Stratford Times, 1 Oct 1890, p. 6

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' be §=Stratford Cimes. ~ Berra arcmin SUP PLEMENT, OCTOBER 1, 1890. BF antl sauanes ahop will be Da basket and bard to thieves have carried off ivate residences lately leaves for the Parry « bunting expeditiva y Sith a member of well- . Rtei at Tae Times .ifize. a with Avon Ward Meht » bool at the business wean tics Wedneaday even Shaw will be pleased to see By will cccapy the old A'bion shortly , will have **:>» latest" aly. Lor, 4 au <mter Co worth, will" coupy Mr- 's store the beginning of meat, tatty and artistic All the tatect ety tes of type ss to morrew | Uet Zod and 3d. Mowat, secretary of the bas tendesed bis resig ! wile, amd faanly of come te Su ted Pall Feic bere in. the agri 'which opens mlb f i tH £* i; Haetd z i t : (Pay; then do it in the'f $10,008 LOVE AND CRIME. 4 FPORGER WINS HEARTS AND po1- LARS . He Uses His Finance Por a Dupe Right and Left. How We Purthered iis Plans--His Very Cleeer Schemes St. Louis, Sept, 20rh, 1890..-It is net often that & man eagaged in hazardous criminal enterprise had cither the time or the inclination to mix up in affairs of the beart. Fred U. Brobst, the clever forger and draft manipulator, now in jail in St. Louis, was « notable exception Few forgers would have the hardihood t> confi-te to the same mail that conveyed a love letter to a sweetheart other letters i forged drafts for $5,000 and You tre ie whet Brobet did Owing to the uncertainty of his movements abi his sudden changes of bese it was pawteeaty fur ta ke have auine Lied puci office address Where his pal could reach him, This was adelicate thing for 4 man bat Brobet found a satisfactory way by walisting the aid Uf the Woman to whom he was married, She was entirely ianot@at of any wrong in the matter Frederick OU. Brobet was one of the most forgers that ever annoyed the commercial world He was assisted by « skilfal confederate, an engraver and maser OF rubber He also found time to make love to and tions in Lawrence, K. Last April Brobet x : 2, went to Hastings, Nes. Tex aul ie poung he represented stefan te Og FahoR Gane ol Kron, Gul. iie speat several days at Heatings, and the acyueintance with the young lady rapidly sipened inte love, and an engagement fiuliowed, The welding day wae set for carly in Jane, and Brobst loft Hastings, saying he Was going back to Akron, Uol., to tutid a j tor his bride to Aiter he left, this laiy received lett>rs fox & period of about two mouths from Brobet, who claimed to be travelling around the eouatry settling up various bue!ness affairs aod aleo baying farmiture and bric-«-brac for the new house in Colorado, which he represented as being rapidiy pushed to of his earlier letters to this young tady Brobet stated that, as he would be coustantly on the move, he had directed hia business acyusintances to address all letters to him in this lady's charge, and for her to forward them to him. She dad, jy and for. time wens . The tite for the wedding ap » aud the soon ta be bride had al: bat completed ber trosseau, when th of he ~ con to find in it quite « little bundle of drafts for $5,000 each, drawn by ea opened, and alsc asked her intended what he was doing with so auch money all in other * When wrote back he explained the presence of the drafts by saying that they were cvil made is agen the girl, and time until within a week of the d.y set i hen came another Enclosed w rafts Allen, inqsiring whether the enclos would do; it ink work waa well satisfactory, for the the i ES F F te iH: FEfi i E E r &s 3 Fi z gE rig Hi} Pergerics who was constantly dodging detectives, ed he to.Hastings, where he met the young lady to whom he represented himself aa a Col- orado ranch owner. While in Kansas City he wae employed ® printer by a concern which did a great Heal. of blank check and draft and other bank wegk for Weetern banke. While in their employ Srobet became possessed of a large number of theee blank drafts, In partnership with a young man named Allen, anexpert engraver and maker of rubberstamps, now in this city, it is thought, under an aswumed name to escape the stareh made for him, Brobst began his operations, He learned the names of all the cashiers of the various banks of which he had the blank drafts, while Allen made & series of rubber stamps and did some en- graving to perfect the blank drafts. With the stamps would be impressed upon the drafts the date, the bank's series number and the name of the exchange bank upon shich the draft was drawn To this Brobet would eign the casbier's name, and with the draft made payable to one of the number of aliases be had assum- woul# ftart out. He went to Chicago, where he disposed of a large amount of the bogus paper, in sums rang- ing from $200 up to $500. His method Was to go to some firm and make a pur- chase of $20 or $50 worth of goods and tender the draft. As it had all the appearance of a regular cashier's draft ite genuineness waa rarely greet ned, and Brobst would st the ifference between the amount of his par- chase and the face of the draft in cash. Fa drafts aggregated many thousand ollars, THE DOWNIE FOUNDLING GASE. feminn 088, Aigod. jer the Saul --She Makers a Clean Tireast of the Business-- King, She says was the Chieg Ojfender, AL ioe court Wed g; before the child desertion case came up, the lawyers indulged in some good natured . wae te up co much time in sach a paltry taking : Icis all right for the Crown he