Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-11-17
Look out fol- swlndlers,
HUNT.vILLR, TEXAS UiL 70, 'os

HuNr.vLLR, Texas, ost. 20, 'js,
J, q, Shook, En-.
herewith send you a copy Of sirang'
letter directed iio,n Memphis, Tennessee. n'
) follows;
, Ma, RIcuARn SINS,
, Ny Dear Sir ~ have been imposed upon
/ by ,hO Wilson's to the amour, oi TWO thousand
dollars, by passing on me a worthless receipt
on the house Of Bradley, Wilson Il Co" mer'
, chants. The receipt is a forgery. put great
confidence in those young men, and have wToel
10 Alfred Wilson, 10 come Immediately, and
haze telegraphed 10 New Orleans stop my
draft on account Of the forgery, may save my.
self but doubt the same. Will You please
T have the sheriff of your county take charge oi
The other two If Alfred should come to Mem
phis if they are innocent they cant object,
as have had to give bond here, il they have
left please send your sheriff Rltcr them, ! will
pay all expenses.
Ia haste, Yours Respectfully.
SAM'L MORTON.
Alfred Wilson. Bros. Il Co.. passed Sl6j
draft to r. & S. Gibbs Of this place, purporIng
TO be drawn on the house Of Brown, Bros, i
Co., New York, by Henry Range & Co, dated
Sept. lst. 1858. who reside nj ludianola, Tex
las. The draft has been on to New York Tor
payment The firm Of Brown, Bros. & Co.,
say they know Of no such firm, aud OF course
have no account with thcm-returncd protect
ed. We have our fears that the Wilson's and
Morton understand each other and are playing
off swindle in favor of each other The
three Wilson's registered their names at the
Sims Hotel as Aired A. and Augustus on tho
2lst September last, Morton on the day before.
Here they had the $1,000 transaction. The
Wilson's professcd to he soap manufacturers,
and made arrangements to commence n buSl.
ness here, such as renting a house, buying u
small lot of plank to make fixtures Sc. Two
of them say they nrc twins--look very much
alikc-appcar TO be about %, to 81 years DID,
weigh about l20 or l30 pounds each--una'.
suming, but converse sensibly on business
rather good looking, dark skin-dress very
plain, but gentecl enough for working men,
Morton profcs ssed to be forming rancho in Bell
county on an extensive scale, fort the purpose Of
stock raising.
write at the rcqurs. of Thomas Gibbs, who
is at this time unwcll, and should be glad TO
oct m early answer from YOU if YOU can nS.
.arHn anything about '!rn- / neglected q"
say lha. tna Wilsoas Z. aamal her" until a5glt
+ the lst inst two loii On 'ha epgr icg HaHg,on
Igo procure wa'er.al having other large ao.,s
'Yher thcv could not cash here, aud gnl uu
tae stage TO Andersen, to ,u,era4. wagons. as
il- said belonging to Morton, nad have lhew
;... -I % 'u,. -,iRi winch t..o, sd'I was '1cu aj
Hswps,,ad The Gibbs gotta g#. from A.
fred dated a.Crplnss City, n0ynug i'lon ..jat
lie had lr,c. a. Get his l..gc drsg -u.u.. b.
. .I-...s-., I 4 go.
euus io. co.i.ction, and mad Jlue.ed iue mon.
ey to be deposited in Banks and Certificates Of
deposites Of $500 each to be sent to Huntsville,
endorsed to the care of II. 81 S. Gibbs, stating
he would leave for Richmond on the Brazos,
on business and expected to be in Huntsville
by the l2h inst, since which time they have
not been heard from. You can use any part
of this as you please, if you think it might
wake up the community to look out for large
drafts in the hands Of unasSuming men, who
pass for Soap Manufacturers, and | think in all
probability are only manufacturing drafts in
place of 5000 pounds of Bar Soap daily as
they proiessed when they got under way.
Nj. c, ROGERS.
n. B. The Wilson's opened business as they
say. in Indianoa Texas, but left there on ac-
cunt of yellow fever breaking out. Morton
talked largely about business and .ecmedto be
much elated with the idea of the profits to be
made By an extensive Soap Factory. Told the
Wilson's if they would open branch of their
business at Waco or Bolton, he would put in
$4,000 capital. If you can find out where the
Wilson's are and will keep it dark and write
down here Immediately, am sure the Gibbs
will send for them, unless they can clear mp
that which is now very obscure, if they can be
brought to trial they are good subjects for the
Penientary. IL.
The three Wilson's alias Merchant Il Bros.
wese here on the of October and registered
their names at the Waco House, in the name
and STYLE of Merchant IL Bros, lndianola, Tex.
as" and remained until Friday the 9th. Be-
fore leaving they sold mule TO Mr.. B. ID,
Arnold, and bought grey pony from Capt, J.
NJ. Smith, and borrowed fine saddle from him
to be returned next day, and also saddle from
MIR. Arnold, and left; and the day for their re-
turn has not yet come. They talked OF estab-
fishing soap and candle factory here on
large scale-said they had established fucto-
ry at Indianola but left on account of the vel.
low fever From the last information we can
gather, they left here for Dallas. But where
they intend going or what amount of rascality
they may do, time alone can tell, The public
are cautioned against them.
We are acquainted with Messrs. +. & S.
Gibbs of Huntsville, and also with Col. NJ. C.
Rogers, and know them TO be responsible gem
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