Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Defrauded by His Double. [ARTICLE]

Defrauded by His Double.

New Orleans, La., dispatch: When James H. Manning of San Francisco, western manager for the Standard Pneumatic Tool Company of Chicago and a member of that firm, arrived at the St. Charles hotel he discovered that someone had preceded him and had claimed all his mail. The swindler who impersonated Manning cashed a check for $342 found in the letters with Payne & Joubert, the concern where Manning was to have inspected some machinery. He then borrowed S3OO more of a Baronne street firm and was out of the town when Mr. Manning arrived.