The Detroit times., 1909-01-30

. police assert. Is the much-wanted coal
swindler, was led into her presence.
| She was one OF a score or more house
wives who have visited the station
. on q similar mission since McGuire's
. arrest, and had she not been restrain
ed MCGUIRE might now be wearing a
sinner" as souvenir OF the occa-
sion.
MCGUIRE practically confessed. Fri
day morning, that he is the notorious
coal man"
How did you come TO start the
game?' he was asked.
We'll, hard luck had something TO
do with II" he replied. promptly. Il
was out OF work on account OF the
even at a dollar a day. had 10 live
some way"
He admitted, however that some of
the money had gone for drink
Where did you get the idea?"
well, had heard OF the game be-
lag worked before"
Mcclure said he had been in Detroit
Ave months. Previous TO his coming
here he mad been III the railroad busi-
ness for nearly rs years, working
enemy in Pennsylvanla.
Among McGuire's callers, Friday
morning. was Miss Margaret Liontz,
living on Moran-st., In Hamtramck.
She positively Identified Mcclure as a
man who called at her home several
weeks ago, and, falling to collect on a
load OF imaginary coal, borrowed an
umbrella, which he failed to return.
did you take this lady's umbrella?
demanded Lieut.. Tom Lally.
Il don't remember getting any UNI
brella," returned Mcclure.
However. Miss Liontz was directed
70 McGuire's home, No. 3S Elizabeth
st. west, with instructions 10 take her
property II she found ii.
II knew that man the minute
heard his voice." said Miss Liontz. Il
was home, sick. that day, and heard
him talking with my mother at the
door about coal | had read about the
coal swindler and took the money out
OF my mothers purse when she WASH
looking so she couldn't give him any.
Then he asked TO borrow an umbrella.
as II was raining. He just wanted 10
60 around the corner he said. but he
never came back. Ii was good UNI
brella, too"
Mrs. Henry Zinbauer. of No. ia
Seventeenth-st., called on similar
mission Just after Mcclure had been
taken to police court for arraignment.
She followed him there and instantly
spotted him in the prisoners box as
the man who got 81 from her last
September for load OF coal that new
er came.
II would know him in a thousand.
she said.
Mrs. Zinbauers experience reveals
the cleverness OF the mans methods,
and shows also that he played In great
luck sometimes. He called at the
Zinbauer home late one afternoon in
September, explained that her husband
To whom he referred by his first name.
had spoken to him about a couple OF
tons OF coal, which he was prepared
10 deliver on payment Of 81. IL 30
happened that Mr. Zinbauer had spok-
en- the previous evening about getting
in ID couple OF tons" and the house
wife was an easy victim.
II also happened that Mr.. Zinbauer
aad been paid the day before, and the
coal man" evidently had timed his
visit accordingly. though how he knew
Is a mystery. Mrs. Zinbauer was put
ting up chilli sauce at the time OF his
yIsit. and as the Goa! man took his
departure he said cheerily:
"Tell Henry think he ought 10
give me a can Of that chill sauce for
getting his coal so promptly"
How was that for nerve?" observed
Mrs. Zinbauer.
Mcclure, through his attorney. Chas.
p. ONeil pleaded not guilty TO the
charge OF defrauding Mrs. Elliott. Of
No. pol Dragoon-ave.. out of SIS. and
his examination was set for Feb. 5.
Justice Jeffries held him in $500 bail.