Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-02
SHOWING OF @THE QUEER. !"
A Victim of Misplaced Conf
dence.

A Victim Of Misplaced Conf
dence.
served Him Right = wrathy bu
Helpless = Blood and Thunder :
Going TO New York = Counter
fett Money and More Cotton ol
Revenge.
The following has been handed to us fol
publication
CuLLEoKA, Tenn, March %, 1871.-Mr
! T. G.. Allison-Dear Sir have been alb
sent from home two weeks; last night
returned home. l found box in the Elk.
| press Office to me, marked @, o. D., S47.
paid it and took the box to my home in
C. and opened it. Imagine my sur
prise when saw the contents was paper.
went Immediately back to Pleasant
Grove and got the agent not to forward
it to Tiffany, P. & Co. until could hear
from you. / told the agent that there
was another box coming marked merchsu-
disc, and when it came he might forward
the money.
never let him know what was in the
Dox you sent. intend to keep it a secret
from him. Now, my dear sir, I am justi-
NED In this course because know several
OF my friends who have been treated in the
same way. They have connded it to me,
and me only.
told the agent to wait until could
hear from you before he sent the money.
Now, If you don't send me the bills in
twelve days, will get my cousin to call
upon you and demand the twenty dollars
that have sent you. He does business
at 81 Park Row, New York; his name is
X. ID. Walker; he is much of a gentle
man, and will see to my interest. l will
send him all of your circulars and letters
to explain the whole thing to him. He
VIII not haveyou arrested, viii find you SO
as to identify you, so that can find you
when ! come to New York in the spring.
And If you don't send me the promised
package with fifteen days l shall know
that you ScoundreL and SaUindler, and
when ! come on l will call you to account
In person, to me, for unfaithfulness. l
viii certainly make you smell powder if
my cousin can find you. l shall simply
write to him, requesting him to ascertain
from the express messenger that delivered
the packages from the express office, in
New York, who it is that receives pack
ages 81 Johns Street, room 3, up stairs.
Cousin is sharp enough to identify you
II have to write to him after the fifteen
days are out. If you prove faithful to
me you have in me true friend. If /
have to write to my cousin Ishall be your
most deadly enemy, and l shall surely
punish you-not by arrest; that is too low
down for me. You would do well to
call and see my cousin, this would do me
no harm. Now if you are true friend
and mean TO be faithful even with strang-
ers, none OF the above remarks will Of
tend you. If you really do or intend to
sWlndle me, then You cannot do so with
out my shooting you on sight. There
must and there shall be honor among
thieves. | have the power to make men
stick to their contracts and be faithful in
their contracts and dealings. never 90
to law; l trust my pistol onl-. If you
turn up sll right you will give me credit
for being man for emergencies.
sent you two orders, ten dollars each.
Send me the worth of both, which will
be $500 in your issues.
Send it in an express envelope or as
you please, this will make us fast friends.
and good results will grow out of our re-
lationship as you will find ia me a true
and faithful business man, if you will be
faithful with me.
l could buy largely in cotton here in
Middle Tennessee, would ship it to New
YORK, consign it to you, your merchant
or my cousin, and come on and sell it for
National currency or gold and invest
largely with you in your issues. I have
bought twenty-five bales of cotton since
wrote TO you before. l was going to sell
them in N and come on at once
and see you, but this box business has de.
termined me to wait fifteen days to see
what you intend to do. If you do write
| will buy more and come on at orce to
New York. Twill see my cousin and we
will call on you in person, and
arrange our business SO that you can ship
orders to me from his house, and no
chance to be detected by those you fear
so much. This expressing boxes as de-
coys has caused parties to write to the
authorities in New York, and hence the
reason that you and other parties are
watched by the detectives. This box was
not touched by the detectives. No one
knows anything about its contents, and if |
the amount comes that you wrote you had
boxed and sent, then the agent here will
send you by return express the $S7 row
in his hands for you. I will then buy
more cotton and come on TO New York
and pay you the balance in person and
buy more. My plan will be for nv
cousin to ship it to me, after leave, with
some of his goods that l will buy while
there. Hoping to hear from you soon,
and that you may turn out all right, am
at present your friend. Ship as before.
No c. 0. D., unless you send more.
Frsteinaly yours,
JOHN WALLACE.
7 WATEVP