A Ruse By Any Other Name
Arlington Buckingham Wadsworth From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The Nov. 15, 1902 issue of The Spokane Press has a news account of a well known international con artist being arrested in Australia. The writer reminds the readers this criminal had made Spokane his home at one time: HE WAS A SOCIETY MAN IN SPOKANE Now Arrested in Australia—Wanted in Many Places for Similar Offences. “The following telegraphic dispatch from Chicago will…