The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-11-15
h,.I|iNAYMAN CAUGHT.


hay" lua, SO The facts vt She
casr aud very vague drscr'pltnn
If ,ic ;iath'y were given 10 the
pn,lrr " hen the facts we've civ
cn a. utii -, Felix Romero h." NJ
oace concluded it might Prove
tlpl'iul 10 shadow one, A lex
tA la, who was knouH TO Tie
police "a "n ldlrr aud one W l,n
90, med ave: SO to earning hls l,v
Itn y, homes, work In fact, II
~ -fatsd that his laat known en-
easement At tod was wh,n be- Gas
rnui,, Il go Ao'Ne Oui \ sentence
lmu"4rd hy ilr City Court toI
II uc nlsd"'a
kpnaing Al"x'a record and han
tli, ptilr.r ',amrIn watched h,m
Ht,i tinaiiI #,s'ed HIM on Husul
c,nu y hrn h.' learned! that h" had
h"rn speeding money pretty f'oe
\ |, I'LL II ninr" ~ TINS cliy. w heu
ara.r'rd he ",ia"hr' had upon him
! ~ Mao, \ i"c"lp' i"r SiG, at lc
crnt date. winch had been ISSUED
\ w j .lranrr"lio nilMlng abl'sh
/ mrnt IGt \ salt ni clothes ! he
/ u i-.nt !, lug unab'c To account
i fns his ltnarps~lan If tho amount
/ u! mnn,N found upon, ID" ~
crl., and "ihei known expcndI
! tDrrs. h". wa4 ,Ii"I On Friday
IA '.af aech Alex owned NJ that
\ h. had taken the money from y
/ i,uj!k.n man
hili&ei iinmrIn then put hand
puliE an hl~ man and took him to
I Nh K. & Scaley's residence to
sec # l,e could lave him rn:ltied
d, the rarty who had obtained
money from various Ci'lZenn and
A auge,s, MOSTLY upon plausible
"'ha, luck stories Nj, Se,ly de
ciIr,d him to be the man Alex
came ~ h,s house ROme tlme ago,
saying that he was on his way to
town With eggs aud chickens for
anh,, when m accident heftll him,
! Tie hrox, Il wheel He wanted
NJ, Nealcy to advance the cash to
pay tal the necessary repairs.
which, when made. would enable
him T." como on with his produce
aud deliver chicken and eggs to
he amount ot Mr.. Seaity's ad
vance. Snspcct'ng u trick, NlT.
Sralty called his yard d-boy and
gave h'm the money and instruct
ed hIm 10 go with Alex, get the
chickens aud pay for them
W hen couple or more Of blocks
away from Mr. Sealey's home
Alex pointed to team standing
by The roadside. some distance
| ahead, declared it to be his outfit, i,
told the boy I" go there, that he
would find Il man in charge, tell
him Alex had sent hlm, and the
driver would deliver the chickens
rbe boy was then persuaded to
give up his money on tho further
representation that Alex wanted
t" 20 to u near hy wheelIight t.
arrange for the necessary repairs
Alex disappeared and tho team
Ste, had no chickens; neither dlt
he latter know Alex
a number Of other victims ideD
tliicd the prisoner, 10 which Ale,
neither attempted denial nor rails
ed protest lie was MI artist o
many aliases. lie was quite al
inventor Of appealing stories
none Of which were copyrighted
He seldom, If ever, used the saln'
, story twice, TO one party he ap
praleh for loan of 80 cents t
get medicine to treat his injured
/ head, which he bad bandaged IL
/, white cloths. OF another he begge'
! !, loan Of 80 eents to get medicin
/ for a snnk, bitten daughter. q
: auol her, to get medicine for 4 dy
lng mother At one home h
=, stated that be had been sent I
:, got 30 cents 10 buy u bottle Of lin
= imcnt far the husband who ha
been slightly hurt ut his work
:. rIe good wife, all excited, no
having the exact change, CAV
him Il dollar aud urged him t
hurry. He did. The wife the
: hurried 10 her husband only {
liud that she had been victimizeC
Among the many to whom d
:. had appealed with his distressf,
stories are Walter Labauve, LuC
. .Ienna,o, a &. HoIIer man, }. (
Robel t., Rene Viato,, Eug. Gni
lot, Carl Richter, Lawrence Lede
aud Il T. Coffey 10 all I
thee., and perhaps many other
= it viii be goOh news TO learn tn;
y Alex is on his way to have b
y wings clipped. lie will in a
: prohabiIi,, 60 into retirement *
some time.