Man Posing as Evangelist Dupes Local Residents

1903

SWINDLER AT MARSHALLTOWN

Man Who Posed As Evangelist Duped the Residents Into Buying Soap and Toilet Articles.

Marshalltown, Mar. 2.— A big swindling scheme has been unearthed here. A man who has been here for a month, promoting a manufacturing company for toilet soaps, perfumes, etc., victimized hundreds throughout the country who answered his advertisements, he charging $2 for each application for a position. It is not known to what extent his peculations aggregate. The man posed as a singing evangelist. His whereabouts are unknown.

—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 3, 1903, page 1.