Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Farmer and Confidence Men. [ARTICLE]

Farmer and Confidence Men.

Huston Kepler, a rich farmer, living south of Akron, 0., was fleeced of $5,000 by two confidence men by means of the three-caid monte game. After allowing him to win a few dollars he went to a bank In Akron and drew $5,000 to bet on the game. The money was placed in a satchel for safe-keep-ing and the satchels exchanged by the sharpers. The confidence men escaped.