CONFIDENCE TRICK
* THE OLD, OLD STORY" [from a special correspondent] LONDON. Sept. 17 Once again the confidence trick hai been worked in London. The dupe wat a rich American rancher, Mr. 1?. V. Hendricks, and the tritkster 64-year»* old William Young, an Australian, who this \reek was sentenced to six months' hard labour. ■ It was stated in the West London Police Court that Young met the American rancher and arranged to see him again next day. They met, as ar* ranged, and saw a man drop a wallet, which Mr. Hendricks picked up and returned to him. This led to a conversation between the three, the man with the wallet telling a story of a* fabulous sum of money, part of which he proposed to apply to charity. He asked the other two men to assist him in its distribution and received £IOO as a guarantee of honesty. Then Young and the other man left Hendricks on a pretext, and were not seen again. The Magistrate: The old, old story. What happened to the £IOO? —It ha« gone.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23169, 15 October 1938, Page 10
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178CONFIDENCE TRICK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23169, 15 October 1938, Page 10
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