Show A CLEVER ROGUE travels through europe in style defrauding fra banking houses nev york jan 1 by means of a clever and carefully prearranged pre arranged himself S W scheme a man calling spencer representing himself adi be the british vice consul at washington an that docs not exist Is declared by a banking an exporting house to have been traveling through europe since last october banking bouses with spurious drafts and forged checks darawn on prominent bankers and bushings men n new york the scheme he la alleged to have operated involved abts presence here a few months ago lie Is said to have visited exporting houses and representing as british alco consul at washington secured drafts tor large sums on foreign correspondents for shipments of watches for new jersey makers tor he pretended to hold power 0 attorney the shipments never reached europe but spencer did he along the drafts upon the proceeds it la alleged he 1 enabled to live without labor for ame being ho Is anuw supposed ln egypt |