The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource]

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Daring Swindle.

--Yesterday morning, a young man named Samuel H. Hyman was arraigned before the Mayor to answer the charge of swindling David Rhaves. a stranger, out of $320. From the statements of the watchmen, it appears that Reaves fell in with Hyman and others of his ilk, and after taking a few drinks with them, was induced to visit a gaming house, where he lost about $40. The party, finding that they had a good one to fleece, next escorted Reaves to a more secure ‘"den,"’ and by engaging him at a game of ‘"long band,"’ soon relieved him of all the money he had. When the case was called before the Mayor, Reaves failed to answer, and as he could not be found, the examination had to be postponed until Monday next. If the watchmen have given the true version of the affair, there are four or five other parties concerned in this nefarious operation, and it is to be hoped that they will be arrested and published. It is time that the Grand Juries and the Courts were doing something to rid the community of such characters as live by swinging rangers, and the sooner they commence the work the better.