New-York tribune., 1869-04-03
SWINDLING 1NANEW-YORK.
now THE swINDLERs oPERATE-THE GIFT EN-.
TERPRIsE-THE BARGAIN swlNDLE = THE
SEWING MACHINE swINDLE-THE EXPRESS
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No sooner does one ingenious trick for SWIM
ding the guable public begin to show signs OF giving
out either through the exposures in the papers no
action Of the police, the natural exhaustion % w
material on which its authors feed than another 10 NC
vised and forthwith the geese who ought 70 pe 'e'
on sarun Plain and driven caoking home W SalleiO
are once more pucked and the land deafened WIN 'e
indignant hisses Time was when the victims appeaieu
tbela Then when that abstract was found TO be
mpotent 20 punish or TO save they wrote to the Mayor
the Sheriff. the Coroner, the Jaor at the 1ohps, he
Chief Of Police, the Sexton OF Grace Church, OF
even to the Street Commissioner In the vain hopo or oD
tanning redress through mysterious agencies supposed 10
he known only TO those dSnitares At last they invoked
the press As fast bubbles blown and burst
bushels Of complaining letters sent TO the daily
papers Of NewYork and time after time the deuded vic
inns OF the swinders greed and their own gnoTance
were cautioned against placing confidence IN the nVen
TORS OF schemes, which according 10 Josh Billings nave
all the premoitOrY symptoms OF dead peat Ine VAIL VAIL
ings the press OF further avail tlan 10 Drek
mp few raseally firms for the time being Ihese 1egah
to operate again. before long, under new Names ana Nun
new plans THE victims trapped, more letters
written the old caution reiterated, but again ana
again the Kellys, the Clark Websers and the dozen
fraud was legitimate business flooded the country with
their clreuarscas their bread upon the waies az ~
Mayor Hall has recently Issued proclamation warning
people in the rnral districts against the legion OF sw
dlers who operate with circulars but is VAN 10 hopo
that even tllls official caution VIII be needed.
Many apt TO think That none but Young ndlheHpe
renced people are taken in by these sharpcs In the
morn and LIQUID dew Of youth contagious vlastmets are
most imminent and an epidemic OF tlJNeS tTt & W % ~
baser sort is sure to prove fatal 10 the hn a
young rustics Of creduty than Judgment But he
danger confined To Them Old people OF both sexes
who have lived through generations OF al knas OF
dies hooked by every rogue that throws ont prlhe
TO hear They read the warnings Oh tne M os iS
at the the hOneyed words OF the TEMPER,
and again invest their money In his schemes oJ 10 ose
:" '0'''''' now THE swrSDIERs OPERATE ~
There are one two nondescTipt firms IN New-fOrk
whose main business consists collecting the names anu
addresses Of obscure people throughout the country ana
one Of these firms on Nassau'st Is repne9 10
have genuine list numbering 100000 names eonhnsd 10
gift enterprise adyenturer desires TO SOW ms ercuals
broadcast over the land lie makes an arIahgeent Mill
the list holder ana at given price copies as many names
he wish TO nse, and for many days INC 9les .!
these names keep themselves IN STATE oi
by the singleheared capitalist of the great metropolis
large & ~ ns i p al 6s H net Of Ec
snarer To them the simple fact OF his having put
his PROMISES I'm print is sufficient evidence OF his honesty
Others are not CAPTURED TIN they read the recommenda
tons purporting to come from THE TRIBUNE and other
New-Y0rk Journals; and Others stH refuse to be en-
trapped until they find their country paper lndOrsinr the
svdle; whereupon they lose no uno VI taxing soch 1 ~
the brilliant enterprse-with what result lei the nan
million Of regular gulls testify
t THE GIFT ENTERPRISE. l-
s''f & T'y & uSe % @ sss1 S % S a s S a ne & % % 5 % &
possibly s,Rs 81 20 sf IL o9es; and IdO hsye done ysa
great deal better hanl VII the HtHi time JOSH BLLNGS
whether Shakespeare meant what he said when he
wrote "There is bOuudless theft in limited professions
must remain question with students Of human nature
and human events for long time TO come. Had he
written for day and generaon lie must have used
word less contracted i'll ITS meaning than ''hnted or
rendered himself liable TO tno mpuaton Of being little
versed in the poetry OF eargS Tcn m S9
that "Griefs cry louder than advertisement, IL,
by system petty plunder, mako good Of printers
ink and are literally hnues ~ their pedses ana prom
the innOcents of the rural Districts was the notorious
Kelley, whose profits are supposed to have reached he
and in Chicago charges preferred by few OF his yc'
TINS hut was never punished. Clark Webster. bogus
also extensively engaged IN the gft business, and after
making fortune, having never been punished beyond
Ing their vocation under a title. The plan pursued
by these scamps and others who initiated them has been
SO often exposed in these columns that 1t is not coDsd
ccd necessary say any about except that their
victims invariably gave their good and lawful currency
THE BARGAIN swNDLER.
