The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-25
Sharper Comes to Grief
Has Brief Career In Newark.

About four months ago young man,
about twenty-five years OF age, arrived in
Newark. He sportea good clothes, and
being a ready talker and atfable in manner,
! he rapidly formed acquaintance with va
rious business men. He gave his name as
Oliver d. Bacon, and engaged board at
Murray's Hotel, on Broad street. He ex-
listed for time by trading watches, having
brought several gold ones with him.
He made it a points to frequent the rooms
of the Young Mems Christian Association,
and to several of the members exhibited
letters of Recommendation from parties In
Providence, R. I. He soon ingratiated
himself into the confidence of several gen.
tlemen, who either loaned him money or
indorsed notes for small amounts whereby
he was enabled to start into business. He
first bought small cigar store in Null
berry street from, Mr.. T. B. Pierson,
giving therefor note for $50, indorsed by
a we'll known real estate agent.
After keeping the place about three
weeks, his landlord, a MIR. Greentree, be-
came tired of the manner in which the
business was conducted. and bought the
stock from Bacon. giving, it is said, in pay
ment therefor, $500 cash. Several days
after the sale was made MIR. Greentree was
examining some boxes labeled fifteen and
twenty cent cigars, when he was greatly
surprised to find that the boxes had false
bottoms and contained only 6 few cigars
each.
Bacon then rented a store, No. 240 Mar
ket street, and two OF three weeks ago
furnished it with lot of empty boxes and
about fifty dollars worth of tobacco and
cigars. He had partition erected for The
purpose of putting up sample-room IN the
back part OF the store, and by holding Out
inducements to person named Highly, to
pay him fifteen dollars per week as clerk,
and ordered a stock for the sample-room,
but the whiskeys were not delivered, owing
to Higby's having a suspicion that all was
not right, and SO informing the liquor
dealer. s3l5@47z3. .ss,e.s ljss ~
The sample-room project falling through,
Bacon next fell back on his trading pro-
cliyjties, and after trying to swap places
with several tobacconists, finally succeeded
in forming the acquaintance OF a young
man named Martin, who kept cigar store
on Plane street, near Warren. Last Tues
day the two traded stores, Martin giving
his one, valued at $500, and two notes
one for 800 and one for $52-besides $3.50
In cash, for Bacon's which the latter de-,
clared to be free from debt. -
The business; having been done hurriedly,i
Martin began to repent ut leisure over the
bad bargain he. had made, and desired to
trade back again. This Bacon refused to
do, but said he could find purchaser for
the store in Market street. He thereupon
Martin, to. another young man
named Bntier-the latter, by the way, an
of Bacon's, and also recent
arrival in Newark. "A sale was effected, !
and Butler paid Martin q note for 800 for
the store, the note having three months to-
rttn. ss.ss q. Il { .ss 80 - -
The next day, after Martin found him
self out of business. he sud denly realized
that there were smarter men in the city
than himself. He had fears that Tie note
was worthless, and that Butler and Bacon.
after travelling In Providence and St. Louis,
mad come To- Aewark and plucked him.
Acsing on hls suspicious, De caused Baeon'G