, 1872-12-19

gentleman had failed to discover in anv Of til
g11 legai a9tnoI!ues precedent for such action, b
3 "ou!1 md HIM one in the present cause unde
made again. 0~'0A ~
a criminal suit was brought against them fo,
cGnspiFacy, Mhlca resulted in Rainforth's airing
h-mse1 N Joliet for one year, Mr. Fuller accom-.
pa, wing him to that gentle retreat. |'0o01-4'
GeA1eral bevendge, now Lieutenant Governor
elect O thus State, vas ct that time Sheriff OF
Cook County, and found himself in hot water.
The senten ce Of Judge Bradweu required tho
close confinement Of the prisoners in the County
Jail, and Judge Van Buren's order REQUIRED Their
presence in Court, and the poor Sheriff was in a
mands.
Since the temperance Of the brace OF
worthless, Fuller and Rain1orth, upon the scenes,
they have been engaged upon various schemes
Of inlquity, hare been indicted by the Grand
Juries again and again, but BY buying up Wit
| nesses, ;ntimidating others, and by various con-
| tnYances, hsve eluded the law.
Before treating IN detail upon this phase Of
their career, it may be necessary to give an idea
| Of how these two PERSONS fragrant with a ropu-
tation tho delicate charm OF whose odor had lost
nothing by thefr retirement in the country, man
aged to suba1st in this uncharitablo city. which,
Of course, could no longer recognize them as
members Of society. They could not dig, and
to beg they were utterly ashamed, and as M
one appeared to be willing to robe them in i'm
Per- ~ {purPe at Or rega1 linen 9f extra neness
those 1uatic persons from whom Divine Proyi- |
dence has withheld the average quantity OF |
acnmen guaranteed to mankind tho wherewithal |
10 mrs sunptuously every day.
They formed partnership IN q thriving bns;.
ness IN their own name. It is true that they did
no business, except make up books occasionally |
aoI 80 as to & ha!e evidence Of doing remarkable
wonderful business chance for vo7n1 ,oa+ -1e ,e,,
bad g few hundred dollars to dispose of. The
partnership ~as about to be dissolved, as
one one Of the firm, generally. Mr, Rainforth,
going to Europe to sonandar in the nau oa,;taqs
Of that continent the Untold wealth ,ts bad maae
Ehi1e engaged in partnership with Mr. Fni1er
Or Mr, FuiIer would 20 Tast ~ aet.h,a1' ut1es'
branch in New York. or Ph;lada1nh;a - d ,
London, or Paris or Vienna ~ Pa.,,;o VI :
If st, Petersbure. Or ~ aoa3 s,na1s
n Santa Fe or Kingston, Jamaica. or in
aome insular paradise had cslied 1no3 ~, - {
sttend upon his diving wishes. and fa no,,1J NJ ~ ~
pnger remain in Chicago for eordid nn1nnsas no G.
rhen his natural aFectfons az well % hia n1ain,
Christian duty called him away. And nanvo !,
upe tho raecals made. Many rerdant adysnA
arer entrusted to them the few hundred Go11ers
ith which q dying father had endeavnra5 b
, give his only son start in al
fe; or from which half-stsvad -.
rniy we're expecting to reap the rich frnita o4 OF
lccesg.ul speculation. Alas Il went ;nto ~
'fers Of Fuller and Rainforth. and The business be
pits were all theirs: How many hundreds Of Ct
'ars were thus easily drawn into the TroasnrT IN
} one but themselves can tell. Occnsiona1lv - -
le OF the victims would threaten to prosecnto pa
insult lawyer, and commence proceedineg' nj
ut his aFdor would vanish in a dav or f1To | 60
18th bribes-20 er cent perhaps of his 1osses- I
ey would buy his silence, or they would sa
reaten his disappearance in the river uban
onsy vas Of no avail They had no acruples ca Gu
conscience, had Messrs. Fuller L. Rainforth at
d it cannot be doubted that, pushed to ev cn
entities, they would have literally fnlfilIed pil
threats they had given utterance to, Some sit
nes they failed. Iha victim, heeced and deg- car
rate, driven to the wall would aDpeal to fha | G =
uIts fo5 protection, aud month after month rea
, Grand Jury would find indictments apainat | the
I'M, but when the case WAS called for trial The I
'nesses me- would have vanished and the rogues fro
set free. How the Witnesses we're disuoged Wei
aoth not appear: Pe1haps, fearing circpn1- in.
1ptlon OF their Iberties they refunded to the
Witness the whole amount of their bef
M yes. A. any rate, the knaves escaped the the
RI clotches OF the law, and went on SHINING Of
triumphant IN their colossal rogueries. hav
nother deV1ce which came to light, and which steE
aotlceo1n LIE TRIBUNE about two years ago. wen
m9itny OF feproduct1on. The mails we're prot
oeo y circulars purport,ng to have been H. mig
pS y, IL HeAs d to tea merchants on Clark tern
et. Ihey we're carefully Autographed, and had
9!ateo 70 deceive tho conceited and ignorant II
t1eHeu u country toWn8 Who BnppoBe them Walh
es eaual ~ TO any emergency. The company Mr.
sea s to the recipient OF each circular most bein
sfou6 terms, should he become can7asser or to II
It 10 for them He was to have large percent Least
1or MS trouble and all expenses paid "chl
payment Of s1o-a mere initiation fee, Of sat,
Seize was to receive samples Of the and
rec rec ~ express, and further arrangements kept
q q oe made with him. This trick told for Or vi
.lme until the city detective force stirred He IF
g % eu1ef up, and he was exposed in TIE office
uSE. IN the evening after the exposure. Mr,
rca rogue, Fuller, came up to TEE TR1puSE They
!, demanding aretraction, and asserting that Ehom
sEe quad pro quo for the $40, in the shape from
e samples Of tea. But as he never sent the ia
ampies, and never acknowledged the re- sat do
OF the money, he got no ret1action. not i
It before the fire, after several indictments were
st them had come to nothing. IN ters
Mt Of the mysterious dnappearance Of or tn
5ses, Mr. Reed thought he had them go the
N an indictment which charged Fuller &; terestf
orth with conspiring to cheat and dofraud portin
he ire came, the records were DESTROYED pocket
le 4, case had to be put over another term. The
II came up again the witnesses had dis two OF
red, and the birds OF prey were free again and la
many indictments were found acainst no chiI
between the expiration of their term in Mr.
nitentiary and the fire of Oct 8. 1s71 dividua