AN INGENIOUS FRAUD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1743, 23 July 1884, Page 3

AN INGENIOUS FRAUD.

- Jj. „ „....«& _^™ J J*i-IfBHV &-~g«ssti*inan of emissejieti'irr world \«raa ( R»i«vad hf Jhe eußteats rf & letter which he rc&efced , - fr»!&& ecHS&gjKaodent at Hamburgh, the pMfto&aHrk oar which it bore. JVota tho st*t*i!i*9t 3t GOftt&ihfcd, it bj)i garnet lk>t. & - most" minutely dcnerihsd, bad. writer, under ci?ct3si}sniacfsa. of £3OOO. Tfae letter arotatwd to -sny information had feesa obuiaad tbat tlm d@fraudec—the dress and jjarsDU of whom were describe—was eeeaKfeaslly to re seen on tha Da'cb "Walk rf th» Soy&l Exchange. The ©fejssS of tfes writer to incise* ?ji* correspondent ta invite ttra party,', to dißßsr; and by any -mortal fame' ■' which could be used, compel - fiimy-'ie ratutn the ' money ; adding* iiat/if be shoal d he Found amenable "to" reason and avinca any signs of/Vrnpentanat, ho might be dismissed with a, friendly can l ion and £3OO, as be ®«*~a near relative w> the writer. As the wbosa name it bore was.R profitable correspondent, the Loudon mewbanS kept a keen watch on the Batch W.sAb, and was at last suscessfol in meeting and being introduced to the cheat. ■ /■■ " The invitation to dine was accepted, and--she host, having previously given antics tohia family to quit the table soon after dinner, acquainted his vitdtor ,wtth Ms knowledge of the fraud. Alarm and horror *,Fere depicted in the countenance «rf tfea young n.an, who, wi-h tones apparently tremulous from emotion, begged his dissjracs nzisdit not bo made public. To this the merchant consented, provided 4be I*3ooo "were returned. Tho visitor sighed deeply; but said that to return ail was impossible, as he had unfortunately spent part of the amount;. Tho remainder, " liowvrar, be promised to yield insSnntly, srad the notes ware handed to the me: - chant, 'who, after dilating on thecondness - -of the man be bad robbed, concluded the Jsara! lesson by banding a cheque f> r I*! 500 »« a proof of his beneficence. The -following rooming tbo gentleman waat- to the banker to deposit the Kiooey be had received, whan to bis great aarprisa be whs told tb.it the notes were counterfeit. His nest enquiry was con« earning the cheque, but that had been cashed shortly after the "opening of the bank. He immediately sent an express to his Hamburg correspondent, who replied that the letter was a forgery, and that no fmntJ had heen committed upon hsffl.. The whole affair had been plotted by" a g£tig,-Bon}e of whom were on the Continent and Ecme)in England."