con- cate the job, was the Hie Worship peering over his specs remarked "The culy diliteeen I see is that the Qacen pays you Mr. Idington, whi'e the King peys you Mr. Rardi And now the case «il ¥ Kaylor who was the pri wit nese Momiay last madeacleen breast of the whole business. She statedhow King was at the hoase, and that it was all through bim that her daughter had taken the course she had taken, which announcemen' somewhat-of a i caee was further en tion court. The fa anti! Friday, when King and the were given forty days each. DOWNIE Mr. Andrew Reaney, a well known throughout died on the 3rd_ inst. at his home on the ith,,con, A' -* two weeks iously he was attacked with a violent t pe of typhoid fever, to which he saccum on the above date and in spite of the most earefui nursing and skilled treatment. Mr. Keaney came to this country with his parents from Armagh, Ireland, in 1866 and settled on lot 21, con, 5, where he re- sided to the time of his death. He waa an industrious and skilful farmer and a shrewd man of business, and was farmer, township, 4 mother, brothers, and other reiatives have the sincere sym- ar 3 of the people of the neighborhood. -- Advocate. Mining News. Mining experts note that cholera never attacks the bowels of the earth, buat hu- manity ia general find Dr. Fowler's Extract of Imperial Peder ation. plaints, to every part of the Empi . Wild Strawberry never fails. "as Wra, Kaytor Thowgh! that an Open Con- | " §P A Delicate Comptimens Young Mr. Johnatpg (at an evening party) ~--Does yo! know why, Miss Jackson, dat yo' temin's me ot fem on de desert ! Miss Jackson (with s gurgle)--No, Mr. Jobnsing. Young Mr. Johnsing--Cause yo' was bo'n bo blush unseen. THE ARIZONA KICKER. Some Things That Try an Editor's Sublime sSoal, tt : ; i it Sanday aight. He bus attempted to aps | HIE i i } if: eek} g vs iF R i ; | [ : : i fel ir} | if Lif i j i i pl f ryE 1. | 5 it i F Hi { r ? ii | t it i if i bi if i r : seuntininnieteameneme: een , SOME CHEERFUL CHESTNUTS. So They Are. "Bosh!" said his friend, the breast of a turkey ca, "--Chatter. . Geatleman (gasping) -- I --1 can't catch my breath, I--I feel as if I were going to die. Busy Cabman--Yea, sir; shall I drive to an : jundertaker's or the Morgue, sir.-N. ¥. Weekly. amph Almost as "Ara't you going to have an Ice #alace this anid Qo Worteman, 'too scarce, may get up Wield the shining paduic | sauti-ai enougt to beset uper an ornare: iu a druwing! room it is surprising bow expert a woman sour Te continue! without fatigas for « mua longer ; 'a, and tportanc > devciops 'he ches" empazio sty. . An outtit of canve suitable for a woman'y age of ferninine athletics, Tramp-- Will that bitet Parmer--You ot Foon apare him now, EF The Prosaic Broker. "Oh, for the wings ofa dove!" sighed the broker. "The var or fe much better to fll up or'. [t was of the white sndly,"loo ie Lard Carnival"! Le. et a oe ee ts wey your vs «noe To sit ina ton i ye a + with! the ones wiiw all Us tine you are king up biiediy against chascenery i mot to be comparsl wip the pewurs es perionced wher you feel tne laugii ois ach itike wave as it breathes aimost ayains: you ide, 2 We quite low, but it had an old-fashlone! tuckor that made one admire sweet molvety of it was exactiy Hke inches wide and shirred close to the lovely taroat, and nota bit of jewelry or lace worn, --Chicago Tiroes, Washington letter. Wen Pictures of Chautauqua. Chautaque is a village of tents and houses, with closely set tiers of benches, patha which converge and -slope do to the platform below the organ-loft, 17 roof, which rises tows Th aon The Benefit of Newspaper Training. I believe I bave done everything which qn editor or publisher ever has todo, from dé recting wrappers up to writing the biogra- * want to go, and w want to slop, - this will bring you to a valuable habit of life--to stand by what has been decided gave the same advice whe he waid, "if you set out.to take Vieuna, take Vienna." For lam apt to recommend my Ee well aware that the it --Edward Evorctt Kngagement. "Pm sick of hearing about that ment, 1 wish, thay it gotmactiod and ty hep debans eet of he quand (rosdy)}---Yea You follow her example, will you Epoch. . "Fell over wheelbarrow while carryin, ics ati as chad webs iain al igo oon on - Got toumb pinched in gxte no). be Feighs the anchor/"---Mansey's "ee Mra. Fussy --Reasonable rates of- | ~*: fered to permanent J Mr. Fuxy--Humph! Is it a graveyard *y Woman's ial Brown--Theod I seo it stated ce that gold is to silver as lie to 2 | What eS dove that mean! ee Mr. Brown--Why, that means that @i in... - gold is equal to $24in silver. It's fanny that ' you about flnance.--Life. The Chimes at Midnight. "Ah, Mr. Smithers, you. are_nct-om ef. - those fickle young men who 'love and ride "iedeed, Iam net, Ambulin® tk ibe "And yet," continued the maiden, crasily, "and yet they run all night trains on the Ele vated."-- Life. A Foregone Conclusion, <. "Jones, the coal merchant, has sokd oat % and gone to sea." = sein, "Is it possible! How he will cheat wi _ The Chitage Method. "I understand you were iavited te the of Mr. Stabber, the y eral times during your stay in "Ob, yes." "Did you dine en familie!" "Very. Mr. Stabber took. off bix coat vestat every meal."--Munsey's Weekty Chicago." as a wed ling present, for she ts eo easily barrasmsi. ' Met aramy--What 'so there api about that! Mrs. Met aamy-- Why, it is omgt vo be appressed |

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