Show C ra M I 1 A L is MERL B U 11 WT 1 he proved himself to be a clever swindler chicago aug 27 A dispatch to the tribune from memphis tenn says the mysterious E gately arrested in new york after chase by united states officers will bo be tried here for an audacious attempt at swindling for one of his years gate ly whose real name is david steinberg is a boy still in his teens and for eighteen months he has been sought for misuse of the th mails emalls steinberg had correspondence with a chicago tanning coni company pany in regard to a shipment of 0 hides worth while working for S steinberg co wholesale hide dealers here the boy who was distantly related to S steinberg is alleged to have rented a typewriter purchased stationery and lif in the back room of a squalid lodging house started the business of tho the memphis hide fur flur company stud study y of business letters is said to have enabled him to learn the way to frame his correspondence and with a recklessness which ended lit in his undoing he started to furnish the hide trade with sensational quotations he obtained money orders on alleged forged bills of lading forwarded from memphis and is said to have sped ed considerable sums ol 01 0 t mono money the government officials were never able to discover how bow much steinberg accumulated for discovery of the alleged fraudulent concern was made by his lit s employer who dismissed him from hi his s service those who knew him believe lieve ho he made thousands of dollars by the nervy deals he executed he neither drank nor gambled but had a wild desire des ire for wealth |