Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-04-16 | Page 16 | Says He is a Lawyer, but He is in Jail

Says He is a Lawyer, M iejs in- Jail Vagrancy Charge Slated Opposite His Name, but Pollco Say He Is a Swindler. William Boswlck. who says ho U a Ja'" from New York. Is under arrot, charged ilh being tho smooth swindler who, hoa beo mulcting Salt Lako householders out of ' smtM sums for three weeks past. Mounted Pal ob ,an CouUim caught DoHWick under pocullor circumstances last evening. Tho ramo method of PSus iwln.ll-? innri-f(l tho earocr of nn Industrious swuj m re'VeVKlen'dlstrlcts r it'! S,K,C? " thTSdler110 iWc"" on a family on Sixth B lwjno lady of the houtm answered his ring, no "T?"" for another family of tho mc name. hen told they didn't Vvo . ,l'rhn?i lottera of ln-hnrd-luek story ayd Paid ho had otra ot in troductlon to tho pther family. f'2 money to buy a night's lodging Jr01 '? SntS. Coulam hear.1 of th s m Bosn l ck m l disappeared when he anlved tit '"f,..1' Coularn thon hunted up tlni other foml y for whom Boswlck fald he was looking. Ho uot to their homo, to hoc Boswlck on the porcn talking lo tho man of the house. The, gentleman gentle-man fr.Id ho had never soen Bosjvlck 'Cforo that the latter was begging. "A'S pn.'J proved tlial ho had worked Over all thtf east CIBoswlck told Coularn his namo was Allen. On tho way to pollco headquurtcrs Coulam. with his prisoner, encountered P""0" Henry Johnston. The latter Identified Boswlck Bos-wlck as answering tho description ot . UiO nwlndliT who has for somo tlmu been nnnoj-Ing nnnoj-Ing householders The Htrangcsl part of U o whole thing was that noswlck mippllcd polnt.i of description which tho patrolman did not recall, nnd then Inadvertently admitted lh.it ho had. since reading of that swindler, sinned off his mustache, which was art Important factor in the description ot the swindler. Conwlck was charged with vagrancy. An effort will bo rnndo by tho police to get other parties to Identify him. Tho pollco claim tna? tho mnn Is tho swindler who has worked pretty much all over tho city, asking In each Instance for somo small amount, anywhoro from tO cento to to.