Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — New Swindle on Farmers. [ARTICLE]

New Swindle on Farmers.

One of the newest swindles perpetrated in this vio'n'tv is the l*>at diamond. A wed dressed ohnp stops at a farm house a id informs the oooopant that he has I st a valuable diamond pin. Be *nd farmer make dil'g n r search, but failed to find the jewel. The wed dressed ohap te la ih-» firmer on going away that fie w»i| give SIOO for the return of »he jew»-l. 4 week or so afterward a tr«mp comes in and tells the farmer that be has fourd a diamond pin. The farmer, after some diofci ring, sets the pin for $25. AMer waiting some time the pin is taken to a jewtler, when it is found 15 rents would have teen s tig price for it,