The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-11
Old Trick IN. Slightly Modified
Form Nets $500 for Two
Hen.

ST. LOUIS, No.. July 10s-Here's
the ancient gold brick game IN
slightly modified form. the moditcA-
ton consisting merely in the tact
that instead OF the regulation brick
the confidence men used bright brass
disks:
DIR. Michael shapiro, "a dentist OF;
1854 Westminster place, was the VIC
tim. He paid $500 to two men for
the disks. believing they were COM
posed of pure gold. The story of the
swindle was related to. the police by
Mrs Fannie Shapiro. wife of the dem
fist. when she arrived at police head
quarters. following q visit to large
downtown iewelry house. where she
had the disks tested
As of Old, Samples Stood Test.
According to Mrs. Shapiro. two well
dressed men called on her husband
at his office, 1902 Franklin avenue;
and asked him IL he would care TO
buy some gold at cheap price.
Dr. Shapiro assured them he would
she says and they showed him sew
eral disks. He tested these disks ana
found they we're pure gold.
The men then told him they had
|thirty-two ounces of the disks. of
which they were, DESTROYS of dispos-
ing. He arranged to meet them again
at his office at IL o'clock In the morn
ing.
At the appointed hour the men ar
rived with several more disks. DrS
Shapiro also tested these and found
they also were of pure gold The men
asked $500 for the thirty-two ounces
of disks, but later agreed to accept
$500, according to DR. Shapiro.
DR.. Shapiro then accont panied them
Ito a house in the 1900 block on Wash
street, where the men had engaged
room. There he was shown smaII
box full of similar disks. He tested
several OF these. They also were pure
gold. and he agreed to the barter.
While one of the men made prep
aration for wrapping up the box sot
disks the other waited signal to Dr.
Shapiro, which caused him to follow
the man into the hall. There the man
showed him diamond ring. which ne
said he would sell for cheap price
DR.. Shapiro told him he was not
interested in diamonds, and they re-
turned to the room.
The other man greeted DR.. Shapiro
with q neat bundle. which ne told MN
contained the golden disks. The den-
ltist accepted the bundle, and the two
men accompanied him to his home,
where he procured his bank book and
incidentally informed his wife of his
|"bargain."
She accompanied her husband ands
the two men to the Mercantile Trust
company, where DIR. Shapiro made
lout and cashed the check for $500 and
gave the currency to the men.
DR.. Shapiro and his wife then re-
turned to their home, where DR.. Shap-
|iro again bethought himself of testing
the disks. The first proved to be brass.
the second proved likewise, and at
ter DIR. shapiro had tested Several
more. his wife fastened with the bog
to the jewelry house. There sno-
learned all were of brass.
After relating this story to the POI
lice, Mr.. shapiro informed the poles
that one OF the, men had held out for
"a SOS commission on the transaction.
and had an agreement to call at the
shapiro home at O'Clock at night 10
detectives were assigned to accom-
pany Mrs. Shapiro to her home and
await the visit They also were M
structed to arrest the man when ne
up to this time, however. he has
failed to keep his engagement.