The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-06-23
4 COLD, CRUEL WORLD
WELFARE WORKER IN BAD

Its a cold, cruel. hcarlless world.
The strong arm of The law Of Colo
RADIO has drawn within its tolls at
Trinidad. the lieutenant of Capt
Webb, who introduced himself to
Clayton some few weeks ago, and
had not the captain folded his tent
and silently moved away. he would
have been the cellmale of his lieu
tenant in the city baslile of the
Colorado city.
The following was taken from the
Chroniclc-News, of June 18th:
Wearing a misfit uniform of the
American Rescue Workers, said TO
be an organization similar in pur-
pose 10 the Salvation Army, going
about with a tambmlrine and col
lecting money for the good cause"
a man who lists himself as Lieut..
Bert McGinnis is in the city Jail
and police efforts to locate one Cant.
l.. f. Webb have proven futile. for
Webb, 1t is believed folded his
tent like the Arab and quietly stole
away some time last evening while
the police were sparcuing for him.
The police department has turned
the night on another scheme iO de-
fraud the gOod-hearled people of
Trinidad by impOstOrs who go about
lin the name of the Lord"
Webb and McGinnis came here
some Time yesterday from Clayton,
n. NJ, and took a room at room
ing house on North Commercial St,
The self-stylcd Capt. Webb being
the brains of the scheme, apparently
detailed McGinnis to go out with his
credentials and solicit clothing and
cash, with emphasis on the cash.
So McGinnis, who is tall, put on the
uniform Of Webb, who is short, and
went forth to gather up the shekels.
The sleeves of the uniform that
Lieut. MeGinnis wore hit him about
three inches above the wrists. and
his trousers did not reach to his shoe
tops.
The credentials McGinnis cafried
showed they had been none too care
fully worked over. The paper bore
the name and insignia of the Amer
ican Rescue Workers all right, if
there is such an organization. but
other and perhaps legitimate names
had been erased and written in was
the name Of Lieut. Bert McGinnis
as authorized 10 solicit. Below was
the signature Of Capt. J.. H. webb.
attached to this was letter writ
ten in pencil addressed TO the good
people whom it may concern that
Lieut.. Bert McGinnis is working in
the name Of the Lord" and entitled
to receive discarded clothing for
men, women and children. and cash,
and the word cash was underscored.
This letter was signed Capt. l.. H.
Webb and wife. Investigation by
! the police revealed that there is
no wife, but that the captain had
been seeking to induce some young
girl at Clayton to join him in his
travels.
McGinnis at the Jail let the cat out
of the bag He said that he had
been given Webb's uniform and sent
out to solicit; that he turned all
the money and clothing over to
Webb. The latter, however, had lost
no time in getting away when the
police nabbed McGinnis, and took
two suit cases with him. What
clothing McGinnis was able 10 get in
his canvass was recovered and will
be turned over to the Salvation
army Chief Smith said today.
This is another case where inn
posters have operated in Trinidad" +"
smith says, "The people should be
again cautioned to investigate more
closely before giving money or any,
thing that they may have. There is
so much of this going on"