Show aw j I 1 f fir P PETTY ETT Y FRAUD va ta 0 1 obtaining sams oe money il un da dec r edises I 1 3 ew 0 1 40 DO SPENT IN I 1 i 1 abold game of bf aatu kal ato ted dby 1 1 ora or whiskey A few weeks week 1 agoa man named Wili william laiu jh johns vm at pleasant view left hia his home with 40 in hia his pocket bent on coming to ogden to pay hia his taxes but he hii no robber arrived in town ta than 11 be he changed ilia his mind somewhat and instead of looking for the tax collectors le clore office made his way to the nearest liquor store there he spent thedac the day and a large portion of bis h Is money in dr drinking inking an and treating his friends when night came and johns did not return home bis his wife began to teel feel uneasy not so much about her abna bisband as about the money for ehe she then felt confident that be was up to hia his old tricks and that he was squandering her money acford Ac rord juely on the following morning she dispatched her brother to ogden in search 0 him he euc succeeded eucce eded in finding mr johns abut but not before he had spent nearly all the money johns refused to go home houie with his brother in ig law and went ou out to harrisville and stated stayed all night with a mau man named I 1 edher and in the morning before leaving he be told mr fisher that he had some stock in brigham and that be ex peeled them dowain ashurt time when he expected to sell them and would like to borrow until he could make the return mr fisher believing his story lent him the money he re went from there to willard and after staying all night with one mr air harding told the same story and succeeded in ob mining on the strength of it after that he went around and obtained small sums from come some eight or ten other persons in ogden and vicinity under similar false pretenses his conduct soon reached the keen ears of the ever vigilant sheriff of weber county who immediately got on tho culprits track and find followed him to park cit city Y arrested him and brought him to ogden the case went before the grand jury for investigation but we are in formed informed that they considered it too trifling a case to bu be worthy their consideration and turned the man I 1 4 at large they had no sooner done so than he ife went vack and began plying his whole trade rade the first place he visited was the bouse of N tanner jr of t this his C city ity he there represented to mrs tanner that mr fanner r was wat bis his attorney and b hal a a case cue in band for him and that he lie johns had come for the tile lady supposing that the man had seen her er husband jet let i the fellow have tho the longy money he went from avent there therb to the ther rest residence ficen ce 0 of mr r mark alark merphy who resides on ou street and aud represented to mra mui murphy arphy that he was anold ald acquaintance or of mr murphys Murp hys and had seen him on the train and mr murphy had told him to como come and get ato pay for a trunk which wits wa at the d depot the lady gave him that being all the money she had on hand band r not having yet become satisfied johns next went to the house of mrs birs pidcock and told the foll folks ri that he had a box which be he hau bau brought from mr who is t i s iu the penitentiary and that 85 cents remained due upon the tho same again he was given the mone money yand and departed on opening g the bo box X I 1 h it was found to be empty however I 1 before johns bad had an opportunity to pond spend his money be he was aga ift rn run jn ju i by the sheriff and placed in the tile cool precincts of the county jail where he will have an opportunity I 1 to meditate his past conduct and reap the reward offis of bis labor he we was interviewed this morning by the reporter and made no ecru pies plea at telling what bad hild been the cause caus e of his conduct during the ibe P past at few months he asserts that it was drink that lead him into it a at first and bad whisky continued to spur him that thai be has gone t to 0 such excess that be he ii is now ow we well I 1 I 1 nigh D crazy mr mr johns is a welshman proba bly between 40 year of age is of light complexion short stature and heavy build and I 1 lyca YM temperament temperaments he b has a 1 wito wite and five children who are in circumstances which need the assistance of 9 kind husband and father since the above was in type we have learned of another of attempted swindling tricks he lie callec called at the residence of mr J north of first street on main alain and asked naked mrs airs sm arth waite if her husband was vias at home no replied re pied the lady he is at the office oh retorted johns 1 I have just come from there but I 1 wish to bobrov ejot cents I 1 bavo have a roll of bills here but the bank does not open till three mr jones of north 1 den told roe me to call mrs airs suspicions were aroused and johns was referred to a eon con who was at the stable but he did not interview the young mai man he thought the dog looked agege and his fearis cars were confirmed with the information that the canine would bite if mra was not present he de camped i aped without hie bits 80 centa cents I 1 1 |