The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-01-31
An Oft Tried Scheme Again Being A.
tempted.

An old scheme which has been many
times attempted in the last decade is
again being tried upon numerous peo-
pie throughout this part of the state.
An alleged gentleman of Spain" who
purports to be languishing in some
dismal Castilian bastile for political
offense", and whose beautiful daugh-
ter, or niece, for the relationship often
varies, is suffering in penury because
of his incarceration and inability to
secure untold thousands of dollars in
gold, which he has safely cached in
some secret hiding place, which none
can find unless through his instrument
tally and assistance, and an offer to
reward handsomely the one whose as
sistance he seeks, is the gist of the
letter which is addressed to the more
or less susceptible.
One gentleman received a letter of
this description which alleged that the
distressed gentleman had married a
distant relative of his and the erst-
while suffering daughter was the re-
suit of the marriage; so clearly and
successfully were the facts of the rela-
tionship set out that the gentleman, a
we'll known farmer of the east end of
the county. instituted and investiga-
ton, but whether or not the address
given was so vague that he never re-
ceived the letter, or whether the willy
creek took alarm at the very pointed
letter written him and the information
requested, at least the investigator
never heard further from the matter.
The latest letter to be received of this
character by anyone in this vicinity
was by well known member of the
Masonic fraternity, who, together with
two other fellow craftsmen befriended
stranger who proved himself to be a
member of the craft, this occurrence
took place many years ago. Now
though many years has elapsed letter
comes from the beneficiary of their
kindness relating that he is a prisoner
in spanish dungeon, together withIall
the other narrowing details usually ac-
Complying these letters, and seeking
the assistance of his friends in recover
ing the hidden treasure. So wildly
does he describe the occurrence of
years ago in which the recipient of the
letter participated that he cannot doubt
the truth of at least that part of it,
and this leads him to investigate as to
the truth or falsity of the claims made
in the letter as to the distress of the
writer and the hidden treasure which
he seeks assistance in securing in or
der that the necessities of his distress
ed relative might be relieved. We
have not heard the result of this in
vestigation, but we are fully satisfied
that it will amount to naught, save the
loss of any funds which~the kind heart
ed investigator may be susceptible
enough to invest in the relief of this
slick schemer.
We have known these letters to be
Investigated before now, and we have
never heard of the investigation prov
ing fruitful of good results. Neither
have we ever heard of anyone being
buncoed by this plausible scheme, but
there doubtless has been many people
who have been incredulous enough to
invest their money in the chance of
securing part of this purely visionary
wealth, and we will venture to say
that every dollar so invested was to
their sorrow. We are fully satisfied
that the entire scheme is fraudulent
from beginning to end, and we would
advise the recipient of any such letters
to pay absolutely no attention to
them, and if per chance for curiosites
sake you should decide to investigate,
under no circumstances advance any
J funds in furtherance of such a scheme.