The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-12
kEyyEDr,s oHosr AND WIDOW.

Dealings With certain OF tho Liberty street
Hermit's Eutcrprisins Neiehbors-Oreide
Watches, spurious Life Insurance, and
Mythical Newspspers ss Means Of Rais-
tns the wind.g
Last summer Young man named Peters en-
tered No "a Liberty street, and inquired for Messrs.
Lewis q Co, the agents Of the landlord. He saw
Mr. Lewis. with whom he bad long conversation,
In the course Of which he avorably impressed that
gentleman. He was In consequence allowed 10 rent
room on the third floor for business purposes. The
house is owned BY tho heirs Of Gov. Courtwright.
II 10 In part occupied By gamblers, VINO have de-
ooys out in all directions Tor business men who are
inclined 10 gamble. The gamblers are always well
dressed, and have an abundance OF money. Recent
", they were requested 10 move but they paid at
tion 10 the request.
On tho third floor lives . hermit tits said that
he has no me IN Brooklyn, and that his domestic
relations have been disturbed.
When Peters began 70 do business |, the building
he told Mr.. Lewis that he was connected with
Peters 4 Co., the music dealers on Broadway, for
whom he was an advertising agent. II soon became
apparent however, that he In business with one
Kennedy. who was publishing journal styled the
Messenger to aid swindling enterprise. This fraud
vns soon exposed BY THE SUN Kennedy van nished.
Il was riven out that he was dead, and his putative
widow put on weeds
At about the time OF the exposure Of the Messenoer
swindle, Peterss room door In 81 Liberty street
bore the name Maret a 90. In time, NAME, a Co.
got into trouble and moved, aud Pete 70 was no
LONGER visible about the premises.
Scarcely had Peters gone when an elderly gentle
man came from Connecticut He inquired for Peters,
snd said that Kennedy had been up in Connecticut,
scheme chem that be- had Visited several factories. and
pretended that large body OF distinguished gentle
omnr nls sss ssSspSsTs y ne scheme o ess.
of one thousand each, and that when one Of the
thousand died each Of the living members should
10 be used for the benefit Of the widow children or
other relatives OF the dead member; that Kennedy
innocent persans. Then came young woman 70 81
Liberty street, who entertained MT. Lewis With an
YESTERDAY a letter reached THE Sun once Il ON
Ami,y, Ind. The writer said that subscriptlcn
club for TAs Peoples Honf journal mad been formed
10 that town, AID that while the subscription money
for that publcato. had been forwarded, and had no
had not come to hand. Sun reporter rsin sought
Mr., Peters He found that pcrsonage u the Clipper
ting S al Sc.f HIS % hair 0 wa, coz conSti pssiad his
hi. aide, 81. closely rsss%bied !hs widow ken;
nedy. She was dressed In black. Her bonnet and
ee.. Of the window. The reporter showed Mr..
the subseription book. This showed that CLUB
had been FORMED In Anllty. Mr. feters uid not
know why the papers had not been received
ON looking over a copy Of the paper our reporter
| read:
we desire subscription iis, Of one hundred lhou
sand on our paper and for he sake q getting snbsc[
be In every town and county IN lhs uu Ted states
| will ofor TO ageuts FlNE sBWINb MACHINE for
ths n,L .!en they sssd e US At ons dollar
'sSs c aas S ss'
Our reporter also read a.s.nsle advertisement be
| ginning: - -
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