Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-02-24


Newport aud Long Branch. Although
he is not regular gambler, but likes to
bet on the speed OF fast horses. Last sum"
mer he went to Virginia Springs and me-
gotiated for a hotel which he did not buy.
Waters is known as "thc blonde" He
is OF rather low build. slight figure, and
about twenty seven years old. His nous.
tache is led, and he revels in high scent.
ed hair. oil. Unlike his friend Dailoy. hc
i. a poor talkcr, ana the sight oil police
man makes him tremhle with fear. Dur
ing the past season nc spent much money
at Saratoga and Newport. Quite recent
ly he bought diamonds, which he wears
on every OCCASION.
Dailey's receipts are very large, and
when money il scarce they increase. for
then ii is that lazy people find it hard to
make an honest living. The oilers who
loiter around the small towns in western
New York, bite eagerly al the lithograph.
cd bait. However, there are thousands
of the circulars that TALL into the hands of
honest men, who either destroy them or
send them to the proper authorities -
Chiet of Police kelso and Mayor Hall re
ceve hundreds of them every month";
Repeated attempts have been made to
bring the authors To justice. blt in almost
every case there is no convicting evidence
found. When IN agent forwards $50 or
package Of old paper or sawduSt WAS
returned by express, marked &c. .. ID,
with large sum mentioned in bold fig
on the envelope. In most instances the
victim pays the charges, and again finds
himself swiudled. TO complain before =
magistrate would be TO criminatc himself,
so he remains silent Most OF the firms
change theiI cards every week or so.-
Dailey's fayorits abuses arc Wogan Il Co.
4. j. Hitchcock Il Co., j. K. Lee II Co.
aud Holland Il Co.
A certain member OF Congress, i is re.
ported sent twenty-five dollars to Wogan
\ Co. for a package nj money. lie wait.
cd long iot reply. hut none ever came.
Some time after he received circular
from Holland Il CO., which was wcrded
so honestly that he was sure there could
he nothing wrong about the firm. So he
borrowed twenty-five dollars ot II friend.
and enclosed the amount frankly acknowl-
cdging how Wogan & Co. had cheated
him. He urged Messrs Holland Il Co.
10 forward the counterfeit money by eX-
press, as he was terribly "hard up for
funds. Daley laughed heartily of course,
when he read the spenidly written page,
aud even Waters could not help smiling,
rs he lighted his cigar with the last peti.
tion from Congress.
The receipts of each of these swindling
firms average from 500 to $1,000 per
day. The express compI"ics know that
they are the life blood Of the system, but
they say That aS public carriers. they are
bound To forward all money packages cit,
trusted to their care. and they are not
supposed to know anything oil their con
contents.
Soon after Daley begun operations,
one runbridge opened an Office OH Wall
street under the name of Gumbridgc IL
Co. He is considered the shrew,est man
in the business. and his receipts are much
larger thar Dailcys ever were.
DALEY claims that Tunbridge tool; his
circular, and that 1t was with them that
he begun business lIc soon made money
enough to buy him 4 splendid brown
stone front house in Brooklyn, which he
gave 10 his wife Oace an officer came
TO attach the building. bu, ag she claimed
to own it he could dc nothing. About n
year ago Tunbridge stopped sending cir
culars, and for time his religious
friends thought that he had reformed but
six weeks ago he begun again, and now
is doing more business than any OF the
other swindors. His partner goes under
the name of Adam Smith.
Owen Il Bros, Jas. Fisher Il Co. and
A. j. Johnston & Co., are among the
other firms engaged i'll this profession. y
A. J. Johnston * Co receive large sums
daily.
Rufus Stockton of No. - Broadway
is an old man, and very shrewd, who has
been in Tue business about eighteen
months. Some of tho other operators
send a slip purpolting 10 be from New
York paper. Among the many aliases
of both name and address are the follow
ing: James A. Holt, Fulton street; ThO's
G. Allison, William street; FrIcis Ogden,
Maiden Lane; j. d. Terhunc d Co.,
Broadway; Il. c. Steele, North Copake /;
Charles Humble, Chambers street and
William Z. Anthony, Broadwny.-N y.
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