The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-25
CAPPY KICKS
He Discusses the Gentle Art of Lying
n ynsAnohsr Coming Nsst SATURDAY


case. Tying 10 beat me out q that
account Of mine in Detroit. aren't
youT
Have you noticed. Capry," said
Eddie smith. that people would
rather believe liar than a truthfsl
manT'
'of course. Eddie. Tho liar goes
into minute detail and human De-,
inEr arc such hoobs that they mis-.
take the tassela Tor the goods itHslf
That propensity m human beinra 4
rosponsihle Tor tou1. real estate
hoomrra fake stock alesmrn and
gold brick maHlpulaiorv
'Aro people then. 30 honest. IN
the mas, that they believe everybody
u az honest ~ themselves? n that
Why they fan FOR these swindlers.
Cappy9'
1T is mot. Augustus. Tho peo.
pie who fan for a half Interest in
the cute little machine they have
seen. with their own eyes. grind
out $50 bills when fed with pieces
Of wrapping paper. arc mst a.
crooked as tho swindicr. only
they don't know h.
''la there anything moro pathetic
Than d sucker cp1ng 20 the district
attorney Tor a warrant for the ar.
rcst OF a crook for doinE 10 him
something which he planned 10 do
20 the government why. the chief
OF police tells me that the hardest
JOB tho detectives on tho huneo De
tail have a. 10 convince suckers that
they have been swlndled.
II have never been taken In very
much b. liars. however" The old
gentleman continued. for tho very
good and sufficient reason that /
have RETAINED from ussoclating with
them or doing buninsas with them.
or course. I fish and play golf
myself and ! win admit that In
those two pasiimcs have had some
wonderful and wholly unbelievable
experiences hut I've never been boob
enough 10 teil anybody about them
and claim credit I always say they
happened 20 a friend OF mine whom
I have known intimately nh my life
and who simply DOES NOT lle."
You say you have always been
able 20 avoid Lara Cappy." ulyassa
Gribb queried II have not been 90
Fortunate Perhaps I am a stupid.
Tell mo how 20 protect myself"
That's as simple az Euose milk.
Ulysses. When n man makes a
statement 20 you and before you
have had an opportunity 10 challenge
y, commence 10 swear by thlA and
that u "a true and u you don't b.
lievo him ask so.and.so- well right
then I know I'm talking 70 a liar.
and he knows he's liar and that
know be ~ liar and he thinks
IT'S his 100 10 prove 10 me shat a
simp l am 20 believe myself
"spcaking Of liars and boobs. hy
the way. many years ago 1 took a
tup down into Mexico and. In the
course OF my wanderinEs. visited
irpuaio. where Tiffany s. Co. have
their big turquoise mines. Willis
prowlinE around tho station waiting
for my train an aged Mexican &C
cosied me. drew the lack Of tho sta.
ton and showed mo baking Pow
dor can OF tho largest sirs quite
filled With native uncut iuraoulsos.
'He oonfldod 70 me that his son
worked IN tho turaoulss mine and
these were choice uncut stones
which sonny had managed 10 steal
md get out OF tho mine with. oven
tho under the watchful eye OF tho
superintendent
THE old man wanted $50 IN gold
FOR tho lot. aitho he admitted cheer.
fully they were worth several hun
dred dollars. finally jewed him
down 70 81 and later. when I got
aboard the train allowed my bar.
gain 70 a fellow passenger. who went
Wild over them and offered mo 800
for the lot concluded 20 soil. but
retained two large turauolses 70
have pair OF cuff links made from
"AlaA the Jcwelry house turned
them over TO Informed me they were
n clever imitation costing The imi.
tator about 5 cents peck. nnd that
the finest place to unload them on
suckers was In tho vicinity OF the
Tiffany mines where the real stones
lahoundod
Subsequently the man had sold
tho lot 10 called on me- and said !
was n rohber He wanted HIS 400
hnck. but denied tho rcqulsitlon on
tho ground that he wns as big a
crook as myself and that tho sole
difference between us lay In tho fact
that I was n smarter crook than hs.
''suspectins trenehory on tho part
OF that Mexican. ! had unloaded. but
I had made no representations that
had not been made 10 me. Consc-
qucntiy, his education had cost him
800. while mino has cost mo 81 and
a had taste I'm my mouth for weeks. Z"