Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
1T WAS. MOST eRATIFYlNeLY
SCRATCHED BY GULLiRLE
WATERLOO PEOPLE.
GATHERED IN $500 IN
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
Society Women Were "Prof.' Buck
neham's Principal and Most Liberal
Patrons, One Paying Him $3.50
Working Girl Relieved of s5o-PaIm
ist Disappears and Warrant Out.

Waterloo Dec S.-where is prof"
]. H. Buckingham. the palmist patron
ized by Waterloo's most select and
fastidious set?
About the only person in Waterloo
who had any dealings with the pro
fessor,n that, does not care anything
about his present Whereabouts is the
rooming house lady on Lafayette
street where he maintained his head
quarters for the two weeks. if cur
rent reports be true. His absence from
the city since Sunday night has proven
painful TO a number of local people
About two weeks ago Buckingham
and partner. by the name OF Lewis,
dropped into town, and applied at The
city hall for a license to read hands"
which was granted at SO much per.
Certain Of the police force had THAR
apprehensions. II is said. but the
professor Went ahead about his bus
mess. About the second thing he lid
after arriving was TO notify the people
thru the medium Of the daily press
that he was here for the purpose Of
revealing the dark and hidden secrets
of their lives, the past. present and
future. This was the open declara ton
Of his fitness. but the one prime reason
Of his presence in the city was to sep
arate people from their coin How we'll
he succeeded may be verified by the
great number of his Customers who
bemoan his absence.
Attractive Personality.
Possessed of natural graces and ply
sique, well educated, prosperous mein,
good dresser with eparklers galore IN
teresting and entertaining of speech
and typical product OF the Bowery
district of New York, his success was
merely a question Of time.
He kept advertising and the people
hocked 10 him, to learn that which
no other human could tell them. Peo-
pie from every walk of life called dur
| ing office hours, before and after. So
ciety women were attracted.
Warrant For His Arrest.
On information sworn to before Jus
tice Knapp by Miss Bertha Baker. en-
ployed at the Stephens boarding house
on Mulberry street a warrant was is
sued for BuckinGham's arrest. charg-
ing him with stealing a certificate d
deposit belonging TO Miss Baker, on the
Commercial National Bank, in the sun
of $50. This, it is alleged, he in som,
manner got possession of and disposed
Of 1t to a local business man. who il
This was supposed TO be signed b,
Miss Baker and appeared to be al
right, but had evidently been forged
as in no other way could he have Sc
cured the money.
A prominent West Side society yo1in1
lady was a. victim TO the extent of $3.50
Of which he by his surreptitious meth
DDS secured control. His method wa
something on this order: Reading
persons future from the palm of thei
hand, he could see great prospect
ahead for making money, or where the,
had just missed getting a fortune b
! lack of business sagacity. All that wa
, necessary was for some master com
mercial mind, similar to his, to loo
after the investment. Not a few wer
! ality and square dealings that it
J. said they entrusted various amount
into his keeping to invest for them
Another way he secured some OF III
q cash was by dexteritv of movemer
of his hands while reading their fol-
q tunes, and getting hold of their purs
a and making the desired extraction
q therefronl. He was so smooth
:. this art thar in g few instances Il
parties knew nothing of what ha
: happened until several days afterwar
Those Broken Pledges.
Working his business 40 the poll
where he considered that 1t was aool
time to seek greener fields, it is sal
4 ne had made arrangements with
number of people 10 have a regul,
mass meeting Monday night at h
apart1n ents. Without waiting for Il
time to roll around. and without evt
n telling his landiady what was 10 tral
spire, he left note that the appoin
,nent could not be filed, very much
u his sorrow, as he was called out
"a the city.
It viii never be known just he
e. much he cleaned up in this local.;
but certain it is that a responsit
N party saw him exhibit $4,000 in "a
n a cay OR so before leaving. Wheth
: this amount represented his few da,
Y work in Waterloo OF not is und
ternined, but it is evident that he g
enough 10 justify his coming, u
enough to cause the Sheriff who h
the warrant for his arrest to glad
81 consent 10 give substantial rewa
q &c: aa~!ee leading 10 his capture a
: detention.
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