
gentleman proved 70 hs satisfaction
tsiAt he vas not his lost relative
Daniels went 70 Texas Tulsa and
ether points Ia quest of that nysiical
individual Failing 70 hnd t'ls ''uncle
he returned 70 south Tosu and again
sought ou, Col. AcAlestsF, whom he
40 coslld hsip him 0ut ~ gnAnciAl
dgaAcultF ne wanted t2S 00. he said
q protect tis interests Ia saluAols
mines la NaufAnk against tie c.aims
of q soman lie lad tis.cea. would
tie Colonel loan him ten Thousand
more N he Jeff 4 gold bfiek wor,il
st9.no witN hlm a. @cunt8y It's
Colonel wuuld. hat tic brick nass
afsf - Subjected tea teei to prove lis
saioo Certainly ulat was sil right
On Friday the miusg AID Col Nc.
Alssfef proceeded e Auskosea where
TIE smlnsf said gafefumeut asaayei
could ~ found Nho could apply re
ted "A eraelensly ~ Il could - d0sle,
a. shs mint After reachlns Music.
ges . man sas found Alio sefY ohiie.
lngiY pointed out The loc4tlon q tie
Togsmmeut AsuYsr" o. tile pair
Tits wotlhy individual thoroughly
examined tie gold Il hriek, ~sighsd
Il ana pfun0ancsa i 20 h@ uoFth !
little niogs than Als.uea Tie wlly
eaelllet was sAtisfless
That night Colonel MrAiestsf ard
fanicls pat ap a. he sams hafel ID
Nuskofes zad eAflI SATURDAY morn.
lag returned togstlaef a. South McAt
esief, whsfe fie dsAl was cousamAfesi.
pfeeeeilng 70 tha American NAfiunAi
hauk Celotsi NnAlrs,er handed
Daniels sieso h lsak notes and re.
eslsed in return a solA bfiea. sorfiI
ufolabiy. - To aas his soad fts..
Ink toward tie nan whom 30 lad
last hslpea out of aaaneiAi afssa.
tie Colonel rode 0n the train wtth
Daniels Is fAr a. sorfh Toan. ne
latter hasles pafeisasei a licked q
Tolsa
When. lafef. Cashier Thomas Eas
fa.d 81 TIE Transaction. be proposed
that the bFlea b. skaiu aahlszgsi "a :
test TITS @as daue and lie gua
bfseA proved 10 - pate brass
glided g. represent tie real thing.
of roufsa. efs this tl4e slAfpsfs had
made good tlsif escape, AID noe
Colonel Nealeslsf Is ufsung : fsaafd
ei 80 far tie arrest ~ tie ianmsut
lguoiant miner nha De- eks tfglne 70
help out II aaineultY
TIE usual friendly Indian. with
TIE precious bflek eoucca - under
~ blanket. dld uot appczr Ia this
tfaHactiou. bai aifh tat exception.
TIE ssiud.s sas psrpefrated ia saactly
tte same manner i has teen ever
Aluee the taoei bruesH miner govern.
ment assagef uusnspeeflng victim