ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MEN.

Bruce Herald, Volume L, Issue 57, 27 July 1914, Page 4

ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MEN.

NOTES IN STOCKINGS

William Jones, 48, described as a miner, and William Mcßory, 42, described as a speculator, were remanded at Bow Street, London, lately, charged with loitering for the supposed purpose of committing a felony by the confidence tr'ck.

It was said- that they were seen talking together in the Strand, and were arrested after Jones had pointed to and spoken to a man who appeared to bo from overseas. A "bank of engraving" note for £SO was found in one of Jones' socks and a. similar note for £5 in one of Mcßory'g socks. Mr Charles Alfred Hayer. staying at the Waldorf Hotel, said he was on a visit from Nairobi, East Afr-ca. While he was looking in a Strand shop window on May 24 Jones spoke to him, describing himself ias a farmer from America. They walked to Hyde Park, where Jones disappeared while witness stopped to talk to friends. He next saw Jones in the Strand. He had never met Mcßorv. Jones told the magistrate (Mr Hopkins) thafc he had never seen Mcltory before that morning.

: The magistrate: Do you mean to say : tli at two perfect strangers have each I got a. bank of engraving note in their stockings ? What shall I bo told next?