Show E IDEAS IDAS THAT IDA T AR ARE NEW IN IN TOE TilL ART OF CROOKEDNESS I a I I I I l I I I 4 I ran cross across Superintendent ex-Superintendent ex Byrnes this week and found him as full ful of Information mation mallen maton as in the old days when he was w Czar of Mulberry street street- He is Is now engage engaged engaged en en- gage In professional detective work I 1 believe bleve and seems to find rare delight in unearthing new forms of mis mt and ad mel mal ma appropriation ap ap- ap- ap Every Ever d day he said views s 's the creation creaton cre cre- cre- cre aton of new schemes scheme scheme for the thc transferring of property from an owners owner's pocket without without with with- out his hi consent or through some Imposition tion practiced upon him Each Bach scheme is promptly ventilated by the press and so comes to a a speedy end But Dut while it Is being shown up In the columns of the dally daily daly papers other votaries of f Mercury Mercur the tho god of ot thieves are busily finishing new projects In the past thirty days several new tricks or new variations of old ones have been brought before the eyes ee of the police or the A very ver pretty pre one was wa worked by a clever woman who Is beleve believed be be- leve to be in league with with with-a a professional criminal criminal She advertised for a a loan upon rich jewelry and when the victim visited her diamond she displayed a large and magnificent To Insure Us Its Is genuineness In value she went with him to his own expert who examined anti and approved of It giving It a fl W gr gel gele valuation of a thousand dollars She re- re e 1 It In n the little tt box and went t with r the victim c t to hehl hIs office 1 X where rh he gave her a check and took the stone and ad box Thirty days das afterward when she did not appear he called caled at the address addre she had left lef where nothing had ha ever been heard head of her He went back and the Jeweler Informed him that the Ule new stone was wa paste and worth about 3 The sweet-speaking sweet dame had substituted substituted one box for another while en route from the Jewelers Jeweler's to the office WIDOWS UA HAVE VE NEW SCHEMES Last week a downtown lawyer paid the penalty for too much confidence a at the g hands Yol of a f fascinating I I client Yr who o oas oa oo posed o as a widow Her He game was exceedingly well wel pla played ed and must have been devised for her by some unscrupulous shyster A month ago she called cled upon the lawyer submitted a lot of papers In which It appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap she was to receive an estate under undera a will wl amounting to fifty thousand odd thousand thousand-dd dollars and asked aked his advice avic She In Insisted Insisted insisted In- In however upon paying him ten dollars The following week she called caled with with a similar business matter and while there induced him to send a a clerk out to cash a check drawn upon a a bank in the neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- Out of the proceeds she paid pad him for his advice and gave a little present present pres pres- ent to the clerk On the last lat day she called caled about 2 45 and presented a check heck drawn draw upon a bank bak In the borough The lawyer endorsed it i sent it to his own bank bak which paid pad it upon his endorsement and ad handed the proceeds over to her Three days afterward the paper came back marked N A. A The lawyer lawer has been looking for Cor the widow ever since Downtown at present at-present the lawyers have been annoyed by an able German able German swindler who fortunately confines herself hersel to small smal sums She is exquisitely neat and an modest and her clothes are pitiful to look upon She picks out for or her prey American American Amer Amer- ican lawyers who speak German Geran of whom there at least 2000 In the are leat 20 me me- me To them she tells a pathetic tale tae of ot pow how ow she has been wronged by a rich farmer near ne the city who owes her seven months' months wages At this thi point she faints from exhaustion and hunger and the lawyer lawyer lawyer law law- yer usually lets her have a dollar dolar or two to tide her over until he hears from the farmer A fine money making scheme was wag re recently recently re- re re nipped nIpped nIpped-In In in the bud by the captain captin of on an a ocean steamer During During- the past year a I beautiful adventuress adventures of fascInatIng lug Ing and and- fashionable attire attre crossed the ocean regularly but never goIn goIng goIns go- go Ins Ing twice on the same steamer ste On each trip she would pick out some do well do promoter or financial man goIng go- go go Ing Ing over ovel to London to negotiate some proposition Involving I hundreds thou s sands She would make his acquaintance walk with wih him on the tho deck ad and after the tha Ice was wa broken would confide conde to him her he nervousness and ask ak him to take care cre