The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-05-17


Sawarst Suindlefs oene Grief.
The sawdast swindlers are ct aast
coming to grief The other day, in
New York, two ct tl1em were sen
fenced to imprisonment fof ONE year
and to pay q fine Of 81 COO. Foua
barrels Of confidential circulars were
captured with these men and ar I'm
mense number of envelopes a1Feseed
ready for mailing, we're also seized.
These circulars state that conaterfeit
money, which it is impessible to de-
teet, will be seat to any perssn for
warding certain specified amounts
For instance, says the circular:
/" The price Of my money is 800 for
el, ,0o0, one-llalf cash and the other
half - soon as received. For large
amounts q liberal discount is allowed
The circular continues:
When q large amount 10 sent l
pack it in box and mark IL In such
q manner that no one would suspect
its being money, anA send il by ex-
press. Always state when yOu order
how you wish the msney sent, and
give us the name of ygnr searest ex-
press Office. ! will send yen 4 sam-
pie package, assorted, On receipt ct
IS, 80 yon can see how IL passes7
when you ean order q large lot. By
all means come at once and ace me if
possible, and bring all the money yoa
can possibly raise viii, yon, 80 You
will be prepared to buy a large stock,
for this may be the last chance YOU
will ever have to make q fortune at \
single stroke" s~.......
1t is not very flattesing commen-
tary OH American honesty u he told
that tens Of thousands Of people in
every part Of the country annually
send for this new money. L is aiaaz-
ing, too, that though tho swindle has
been over and over again exposed III
almost every newspaper Of the cOun-
try, a certain class Of people hive III
sublime ignorance Of the trick, and
are as ready to be gulled now q when
the shrewd game was first invented a
dozen years ago. Now and tllon a
man who cares more for his money
than his reputation, and who finds,
when the valuable box sent G. O. D.
is opened, that it is full Of sewslust,
and nothing else, rcpleyies his cash
from the express company befoFe It is
sent from the Office but % general
thing, the victim who hrs boen thus
deservedly swindled chooses - sub
init in silence. Hundreds Of people
who have received these circulars,
and pondered over them, will recOg-
nize us familiar th. following para
graph. with which they clOso:
u hope that aftey, I have placed
confidence enough in yOu TO send a
circular Of this kind relating to the
nature of my business, that you would
not be SO treacllerous as to even
breathe the contents Of this document
to a living being; should you betray
me will find me:ins tn he avenged
in way, perhaps, YOU would not
dream Of. If you do not wish to en-
ter into this confidential business
with me, all 1 ask il, that you burn
this circular, aud let the secret die
with the fame. Gn the sthef hand,
if you conclude to enter into this
speculation, that will in few weeks
make You a wealthy man, I would
also advise you to burn. the circular
and preserve the secret, - when this
circular is destroyed all evidence
against YOU and me 10 oblitersted. !"
The writer states, beside, that be is
the most expert engravcr i'm the Uni
ted States, having been employed ten
years by the government, and that
large sums Of this money have been
lodged in six banks in New York
without detection. He advises his
friends and patrons, however, to mix
little genuine money with 10 when
depositing it in large quantities, to
avoid suspicion, aud cautions them
against the use Of strong drink, as
| when intoxicated the secret may be
revealed. 1t is perfectly evident,
from the surprising success Of these,
swindles, that the circular 10 we'll
calculated to achieve the purpose Of
its authors, though it would seem to
need no exposure. .-=~ze.
The victims never stop to ask Why
| in the world the manufacturer Of this
wonderful money, which absolutely
defies detection in the banks, does
not use it himself, and why he should
sell 81 600 of such excellent carTency y
for 800 Of something precisely like
it? But nothing Of this kind occura
to them; they only see an Opportu-
nifty of obtaining sndden wealth, and
with the greed and disregard Of ordi-
nary honesty so common in life, place
themselves voluntarily in the path o1
crime, and escape finally, not becaust
Of their own scruples, bnt because
the person duping them is not so biz
a rascal as he declares himself to he
It was for a long time thought to b.
impossible to convict these men, hui
a way has finally been found, it seems
and it is probable the whole frater,
nifty will soon be brought to grief
Chicago Inter Ocean.
A convention of the Congrtssame