A SWINDLER'S TERM.
,-— —♦ FOUR AUD'A HALF TEARS.' By Telegraph-Press Association-CoDyriEhi. London, Ma-rcb. 2. Charles Adams, head of a notorious gang, charged with swindling, was sentenced tq four and a half years' imprisonment
[Adams is alleged to have been the ? ea( ,', °f a EMg whose scheme (accordion <m -i ¥? w ,. Ymk correspondent of the ■Daily Mail ) "was to scan the death announcements'- in the English newspapers. When a prominent man died they would write to him a letter which naturally fell into the hands of his heirs. The writer would pretend to be an old friend of the deceased, bonnd w him by ties of gratitude. He would, announce that he was now rich, and invite him to share his good fortune by investing in a mine. The object was, ol course, to get tho executors to provide money." And in many cases tho plan succeeded.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 5
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145A SWINDLER'S TERM. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 5
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