NEW STYLE OF FRAUD.
“WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY.” JOHN SLATER’S WILL. [BY TELEGRAM —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, last night Detective Bishop to-night arrested an elderly man named Thomas Slater, with various aliases, on a ohargo of fraud. It appears that somo weeks ago, the. accused induced a Potone resident to sell his home,
furniture, and effects on the strength of a fictitious will, leaving £37,000. He brought the Potonito and his family into Wanganui, and-then Slater disappeared. Ho next turned up at Parapara (up tho Wanganui river), and passed himself off as a long-lost uncle. Ho came to town to-day with the intended victim, in order to malic another will, when he was arrested.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 84, 17 April 1901, Page 2
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