Show A 1400 VICTIM The Hard Cases Play at tie CODU dence Game And Secure Good Checks for 81400 Another Robbery in the Fifth Ward Not only are the bar cases now here indulging in the pickpocket and burglary bur-glary business but are also in the confidence line A few days ago a wealthy individual who for short will 39 called T came down from the north He was met one afternoon this week by r young fellow who recognized him and called him byname by-name T did not know the young fellow but was informed that be wan he eon of a judge in the north and I was BO familiar that T recognized in him as he thought the son of bis friend the judge Tho young man bowed T about the city and when passing a house tome distance below the City Hall tocyoune man said he lad to go into the house and asked T to accompany him The latter declined but finally yielded When in the room the young man scan began be-gan gambling with come persons there Liter a time he turned to r and asked him to lend him 600 T assented and wrote out a check for the amount This WAS followed by others until checks for 61400 bar been loaned to tbe son of bit frhnd the judge Tna young fellow in the first place told T that be had 1600 in the safe at the Continental Hotel and that they would walk over tbere and get it after they left the house When bay got out the young fellow told T that the money was bu wiles and be did not want to get it tben a he might suspect but he would bring it around at 5 oclock in the evening to the Walker House T left and about 5 oclock be received a note in which be was informed that important busies busi-es kept his young friend away but that the money would be forthcoming at 10 oclock on the following morn ing T for the first time negan to suspect and doubted whether be did recognize in his young friend the son of the judge In the meantime a certain auctioneer auc-tioneer of this city called on the banker on whom T had drawn his checks and asked i i the 600 check was good Tee banker asked how the auctioneer got i when the auctioneer replied be had received it in a business busi-ness transaction The banker stated that Mr Xa check was good for a goo I great deal more than f6o but that be knew nothing of the check in question ques-tion The auctioneer left This was in the evening On the following morning a little before the bank opened the auctioneer was there waiting to cash bis check But T whose suspicions had been aroused went to the banker related to him tbe circumstance countered with the checks and said he did not want them honored So the banker went out and told the auctioneer auc-tioneer that Mr T had requested that the 1600 be not honored The I auctioneer said he had advanced 350 II Ion the strength of the check and wanted to know what he should do I I The banker told him be did not I know and the auctioneer left I T saved his money but under the circumstuncia po one would have sympathized with him bad ho lost every cent of it Where such occurrences occur-rences are ao common a man living in tbe wet almost deserves to lose when he allows himself to be so I easily gulled He refuses to make a I complaint and consequently no arrests I ar-rests have been made and no prosecution I prose-cution can b instituted This may I prove a warning to other greenhorns I and if any oue else should be caught it is t be hoped he will have grit enough in him to make complaint and do the public a service by prosecuting prose-cuting the sharper even though it may put him in a disagreeable light On ThurSliy night another robbery was perpetrated in the Fifth Ward just one flock Irom the residence of Mr C T Marsden burglarized on Wednesday night Tbistime a set of harness a tArried oQ from the premises rf Mr Wanlets No clue |