The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-02
.DUSKY SHARPERS
ROB OLD WOMAN
Make Clean Getaway With $z1s5
by Working Ancient Flirnflarn
Swindle in Post-Office.

Look out for the following described
negroes:
NO. 1. Tall and slender. dark brown
suit CT clothes. derby hat; ginger cake
color. small mustache. good teeth, \
slightly stoop- shouldered: about
twenty i've years old.
No .. Very dark skin. small black
specks on face. rough skin. sharp
mouth. thin lips. dark suit OF clothes.
derby hat.
Wanted for grand larceny"
This order was issued yesterday
afternoon by Chief of Police werner
to all detectives and uniformed OIL
GERS. The two men sought are wanted
on the charge of having swndIed
Emma Chambers. an old colored worn-
an, of lO21 Catherine Street. OF s215
By the means of an antiquatcd comb
dence game.
Two men answering the description
were arrested by Captain of Detec-
tives McMahon when they were found
lettering in Seventeenth Street They
were unable to give a good account oe
themselves and were taken to police
Headquarters. The victim was sum-
| Inoned. but she unhesitatingly declared
they were not the ones who had finn
tlammed her.
Was Robbed Monday.
Although she was robbed Monday
afternoon the colored woman did not
discover her loss until yesterday MORN
ing, and she at once made a report OF
the theft to Captain Mcmahon.
The money. II small fortune to nor.
she had obtained Monday on a life
insurance policy. Before depositing it
In bank she went to the Southern
hallway Station to buy a ticket. for
hcr niece, VINO was going to Bucking-
nam County. AS she approached tho
ticket office she displayed large roll
OIL bills, and 1T is believed the money
was seen by the men who afterward
stole II.
Upon leaving the station she is said
10 nave been followed by the two
negroes. She visited a bank In Main
street but found 1t closed. and was
consequently unable to make the de-
post. She then went to the postoffica
LOT the purpose OF buying stamps.
Asked to Change $500 B,I.pySsSise
Az che left the stassssAeFa s~ssa6w one
OF the sw,a 1sss sssSstssassff6 he'd her and
-. 90 gS.s2Gnssted her to change a.
HrEior 5000 He added that the banks
were closed and he had tried every
where to break the large note. but
hah heen unsuccessful. She told hin,
she could change 1t. and produced her
| large roll Forgetting she had more
man 500. she handed all or her money,
~ liS Stranger. he produced
what appeared to be a yellowbacl,
started TO hand 1t to her. and then,
announced that for the sake of safety
ne would place it in an envelope for
her. She thought nothing strange. and,
accepted the envelope. which had been,
sea.od. The two mep at once left the
post-ofice and have not since been
seen. 1t la presumed they have also
left the city. aiso
Inc woman did not discover she had
been victimized until yesterday morn.
Ne, ana she at once went to Captain
hcMahon with the pathetic story OF
having oeen swindled of nearly every
thing she had possessed.
Whiie the trick by which she was
ROBBED is old. similar to the famons
green goods" game. the old wonan
had never heard of it. and fell an easv
victim. 'S9
! every effort is being made by the
police TO catch the dusky himfam-
iners, but the chances Of their arrest
are admitted to be slim.