A Bogus Priest.

An Ohio Man Swindles Prominent New Yorkers

New York, April 21.—A man who represented himself as Rev. Joseph Manning has been collecting subscriptions here for, he claimed, St. Mary’s Orphan Mission of Leavenworth, Kas. He exhibited a certificate, which purported to come from Bishop Fink, of Leavenworth. It now turns out that he is a bogus priest. He has been arrested and says his name is James Reynolds. He was a peddler and recently came here from Ohio. By his swindling scheme it is said that he picked up several thousand dollars. Among those he has swindled are Banker Eugene Kelly, John McCaull, A. M. Palmer and Ada Rehan.

source: The Pittsburgh Post
location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania