The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Paris Claims to be the Original Conf
dence Game Town and Always
Has Something
New.
WOMEN ARE sWINDLERs
They Are the Most Progressive Ones
and Have Many Startling
Schemes to
Defraud.
tBy William Philip Simms, Paris cor.
resnondent of the limited Press |

respondent of the United Press
PARIS, July 19.-This is the origi-
nal gold brick" village. Confidence"
stunts are pulled off daily. Here is
the trick of countess who finn
TANNED foxy jeweller out of a $780,
900 pearl necklace
A smartly dressed woman sent her
card to celebrated specialist in the
Champs-E lysees quarter. The card,
beautifully engraved; bore crest and
read: Countess So-and-So," the So
and-So part being the name Of well
known society woman.
My son." she said, after being ush-
cred into the elegant private study of
the specialist, lis on the verge OF los
ing his mind He Is continually talk
ing of pearls and necklaces. He is
always speaking of buying expensive
jewelry or OF selling such objects to
his frien6A What shall l do?"
The scientists treasured the an
xious mother and told her to fetch the
boy the next day.
THANK you SO much." she replied
, warmly, visibly encouraged.
The next afternoon she drove in q
fine new auto to the shop of a Rue
de la Paix jeweler There she select
ed a $4,000 necklace after looking
over the stock. When she went to
pay for 1t she found she had only
$4,000 in her purse.
How annoying" she pouted
Have you any one you could send
with me to my home? My husband
will give you the $4,000 there
A young clerk was of course
sent out with the Countess So-and-So
of whom the jeweler had often read
in the society columns The new auto
was soon in front Of the specialists
handsome home. In q fifty the
clerk and the countess" were ad
mitted. You can attend to the mat
| ter alone" the countess" said
to the specialist and quietly left the
room.
For moment the famous alienist
stared at the young man, kindly but
keenly
well, my young man." he began in
his best professional tone, you know
what it's about l suppose? Has 1t been
troubling you any today?
mo, nothing troubles me, SIR" the
clerk replied calmly. "All want is tc
be paid"
AHA! So this thing was always or
the boys mind, Ell? 1t promised to
be interesting. The alienist settled
himself comfortably in his chair.
$50 you want to be paid" What
for?"
why. for that pearl necklace, OF
course?"
"And how much do you think
owe you?"
"Just $4,000 exactly
"Ah, ! see the thing rs strT1 troub
ling you You must not Worry about
these things. There is really nothing
in it at all. You haven't sold me a
necklace Don't you know that?"
Your wife bought It,"
MY boy, I haven't got wife, the
doctor could not help smiling. This
truly was an interesting case.
! And so it went 1t e~us a regular
vaudeville farce. The more the doc
tor tried to reason with the young
"demented" one, the more wildly the
youth became excited. He talked OF
being swindled and wanted to break
down the doors, and finally believing
himself to be dealing with violent
mailman instead of HARMLESS" the
/ doctor sent for the police.
With the assistance of the police
the clerk was Gained down. He tolo
his story and when the jewelry estab
4 lishment was phoned to, it was cor
roborated. But long, long before this
happened the "Countess Mother" hat
4 disappeared with this necklace. The
automobile was traced but was found
to be a rented one The garage