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Show THE PRODIGAL. A Wealthy Cltlen or .Frrentinloa, To.. Victimized "r Cali And Valuable-'. THE WORK OF A FURIOUS MOB IN ARKANSAS. A Worcester, Ma., Bank Teller Vr- rested for Me-ilin Bonlt Aul Zloaer. UNEARTHING SOCIALIST SOCIETIES SOCIE-TIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. rrghlful TrajeUr la Franc?. Taf r.tustralian Mrlkts. Hrulal loot.l'ids. By Tdtzraab to tbe S. 1IEIVY srillLH. A IVnnsylsanlit tlllatn r Inrtu -.Solil" for iaoia. rnFJtMANro-, V., Aug. SI. U-vl Moyir, n wealthy nnd Inllit-caitAl Inllit-caitAl citizen, lias Just been victimized victim-ized of 3M In cash, two deeds of val table property awl a gold watch woitli ?3U. Mover, his wlfeand ton, Hyruni, conqiosed the Dtnilly. llyruiu was waywanl ant at the age of 15 he mysteriously disap-(eared. disap-(eared. Klghteeii years rolled on and no word was received from him, and lie was given up for dead. A few days o, however, a well-dressed well-dressed maii iiW hws and inquired in-quired for Ievl Moyer and family. An hour Jattr he was In their arms, welcomed as their Ion; lost sou. The news of tlie prodigal's return iieuetrtted every nook aud corner of the village, lie was lionized aad made the centre of attraction at a few ro-Ial gathering gotten up in honor of his return. He stated that he came from California on a vl-ll, and to Induce, if lWe, his parents par-ents to dispose of their property and go back with him. He toll all the story of hi wanderings and how he accumulated wealth. His overjoyed father awtltcd with great afxltty tlie arrival of his sou's pirtiicr. who, Heury&alJ, would crnrj shortly. Both had come east to test the genuineness of a big scheme whelcby they expected ex-pected tn reallz- a iargesum. Several days after tlie tuttin-r, George I.es alg. anivc-1. Ills reception was no less cordial tlisiii Henry's. They finally induced the father to go Into the scheme. Ihepirtleulars or which could not then be made public. The fattier saH he had three lliousind dollars ill the house' also two deeds upon which he could raise a good sum, and if THK l-RIM8U K7IKMK was all right h woull Invest Preparations were Irun for the trio to start for California in two daVj. L vat ui jht a'a Hit a doz -n of the tamIlV luce', liiliniate friends assembled as-sembled at Moyer's ta hnve a night's plea-ure before their departure. de-parture. Shortly after mUnight the rty disptTeed, intHnl-Ing to It; en hanJ lo see llieni oir ill the morning. Bef.-re Henry and his arttier wut to their room theJ proliosed aiiether drink, which tlie quartette ltttook of. Drugs ld been it In the drint I repared for Moitr and his v.'U: awl in u short time they wire In A deep stiisr. T.ie two lartner, who were nothing ! than de-perad. then broke open tile little Iron -ife here Moyer's mouey and valu-ab'es valu-ab'es wire kept. Afttr ttealin them and WnsArkiitir the l-ouse tbc-rouhly, Jhe1 'Calitornlans'' de-(arted. de-(arted. , Sjaie of the gentlem-n who had proml-ed to M-e the pirty oil called at thehoufcc!.irly thi morning awl fiunJ the door wide octi. Not seeing any one around they thought it strange awl grew suspicious. It then dawned ujn them for the fir-t time that Mayer w-as the victim vic-tim of a vilr of confidence men. They llren Pnl tlie aged ccuple lying on the lloor In a ahisjr, from which their efforts ftlkrt tn arouse them, an I m-dl.nl aid was tlicn summoned. When Moyrran I his wife awoke and reallzeil what had lnpiiiod they bruku down cotiletely. Tliey say their son vvoull neer hive coinrnltUd such a deed, but neither they nor anyone t l-o h able to say whether It was their son or not. |