A CONFIDENCE TRICK
• BRISBANE MAN DEFRAUDED (United Press Association.—Copyright.) PABIS, 31st May. Outside Cook'B a sightseeing Bris-. bane merchant, John Walker, accepted the offer of a compatriot, John Kerr, to show him the city's night life. They dined at the Trocadero and casually met another Australian, John Doolan. After the usual pleasantries, Kerr suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to meet a bill for 100,000 francs. He asked if Walker couIH loud the money till the banks opened, and said he would hand over as security a leather case containing almost the equivalent in English notes. Walker handed over 70,000 francs, and Doolan, with tho case, remained as security. Doolan said "Excuse me, while I buy some cigarettes." Walker waited for three hours, but nobody returned. The police explained that Kerr was really a Sydney man whose real name is John Ford, a notorious confidence trickster.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 9
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146A CONFIDENCE TRICK Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 9
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