| Show BOY PLAYED MESSENGER AND JEWELERS chicago april 7 in the guise of a messenger boy made perfect by hu clever use of grease paint and hair dye ernest R erikson the 19 year old son of irs laurence erikson a diamond merchant of evanston successfully victimized two downtown down town jewelry birnis and only for n mistake duo to his own carelessness have succeeded in one of the moat clever confidence games ever brought to the attention of the chicago police in all diamonds valued at 1500 were secured by the who after in trusting them with friends all of whom were ignorant of his deception boldly returned to hh home and assumed his natural character as that of clerk in hid mothers store detectives were already at the store trying to solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the and tracer of grease paint and dye still on the boys face and hair aroused suspicions winch led to young eriksons arrest and the discovery that for three days he biad successfully played two roles erikson at first denied the accusations against him but finally confessed and assisted the police in recovering all the stolen gems |
