The Wichita Daily Eagle

A SMOOTH CUSTOMER GONE.

On Sunday evening one of the smoothest robbers that ever struck the city left after about completely covering the ground.

His game has been a rather small one but he has worked it persistently. He always claimed to be having some one on the string for a sale of real estate. He always had a man who had from $5,000 to $20,000 on hand to invest in Kansas. Of course his customers wanted some Wichita real estate. He would go to some one who had real estate to sell and tell him of his customers and claim he must go to St. Louis to see them or some other point and get a few dollars advanced to pay his expenses.

Or he would have the parties in town and wanted to take them out to some of the neighboring towns for comparisons or to see the country. A thousand schemes were always at his command.

The last man he robbed extensively was R. J. Kilpatrick, of South Main, who is not feeling altogether jubilant over the matter. Some others are also on the angry list. They don't exactly see how they can get at him with the law, for the old worker would always come up with a sad look and regret that he was unable to make a sale.

It is understood that he intends to work Kansas City next and that he is now offering straws to the sinking real estate fellows in that town, there is no doubt. He will give them very pleasant temporary relief and alleviate the mental suffering for a time, to be followed with reactions that may prove fatal.