A CONFIDENCE MAN CAUGHT.

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Herman Bernhard, who is known to the police as Strauss, was arrested Wednesday by Detective Sergeants O’Brien and McCauley charged with swindling trades people with the assistance of a skilled confederate. View Full Article in Timesmachine »