Round-Up | 1898-03-12 | Page 2 | Pension Swindler Arrested

pension ss swindler lunior arrested topeka kansas march 7 george cralle ft a notorious and clever pension swindler has been brought here for trial after being arrested at holton by a government inspector cralle is wanted it is said in lowa iowa missouri nebraska and other states baates lie ile has sailed under several aliases cralle claimed to be a pension examiner lie ile would hunt up ignorant pensioners and tell them that he had been sent west to examine their cases among others he would claim that tho the persons pension was in bad shape and was likely to bo be cut off but for a certain amount of money he would fix all right in the pension office no he is said to have operated extensively in the states above mentioned and has reaped a considerable sum the government inspectors have been on his trail for fol si six months