The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-05-07


or failure to each purchaser. Hundreds
Of poor girls In all parts Of the country
have been shamefully robbed by the Is
suers OF this circular. and Il Is to be hoped
that, II 1t be not an absolute impossibility
to bring any OF the myriad Of swindlers
of the country to justice, these fellows
may ere long be made to suffer for their
objectionable villainy. Should the vigi-
lance committee ever start out fairly on q
tour OF lustration through the infected
districts Of Manhattan; It would be well
for them to call first ut No. l02 Nassau
St. or wherever else the "Family Sewing
Machine Company" may be found, and
swing the members Of that organization
by the heels to the highest trees In the
City Hall Park. l
Another of these swindlcrs Is the Frank
lin Sewing Machine Company, whose Of
flee is at No. 81 Broadway. The circular
of this concern Is Autographed; and the
copy In our possession, signed by Thomas
Myer, who, we believe, Is the husband Of
the notorious Sophia Myer. This woman,
Il will be remembered, was prosecuted by
the workingwomen's Protective Union
about year ago, sent to prison twelve
months, and pardoned by Gov. Fenton.
She has once since been tried on crimi-
nal charge.
TIE EXPRESS swINDLE.
or the Express swindle there are many
varieties. Sometimes well dressed man
calls mt the house OF n citizen during his
absence, and pretends to be the bearer or
an express package containing draft for
81 900, on which there are charges
amounting to $3.50 or s7,09. He opens
the package and shows to the unsuspect-
ing lady of the mansion, as honest q
looking draft rs one would wish to see.
collects the expressage and disappears.
The draft, strange to say, Is n bogus one.
There are many notifications OF this
trick, but rs they are all practised In the
cities, and as city people always read the
papers In which the operations are ex-
posed. we hear but seldom Of their sue
cess.
TIE WATCH swINDLE.
How many rascals there may be In
the watch business In New York, 1t would
be hard to enumerate. Circulars OF all
kinds arc sent to the TRIBUNE office every
day by "vic: inns OF misplaced confidence
who wish to have their grievances redress
sed: but the schemes of the watch people
are all old. Among the boldcst Of the
watch swindlcrs are "Hallet, Moore q
Co." who call themselves Bankers anu
date their circular from No. 575 Broad
way. They offer to send S2oo watch
for sl0, and forward instead, round
brass box with three or four wheels In 1t.
The victim writes an indignant letter to
sHallct, Moore & Co., bankers, No. 07o
broadway" (wlo, by the way, "Pay the
Highest Price for Gold and Government
Securitics) and receives the following
(stereotyped) reply:
| DEAR DIX. W. uiC SOiiy w "iN''. y 49,
that our express clerk has been making
us trouble by sending out brass Watches
and keeping the gold ones himself. We
caught him In the act Of sending out a
brass watch not worth SO, and he then ac-
knowledged that he had sent out several,
ono of which he sent to you. We are
writing to all the parties, and we wish
YOU to return the watch at once, so that
we may use Il rs evidence against him.
As soon rs we receive II, we Will send you
gold hunting-casc watch, patent lever
movements, and warranted fully worth
500. We sincerely regret this dlsap-
poIntment, but Us It was through no fault
of ours. we hope by making rcparation at
once, to receive the sanction and encour-
agcment of your community. Tho No
vember drawing is at hand, but there is
still time for you to sell many tickets II
you return your watch ut once and get the
gold one. Yours respectfully,
HALLETr, MOORE & Co.