A SUPPOSED SWINDLER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1914, 9 July 1889, Page 1

A SUPPOSED SWINDLER.

It will be recollected, says the; Press, that a few days ago attention! was drawn to a circular issued by a person in Dunedin who signed himself! “H. E. Stirling,” and who claimed! that he could supply a mean# whereby j willing and energetic applicants could earn from £2 to £5 per, week. Each; applicant was to forward the sum of 8s to coyer the cost of material. A, telegram from Dunedin, published a couple of days ago, stated that several! persons who had sent their eight shillings had become uneasy at not 1 having had the promised material sent, but inquiries at Mr t: Stirling’s office' elicited nothing satisfactory. Stirling ■ appears to have quietly left Dunedin, | and he was arrested on board the s.s. Mararoa at Lyttelton on Friday by; Detective O’Connor pa infoymatibnfrom Dunedin. The charge against Stirling, who, it may - be mentioned, was booked through to Auckland in the name of Weiss, is that he is without visible means of support. On . searching him at the lock-up it was found, however, that ha had the sum of £59 17s 3d in his trousers pockets. Stirling possesses a considerable amount o clothing, and there was evidence among his belongings which showed that he had been in the Australian Colonies and in various parts of America.. It is stated that other charge# will be brought against him.