New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-05
4 D1RIyG SWYYDLE CHECKED.

"EIIAs" AGAIN-"FAILURE OF THE GENEVA
WATCH CONrPANYn-HOw A PACK or RAs-
GALS OvERREACHED THEMSELVES.
One of the boldest and most successful SWIM
des that has ever met with ephemeral success IN
this temporarily suppressed yesterday by Judge
sodgwicB OF the Superior Court. Henry +. Elas,
well known rascal who has been connected with many
swudng operations has for long time carried on sue
co.sfuly the orode ewelry business. and has so far
eyaded the law by OF various technicalitles
About wear ago he devised, company with NJ Rubens
and Charlie. LOewensten, plan whereby the people
OF this city and country might be defrauded By more
extensive scheme than any previous one when even me-
with all his ingenuity, had been able to concoc 1t was
arranged accordingly that OF his associates should
20 10 Switzerland and buy the discarded wheels ana
works which different manufacturers Of watches are
comrelled on account OF fractures or irregularities
in shape 10 throw away; that these pieces
should be placed in cases composed OF Orode'
or composition containing from four 70 SIX
karats Of gold and that, having made up large mum
Der Of these watches tie confederate should cohSlgh
item TO Elias who should offer them for sale in this city
as rstcas. gold watches 1t was also arranged, after
sufficient quantity should have been made to announce
in the different newspapers here that the great
Geneva Watch Company OF Geneva, Switzerland had
lately failed had consigned its properly 10 various
Arms in this country TO SELL and that the .sa
enabled these firms twhO were 10 DC creueu WIN t9
overtisemen- sell the witches at one-ha the usual
price IN order realize On the properly "tAA snol'
time. -, m "a ,rorosod brou0ht
throg inc Custom house at this port but entered as
com No. itior-Vlch 70 be the OnIy noiest %
nert made Nv the conccrnand held here IN reserve 70
await the arrival the European partner VINO VIII t.e
ohers was 10 map the final plan or hellnK them Va
The con spiratOrs had learned froInex-
pereuco that fraud and deception they appear UoaS
thoTougbfare arc not regarded with suspicion but are
ant 10 pass unquestioned, aud success Is thereby IN
Measure assured Acting on this knowedge one oI tet
number about months ago called on the owner OF
a. Nh stanley OF tine firm Brown. Stanley Co. who
he stated were agents Tor the great Geneva watch
Company Of Switzerland which had.become bankrupt,
and gned It's property to them in connec ton
With Messrs Lee Bradley Bro. and J. r. Elkhart, jr
70 state that these three firms existed only in the ma
nation OF speaker, and may have been either Ehas
gain was struck and Rubens hired the nTst moor OF he
premises by che month, with the privilege OF retaining
Alter advertisements had duly appeared In the daily
newspapers, mentioning at Iengta the sse
Bro, aud j. H. EiFharf JT agents at SO Jo5 BrOadway
Of the watches OF the great Geneva Watch Company,
The adyenturers opened their store to the public on Feb
l8 at ga M Large placards appeared in the windows
were informed that solid gold and silver
watches " we're sold at half price aud war
ght treasures TO Tiffany 4 Co. and Ball Black,
q CO. who the notice stated, would assure them Of the
e flowed into the store IL opened and large
bers Of watches sold during the entire day The
swinders encouraged by their success determined 10
make holder move, and accordingly on the second day
hev offered for sale bogus watches held in reserve
| and marked United States Watch Co.." Ameri-
| can watch Co.." and with other forged American
! trademarks. They seem TO have become so
! reckless ana emboldened by their unexpected
success as to take no account OF chances
and when customers expressed preference for Ameri
can watches they offered these articles for sale AT CORE
spondingIy low rates marked with the different names
OF watch companies whose watches the customers pre-
| ferred. The low prices at which theJ OF.
| judgement which drew crowds 70 their store
They sold their reputed gold Watches ~ sam 81 ,beip
their solid ,Ilver watches low as w. SOi ot 'e ,
customers fearful lest they had been deirs4dep S
iected their new purchases 10 the test ana took tns
yvo a,So g. Tig"rv A Co and Ball, Black Co. xhS
promptly told them they had been bee ssDde ,hs s,at
80 ~, i'm concern could hayo been SUNNI ~ i.
sfopped A. it, watches have mosty ~ tho is@ sou
mill IN their composition, aud rho woik-, w AooE