Show NEW CONFIDENCE GAME All the smart confidence men dont operate In Chicago and New York I said President Edwin R Hurley of the Standard Pneumatic Tool company of this city You run against some oho o-ho topnolchcra occasionally In the smaller towns and when you do the boldness and novelty of their operations opera-tions Is startling Mr Hurley had In mind a telegram from New Orleans that gave the news of a bold game that had temporarily embarrassed James H Manning tho Western agent of the Standard company com-pany Mr Manning makes his headquarters head-quarters In San Francisco and had been notified by President Hurley togo to-go to New Orleans and visit tho firm of Payne Joubert on Carondclet street to Inspect some new machinery furnished by I tho Standard company Incidentally Mr Manning was advised that his mall Including a remittance of 5312 would be forwarded to him at the St Charles hotel Manning reached New Orleans on time but found np mall This was n sad disappointment as he had urgent need for the 5342 Ho kicked to the suave clerk and the latter lat-ter was at first Inclined to brand him 03 an Impostor Mr Manning was here two or three days ago and got his mall said the clerk haughtily I guess not said Manning I was on the road many miles from here two days ago Explanations followed and convinced con-vinced at last as to the Identity of his guest the clerIc told the story of one of the boldest confidence games ever worked In this country although at the time he did not fully realize what he had been up against the particulars particu-lars being brought out by the Investigation Investi-gation which was immediately made by Sir Manning 3 BOLDNESS OF THE SWINDLE Two days before the arrival of the real Manning 11 welldressed man accompanied ac-companied by a Val ° t carrying a bag of golf sticks stepped up to the desk at the SL Charles and naked If there was any mall for James H Manning There woe and the cleric handed out about a dozen letters which the stranger coolly proceeded to open and read while standing at the register Having Hav-ing gone through the correspondence at his leisure he went away accompanied accom-panied by his valet and the golf sticks A little later he appeared at the office of Payne S Joubert and Introduced himself as James H Manning of tho Standard Pneumatic Tool company and said he had come to Install their new machinery Thus was In accordance accord-ance with the advices the firm had from President Hurley In Chicago and Mr Mannings Identity was fully established es-tablished He said he would bo too busy to visit the factory that day and made an appointment to meet Mr Jou bert there the following morning and explain the workings of the new machines ma-chines A little chat on general topics followed and then Mr Manning asked permission to run over his mall and wrjle some letters All thin was wns no very bualneasllke and there suspicion when a row minutes later ho I handed out the 312 check saying Ill need some currency tonight Can you accommodate me by cashing thin check It was after banking hours and the firm did not have 312 In currency In the office Mr Manning needed the money badly so Mr Joubert had his cashier draw two checks on the firms bank one for S100 and one for S2 2 Then ho took Mr Manning to the i cafe of Mr Ramos near by and the latter cashed the 242 check Later another concern gave him the currency on the 100 check SURPRISE iron REAL MANNING Saturday morning Mr Jouberts superintendent su-perintendent got a telephone mcpeage his regrets from Mr Manning conveying grets that It would be ImpooJlblc to visIt vis-It the factory that day but assuring assur-ing him that he would he on hand early Monday morning Mr Joubert was Surprised at this lack of business courtesy cour-tesy He was still more ourprjoed about 2 oclock that afternoon when the real Mr Manning arrived having been detained by other business Manning Man-ning was somewhat prepared for the explosion that followed after he had made himself known aa he had previously previ-ously called at the hotel where he I learned of his advance agent of the same name Mr Joubert wag soon convinced con-vinced that he had been Imposed upon and Joined with Maiming In an Inves llpatlon While they were in consultation consul-tation a telephone call was made for Mr Manning Dont forget that dinner engagement engage-ment tonight was the message Who are you 7 was the reply from Manning I have no engagement Oh yes you have was th assertion asser-tion of the man at the other end of the wire Im Mr mentioning the name of a prominent merchant on Ba ronno street Thats another of that dd rascals ras-cals tricks said Use real Manning now thoroughly Incensed SCOTCH IIJGHBALLS BRING 200 Detectives were cilled In and soon found that the bogus Manning had left town Uaklng with him not only the 343 obtained on the Standard com panys checks but 200 more don d-on an I 0 U from the Baronno street man The bogus Manning Is on Englishman and a devotee of golf So Is the Baronnc street man When they met which they did through the medium of the stolen mall they naturally got to talking of England King Edward golf and kindred topics and Incidentally drank a number of Scotch highballs to the health of Brit ains monarch the glasses being afterward broken In order that no plebeians might desecrate them Both were seemingly quite mellowed by the Insidious Influence of the Scotch whisky but It Is probable that Mr Manning was shamming At any rate he had his wits about him when he got the Bnronne man to advance him 200 when the latter was taking his last highball They parted with the understanding under-standing that they were to meet at dinner the following day It was this engagement that brought the telephone message to the real I Mr Manning at the office of Payne C Joubert This particular dinner has not yet come off and there is one Ilion In New Orleans who holds nn I o U for 5200 that has not been honored FOOLED THE HOTEL CLERK That chap was certainly the smoothest smooth-est article In the way of confidence man that ever struck town said the clerk of the St Charles when asked for a description of the swindler Why I thought a real English lord had come to town when he walked inhere In-here Ho had a broad accent and wore a suit of golf tog that would paralyze i you Then the valet and golf bag racket threw me off completely Hes a rather goodlooking fellow about 30 I years old with blonde hair and mustache mus-tache and light complexion Ho weighs about 160 pounds and Is of athletic build Another thing about the man that fooled me wns his Insistence upon the best rooms He was In no hurry and took his time In Investigating the apartments assigned him Aw me good mon he said to the bellboy when shown to his sulfa with his valet are these the best apartments apart-ments you have Pon me word they re beastly you know positively beastly He got the best in the house and theres an unpaid bill here against him ye1Chlcaso Inter 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