Though cannot b , g BE- fssDg hODs man. Hq not be
set of rascas calling themselves a. J. B. Hamilton &
Co.. have mailed TO all paris OF the country thousands Of
circulars in which they promise send u yards OF pop
lin ke sample nclosed) any other color desired for
s. For 81 these liberal ne chants viii send II yards OF
the same price; piece OF 80 yards for 81 60 They
have taken advantage of the state of the market they
saw and thereby enabled TO purchase large quantities
of goods far less than wholesale prices They send
single patterns 10y mail paying postage &c. 6cbut OF
Course cannot make any reduction from their prices
These thieves unhung do not tell where they do business
"Wliamsburgb, N Y" lady writes to TIE TRIBUNE
from Rock Falls Illinois 10 the effect that tho lst OF
January she sent 81 TO - B. Hamilton q Co., Williams
burg, n w." with an order for goods In reply she re-
ceiyed the following note:
IS1 1 G 5sesye o
letter postage WHICH amounts dollar " yards We mst.
SS SS st s goods you .ai
On receipt q s. by e1pre good. to
t.. ,moUI present. ca vii. Y yads Of E%Prs'; cloth ". the
we vi" return G9 s,T ss .sFf A early ''T.' M G
q In
sent s5 In presence Of the postmaster Of Rock Falls CIV
ing all necessary directions for the goods to be sent by
express Although more than four weeks have passed,
ard have written repeatedly, can get answer. Can
you not expose them hand these letters to the police
That al the satisfaction left for victim OF misplaced
We are really very sorry for this victim OF misplaced
the hands of the police, thought that the police
could would help her 10 recover her $6 its equya
they cannot Should thew ever arrest j. B. Hamilton
Co.." is doubtfnl whether New York Judge would mete
out punishment TO the thieves, unless they could be con-
vcted of having at any time in their lives voted against
the Democratic party We can only reeommend \, TO our
graph quoted above from the phosophic Billings and TO
be- OF her never to order dry goods from Wiamsburgh
merchants who send printed circulars 10 the fertile prai
THE sEwIxG-MAcHNE swINDIB
+ One OF the crueest swindles practlced in this
pany whose principal office is said to be at No I0a Mas
s@u,st, New.YorE These heartIess villains, hundred
Africans of their very glrdIestie only garments which
early tmes-publish circular which is within
hundred miles Of New York except In their own den,
but mailed to country towns far away from the city
In this 1t is set forth that they make and sell the most
5wondenl sewing In the market at the low price
sof $5 that 1t can hem, tuck, shirr gather and
spsrfom all those other operations without which the
samsress could never make so much as cntty-sark
Sat, In addition, 1t with straight needle, makes
ze handsch gets out Of order, is warranted for
20 lifetime, and is delivered without risk fail TO each
purchaser Hundreds Of girls in all parts OF the
country have been shamefuy robbed by the ssuers OF
this circular and IL is to be hoped that II IL be not alb
soue impossbity TO bring any of the myriad OF swnd
Of the country to justice these fellows long
e made suffer for their objectionable vainy. Should
1.-THE Vigilance Committee start out fairly tour OF
usfaon through the infected districts OF Manhattan IL
would be well for them 10 call first at No 102 Nassaus