The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-07

4 a MANIFEST SWINDLE---IETT THE PEoPIW n
BE ON THEIR GgARD'-A few days ago, we ex
posed the wretched attempt at swindling simple.
| minded people which is now being perpetrated
| by some PERSONS in Cincinnati styling them
selves WILLIAMS Co., Actuarles Of the United
| states Prize Concert The manner in which
| they carry on their dIsreputable calling as we
then showed, Is by procuring, in some way or
| other, the addresses of persons residing in this
ana other cities, at a distance from the head
| quarters OF their operations; and then forward
ing 10 them printed circular, of which the fol-
lowing Is a copy, the blanks being filed up to
suit the circumstances
fTesent Headquarters, Show Rooms, and Office of
the United States Prize Concert Nos 10 and 10
Filth street, Cincinnati, November 49, 186O-Mr
valued at $76 The charges and expenses on the same
amount TO $5I2 Please remit to us that amount,
Address Williams & Co., Acluaries, Box No 900
Cincinnati Ohio.
Now as a matter of course no person who has
any knowledge of the tricks for making money,
to which resort is had by scheming Villains who
are too lazy to engage in any kind Of honest
toll, viii be taken in aud done forn by such a
temptation as is here presented. Nor is it to
be presumed that person gifted with the ordi.
nary amount of common sense, who enco lnters
IN THIS case for the first time ANYTHING of the
kind, will be deceived by it.
Unfortunately, however the world is not made
up exclusively of people whose chief character
Istlc is common sense. And for this reason
Messrs. Williams Co., find it possible, we
9are say, to derive very neat income
thOil plSo6uJ OCCupuLO0 since we DuD-
lished our first article, calling attention to this
particular sw1ndle, other cases in which it has
been attempted have come under our notice. II
was only yesterday afternoon that a very poor
ana equally credulous old lady, living some dis
lance out OF town, was saved her $525 by having
her attention directed to the article in THE
EVENING TELEGRAPH of last Monday by q clerk
OF enc OF our express companies, to whom she
applled TOR draft, to be RENTED to these Gin
cinnati Prize Concert Swinj lers.
The only way by which the credulous and
avarlclous portion of our population can be
saved from the cunning Vaccinations of swim
dlers OF this stripe is for the newspapers to take
up the matter and give it thorough ventila-
tlon. 1t would not be amis, seither, If the post
master OF Cincinnati should look into the affairs
OF Messrs. Williams Co., and withhold their
letters until they can satisfy him, and the public
as well, that they are anything more than SWIM
oilers. He is certainly authorized to take this
course by the laws regulating the Post Office
department; and he is not only authorized
TO do so, but it is made his imperative duty
at sWinding through the agency of the mails
Possibly he Is not aware of the operations of
Messfs. Williams Co., and for fear such
snould be the case, we have taken the trouble to
call his attention to the subject. In the mean.
time, let no person forward to Cincinnati five
dollars and twenty-five cents, under the belief
That the will receive in return for it prize
worth seventy-hve dollars or any other tangible
sum. A moments thought will surely convince
MN that business conducted on such unbusi-
ness-like principles can only result in the fnan-
clal ruin of those engaged in it, unless the
latter should, as in this case we have no doubt
they do, coolly place the remittances in their
pockets and smile at the Verdancy of their
dupes.