Mower County transcript., 1871-07-20
Ingenious SWin(ilc.

The Americ"m .Agrtculturist for July
gives the following expose of new
swindling dodge:
GA,rs w. HUBBARD, JR., AGAIN-This
scoundrel who has his headquarters at 2OS
Broadway, is full of ingenious swindlng
schemes. The pretended counterfeit mon
cy or sawdust game he has worked under
q great variety of names, and in this, as in
other cases, he usually manages to operate
upon other dishonest people in such a way
that they cannot appear as witnesses
against him without eliminating them
selves. Here is one of his latest swindles.
The following is Il copy of many similar
documents returned to us by honest pco-
pie. Hubbard had large lot of them
written out and forwarded to different
parties all over the West. They are all
alike except in the name of tho person
addressed. (rhe bill.hcad is neatly print
ed in the usual form; the rest is written.)
NEW YORK, May 18th, 1871.
NJ. ". p. Gillen'ualns, RogersriAe, 7tnm.
To DURvIN, ELLIOTT Il Co.,
Importers and Manufacturers of
Watches, Jewelry and Sivcrware,
No. 1893 Broadway.
Wholesale Department up stairs.
For repairs on Hunting, Stem Winding, Gold
Chronometel, made by Jugerson, No. 15A21, viz:
! Balance Wheel and Hair Spring. ...$75590
l Malu spring, ana CtcAulIS l.ZJ
! Fine Lever. regulating, etc. ........ BOO
l Gold Cap, Eng'd go. -. .......... 650-$20. .25
Please remit by Express.
DEAR SlR:-The above watch received from you
21st Feb'y, is now ready for delivery. You were
correct when you stated it could not he repaired
outside of this city.-Wc have had great Difficult
ty with 1t, but is now in thorough order, and we
warrant it to keep correct time for five years.-
You wrote that the watch was found and desired
to know its worth 1t is very valuable time
piece and must have cost AT least $500 in gold. 1t
ia flnXV nndf fOP f,Ip SiPin
rect time piece, IL really cheap at it's first COST
Please remit the amount OF above bill by express,
and the watch will be Immediately forwardcd.-
Oblige by responding at once, as every day it re-
mains with us entails additional trouble and cx-
pense. Respectfully, DURvlN, ELLIOTT Il Co., 19S
Broadway, N. Y.
After mailing sundry thousands of the
above, Hubbard got out regular power
OF Attorney, signed by Durvln, Elliott &
Co. (probably the real names of some of
his employes), directing the Express
Companies to deliver their parcels to him
self. The result was that many dishonest
people said to themselves, "well, there is
no such person hereabouts, and if there
was, the watch was found, and did not
belong to him, and I'll privately forward
the $40 25 and get the watch and kecpit
Of course, Hubbard pockcted the funds
and let the dupes whistle for their money
They dare not expose themselves by com
planning, and if they did, they would find
no Durvin, Elliott 4 Co., at 1893 Broad,
way, for the building is unoccupied-such
buildings arc often selected as their nttper,
tised headquarters by various swindIers.
Of course no thoroughly honest person
would forward money for watch not be-
longing to him, but he would promptly do
as Mr.. Gillenwaltus and others have done,
forward the documents to this office, or
elsew where, for investigation.
We have given considerable space to the
description of this particular swindle to
illustrate how Ingenious are the lodges
res"rted to, and to show that great care
should be exercised in responding to cir
culars, etc, from unknown. parties. We
confess, also, to little satisfaction in
showing those who have had a hand in
sending the thousands of dollars in re.
sponse to this operation, how completely
they have been "donc for" in their dis
honest attempts to get watches not be-
longing to them.