The Ordway new era., 1909-01-15

capt. DlCkbOu, WHO uhu
b recently retired from a
bsition high In the United
lates secret service. !
und him seriously engaged
reading the afternoon pa
King yarns. you newspaper
he greeted me cheerily.
ives you that thought?" ]
hiking how much more
ere the experiences In the
man than anything he was
nd In the paper which he
led In his hands. and hoping
started telling one Of his
lst reading about a green.
die pulled OF In New York
lay. II is strange how men.
bense enough to accumulate
honey. can be so foolhardy
.ith II on n palpable swindle
e. And yet you know" he
there are some shrewd
ben roped in on this self.
Osition-men who are re-
their home community for
less sense"
IN moment there was a
for me. so ! quietly filled
e pushed over the bottle OF
berry. and this came from
of the green.goods sharks
Bonner. alias Red" Mad.
prty." and hundred others.
In New York city. and II
fasure to make his acquaint.
picturesque manner.
dn't do indiscriminate ad.
$ do the green.goods sharks
sent time. Not Hank. He
his victims with care and
belection OF them n personal
e would make a tour
De- provinces" as he ex.
and one Of these tours that
md twoc hree victims was
j sort O. / failure. When
spotted his man he would
the city and write him a
stter. In which he hit out to
mans weakest point OF
whether It was cupidity.
downright criminality. Hank
ing chances In these letters,
seen his victim. talked with
him out, and 80 studied
Jose range that Hank gen.
" more about the man than
knew about himself.
a close tab on the men
had worked and never tried
two Jobs in the same neigh.
He would nab a sucker from
week and one from Texas
In making his tours he as.
Ferent characters. sometimes
IAN OF wealth seeking . bit |
ION, sometimes an itinerant |
Pr q book agent. Whatever |
he assumed he acted 1t to
and never made . false
his record until he tangled |
lanky swamp-angel from
hd been down there selling |
hrns. and at q county seat
|ance from the railroad he
ed a victim named Simon
ne sharp characteristic of
|ture was his suspicion of
and everybody. He must
p OF Missouri ancestry, II
in the slang expires.
Is current to-day. A really
man is the easiest victim
die In the world. He is SO
investigate every detail of a
n before he bites at 1t, that
once satisfy him in this In.
A. he takes everything for
tier that and you don't have
'r trouble with him.
had been written just the
or letter. 1t was a master. !
Is over there in one of my
D. and you can read II some.
Il think It will interest you.
> desired effect. for Boggs
with a cautious letter, in
said that he would have to
before he would invest in
; put that he would take a
.uty II II was the real stun.
more ready money than
mis- parish, and Hank knew
could rope Boggs in he
We well worth the plucking.
was made with the
and he came ON to New
OK the situation over. Hank
: the depot and took him to
oy a roundabout way In q
Iriage SO that Boggs never
found 1t again. He was
70 q room where money
, De the cheapest commodity
"a. It lay about in piles on
chairs and the bed and
Uttered with 1t. His eyes
g az saucers At this vulgar
lor Uncle Sans currency.
told the customary vasl
stolen plates and the dif.
WORKING the moikey on iali
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