Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1914 — Man Soliciting Funds Thought To Be a Fake—Not Actually Deaf. [ARTICLE]

Man Soliciting Funds Thought To Be a Fake—Not Actually Deaf.

A young man who claimed to be deaf made appeals to business men to aid him in getting money -to attend the state school for the deaf last Monday and secured some assistance. It occurred to B. J. Jarretfce that the state school for the deaf Is maintained by the state and that evidently the young man was either assuming his deafness or was using it as a means for obtaining money under false pretenses. He tried to ask some questions of him but the young man became angry and left his store and apparently left town. Mr. Jarrette saw two men using the same scheme of. money getting in a town one time when he was traveling and later he saw the men on a train and conversed wtth them. They had done a good business and were no longer “deal” There are so many fakes that ft Is questionable charity to give any assistance to any who apply and the charity board will be only too glad to give Its stamp of approval to any worthy cause.