The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-06


have a s~alutary effect, but il seems that
Mr.. Wimpy could not resist the dazzling
temptation held out, but plunged right in
as soon he read it, for he borrowed the pa
per lat Dahlonegal containing the letter
which he represents as being confidential
ly handed him.-ED. En-
The receivers OF the letter were appa-
rently suspicious Of Mr.. Wimpy's frank
ness, and returned the letter, endorsed on
the back as follows: ave return your let
ter, sppposing that some one got the letter
heads out of your Office and wrote this. If
you are in earnest, write again." To this
comment the writer of the letter respond
ed by returning the same letter, with this
note endorsed underneath the comment /:
DAHLoNEeA, Ca, Oct, 30th, 1867
Gents IL am in earnest. Send the goods
as ordered herein, and fail not. I return
this letter as being my instructions in the
matter. Yours, &c. John A. Wimpy.
Write me by return mail what you do in
the premises"
Again, on November ID, Mr.. Wimpy
writes to Wogan Il Co., evidently in reply
to a letter he has received, as follows:
"DEAR SIRs:-YOur letter of the 9th
inst. informing me that you had sent me
1851 in ones and two, and fves, is to-day
received, and L thank you much for your
p~romptness, and in answer will say hat |
still mean business, but [ will leave in a
few days for New York to see you and
have a personal interview with you before
take the package out of the office. And
it becomes necessary for me to explain to
you the reasons for this which has come to
me since | last wrote you. Sirs, you may
have the utmost confidence in me; for /
will not betray you or any one else en-
gagged in the business-but to the reason
why l want to see you before | lift the
package. | wrote to a firm by the name
of Noyes & Co., 81 Wall,st., on the 2Sth
of Sept. last for 500 worth Of
currency, the same as l wrote you. On
the goth day of Oct. the said Noyes & Co,
wrote to this effect. (Here is a copy of
the letter.; "Qct. goth, 1869. Hon.
John A. Wimpy, Deg Sir: Goods have
been sent as desired,G o. D. 500. Have
you paid it or not? Let us know. Re-
spectfully, MOVES & Co., g. Wall-st."
The above is u copy of their letter to
me. Immediately upon the receipt Of this
letter, l sent 500 in the hands of my
clerk, who did not suspicion anything Of
the kind, to lift the package out of the of
fee at Atlanta, which he did by paying
the $500 and express charges, and brought
the box to me, and when | opened the box
to my great establishment, sirs! there was
nothing in the box except newspapers
wadded up, and q piece of ore weighing
about three pounds. So my 500 and 9TH
err expenses we're gone, and | have not yet
received what l ordered; but in the bot
tom of the box was q slip of writing, of
which the following is a copy: "This is
done to mislead the detectives. 1t will be
sent to you free of charge by express.
Keep cool-d0 not mention our name, de-
stroy all trace of our letters. Shall we
send your letters along with it," l have
been excepting cool" and waiting patient
ly for the package to come, butit has not
cOme-an6 | fear | am swindled out Of
one hundred dollars, besides other ex-
penses to the amount of SIS. The receipt
which is signed by Noyes & Co. is dated
on the 9th of October last at SO Wall-st,
New York. Now I was acting in good
faith and meant nothing but business with
Sirs Noyes & Co. Ireceived a letter from.
them which led me to correspond with
them. n y If Noyes and Co. send on.
the package ordered by me and I receive
it before l start to New York to see you
in person, l shall be induced to lift your
package sent me out of the express Office
at Atlanta. Having lost 500 up to this
time in the business of trying to get and
obtain--I shall know that I am
dealing with fair men, who would not take
any advantage of me. Sirs. / shall not
betray you, neither shall | even mention
your name to any person living. | want
to start from here about the 23d of this
month for Washington, and when I get to
Atlanta | will send you a telegram what
day I will be at your No. 70 Nassau-st;
and if l can be made satisfied that your
box contains what you say Is in it, will
lift it out of the office. l am Of too limi-
ted means to let any more money slip.o
of my fingers as | did to Noyes 4 Co., SO
Wall-st. It would break me. If your
money is what you say it is, and isso we'll
executed as represented, | can make a
"big thing" out of it; for | tell you there
is no money and change in this section of
the State. I know / can make great use
Of it, but l am satisfied that | can make
better use of IS than Is and Is, because
there is no suspicion resting againstthe FIVE
bills, but there is in this country suspicion
against Is and Is, as being counterfeit.
Your letter, / must confess, has the
wiring of the right metal, and is much more
satisfactory to me than those of Messrs.
Noyes & Co.; but to be sure | am right
and to know that | am dealing with busi-
ness men, | must see you in person before
can nav Won anv money without seeinn