| Show CON MEN ARE ACTIVE DESPITE depression swindlers lers find victims in parisian cafes paris the success with which two nn unimaginable imaginable confidence men swindled it a yi australian millionaire in a popular boulevard cafe recently indicates that the world depression Is not universal despite repeated successes of these con men in this most well known of parisian sidewalk cafes the victims still seem to come from somewhere and still provide easy money for plausible crooks who not only go by unpunished but who return at a later date with a diff different drent passport a different name and different mustache perpetuating the some old gag and disappearing before their victim hns has time to get to the police station only recently a trusting australian gentleman dropped upwards of francs on the flimsiest flims iest of flimflam flim film flam prevalent gag it if for one of the swin adlers to take a chair on the terrace of a popular cafe where all the world goes and wait until some particular bird of prey arrives arrived the tha victim selected Is either chosen by prearranged tactics on the part of the gang or a victim Is chosen at random because of his apparent or supposed possession of ready wealth the con man so to speak having an engaging personality soon makes the acquaintance of the victim and if the victim Is at all susceptible the worldly arts of a gentleman who has lived both in and out of jails under every circumstance on fill all continents soon makes its insidious effect and two firm friendships are formed farmr id drinks follow cont confidences about family home towns women men and events the crook Is apparently wealthy just a careless fellow whose people are rich or whose uncle Is president games the two p police allce thugs who trimmed the ain amiable lable visitor were old offenders and their appearance was signalizes signalized in paris but police action came only when the venerable gentleman had parted with tits ills millions use dee simple system in this particular cafe the simplest of systems are employed many victims probably get wise and fall t to 0 collaborate but when a brother falls these thugs make it well worth the time lost on their bad guesses the of a big corporation and whose acquaintance Is vast among men of circumstance cum stance to make money bores him because he las has plenty flattering overt by devious means the crook establish PS the approximate wealth of his bis victim and by some singular coincidence a venerable en erable gentleman happens by the cafe lie ile speaks to the crook as though he might be the son of his elder business partner the first crook invites his respected friend to join them in a drink ha explains overtly that the old gentleman Is one of americas or 13 En ng glands lands greatest bankers the silent partner of ship lines oil concessions gold mines and scandalously rich who Is retired but who goes to the stock exchange as a 11 matter of long habit the two crooks talk of a little deal perhaps they leave their new friend out of this little deal the next day they met again and the elderly gen gell aleman turns over a few thousand francs with a bored air as the winnings of their little deal they offer to let their victim in on one of those little deals and they even bet jocularly among themselves who will get trimmed on the next stock deal this goes on until the friend Is convinced that he Is in good company then comes comes the real deal tho the victim lays out cash a specially big prize on a new stock the next nest lay day the two friends cross the frontier and the in innocent no victim calls shamefacedly shame on the P police olice |
