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. Late in the year 1839 considerable stir-was caused in . “0W 4 locations . East Point and other eastern sections of the Province by . the disappearance of a doctor who had won considerable »

Btown Sumfi'ierside practice and who afterwards turned outtobean imposter. 392_3523 Water St 436—2171 he Colonial Herald of May 9th, 1840 contains an article ,>

~ . ' ' mm Donald Beaton narrating his actions and offering a* 18 F SOUFiS - ~ reward 0‘ $20 as may lead to his capture _

.3140 _- g ‘ Main S“ $374023. Doctor Wilson, accompanied by a youth whom he re-

presented. as his apprentice; came to East Point,-about .‘ the beginning of last December, and took a house from ‘

Gardiner Realty \ John 'Macd-mald, Retland with the declared intention

of practicing in a medical capacity; but after a residence of something more than three months at the East Point during which time he successfully played off several acts of swindling upon the unsuspecting inhabitants of; that ' quarter: he suddenly disappeared from amongst them and has now since been heard of by any of the individuals - who in some degree have been made the victims of his

“F. ‘= F-—knavish deceptions: This is to give notice that the sub-J:

scribe: will give twenty dollars as a reward to any per-

doubt he will continue or attempt to practise inother personal dcscriptio “and brief statement of the trick—

Docto'r Wilson is a young man; apparently-about 25) 'years- of age, in height about 5 feet 9*inchefs, smooth

swindling he practised upon almost every dealer at East Point Mr. M' vane, miller}. he swindled out ofa quan— to the value of L_ 3. 53. -His success at East Point, in

His last attempt upon the subscriber was by aforged

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tutors o ‘Dryers-

convenient 'to remember to forgét' to pay him, and has

. . 'Fl 1 r . g . Dishwashers not since been heard'of. He said he was fromSt. John .

New Brunswick. His pretended apprentice appears to be a worthy disciple of his master. He called himself Neil

i,cCallum and said he was from Lot 18 He stayed awhile behind his master,” in the end purchased an old mare, borrowed a watch from Mr. Samuel Rose and went for

aid him in levying further contributions upon the credul- .ous and unwary f1 ,. ,

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.The» article reads ‘Whereas a person styling himself~ ‘

son who shall give such information to him as may lead'f to the making amenable to justice of the said self-styled. ‘Doctor Wilson; and is also further intended to prevent .- :‘ ' 1- others from suffering from the impositions which no "

quarters In accogance with these views, the following ‘

ery at East Point of the said imposter are subjoined:— ' and full faced, fair complexion, and in body stout His '

'- tity of flour, ‘and the subscriber _he cheated out of goods iv iall, .seems to be to the amount of about L20.ox=251_' ’

Order in the name of James Manley.. He, besides, suc- .. ceeded' in boriowing two or three watches, which he. . l carried off When he left East Point, it wasmder the s pretence of going to Charlottetown for his Medicine ~ . , wos‘hers ‘ _ Chest. He was taken to Town by one Donald Kennedypg '_ whom. with his horse and sleigh, he had engaged for". . ' .that purpose. When he reached Charlottetown, ,.he. . suddenly forsook the pair man, Kennedy‘ found ',it'

anything the subscriber knows, to join his master and . .

» {The members of the Se (,0! 1912-1913 are shown he1 - .F1L. Wing; and Jack Gordon " 2.4.: ‘,Brmvn Committee; Sam 110 (Capt) C. Point; Gordon 1 . Mlllan, Committee. Back r1 ‘1 'Dr Yeo (Committee); Em " e Frank Hennessey, Point} ' ‘ ii