of or her pocketbook during the rest ot of the te Coage The Te man Invariably swallowed the bait bait DEMANDED FIVE HUNDRED On the day of the te arrival arval he would hand over the pro property pert which she would open thanking him and then assuming assuming- a dramatic dr- dr dra dra- matic matle attitude she would demand the 30 which were in tho the inside compartment o or of the pocketbook In eve every Instance the theman theroan man roan rather than tha have any trouble trouble paid pad the money and an went away awa a sadder If it not nota a wiser man mn While hilo In London the captain captan of or one of or the vessels on which she had ha made a scene sene pointed her out on Oxford street to two other captains whom lie e ie had happened happened hap hap- to meet one on of ot whom was ws the officer ot- ot of a mentioned They looked at her critically meone and ad then ten passed by When hen the steamer e left Liverpool i the captain on c coming down o tto to the deck c f from the bridge saw the woman He said woma sad nothing but the next day he he- noticed her walking with wih a wealthy New h York broker broker who was a frequent a trans Atlantic voy ager The captain knew him and had ha the steward ask ak him to call cl in his private cabin He told him the story stor of ot the adventuress ad venture venture-as and ad said If I she asks aks you to ta 1 take care ae of her pocketbook bring It immediatelY immediately im im- mediately to me and we will wi make an Inventory In of the contents and me so put a astop astop astop stop to her little game 5 Within thirty six hours the game had bad ba been played and ad the pocketbook gme examined by the captain captin and ind the passengers The Tha usual usua scene sene came off ot in sailing up New York bay and culminated in the woman woma appealing to the captain captin to hove have have the te man ma put under arrest arret until he could be delivered delv- delv ered cred to the metropolitan police The Te cap cap- tam tain bowed and said I shall do so s cp madam madam ma ma- ma dam da and I 1 shall also have you ou arrested at the te some same sae time as a a common swindler You have been ben working this game for some time upon the ocean oen steamers and ad the companies companie have grown gow tired tired tired-I tre-I tre I will wi be answerable for the passenger and I Iwi an will wi also as be answerable to the police for you you If I you jou OU have no objection I 1 shall now put you jou ou under surveillance by two of my stewards The woman woma stormed but finally broke down dow and after making maIng a a full ful confession and an apology the matter was wa allowed to drop MILLIONAIRES LEGITIMATE PREY A millionaire who comes comes- from other othe parts to settle in New York Is watched and ad studied by many may baneful eyes If It I he and his wife attend a church with any ay regularity especially If i they take tae a pew pw they are apt to be called cled upon by some superbly dressed dame or benevolent white-haired white old man mn who drive to the house In a swell carriage with monogram monograms monograms mono mono- grams gram in every direction dirton Then Ten they are ae asked to do something It I may be b one of twenty things to raise rise a a purse pure of to send sed their beloved pastor pator to Europe or to make mke a fund for redecoration of the church interior or to build a a chapel for forthe forthe forthe the poor people of the tenements Whatever Whatever Wat- Wat What What- ever It may ma be be it i Involves a disgorging of anywhere from 2 to 1000 10 If I the millionaire is like clay in the hands hads of a a beautiful potter poter he Is very sure sue to have havea a series sere of unique experiences especially If he is married and has ha children The boldest thing ting in this line Une ever done was when three swindlers swindler arranged arrage a a conspiracy whereby one posing as a an In Injured injure injured in- in jure husband husbad had two and three arrest arrested arret ed posing as the wicked wife and ad the wealthy seducer and ad haled before a a poUce police police po po- po- po lice Uce court Here the third man mn gave the name of the Intended victim as his hi own ow and an as his address adress gave the home of ot tho the victim A week afterward the pretended husband husbad brought suit for absolute divorce divore against the bogus wife wie an and a genuine suit of criminal conspiracy against the tho vie vic ic tim tm The latter later luckily was wa a man ma of great geat nerve and fought the matter mater tooth and an nail nai He made so fierce a fight that the swindlers got alarmed and sought safety In flight fight In working up the case ce the lawyers and detectives were astonished to find that no less than tha seventeen wealthy men had ha been ben caught in clever traps similar aim sim ilar lar to t this and had paid pad sums ranging 1 Sunday tO Telegraph y rt h y N. 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