, 1874-05-27


10 The Editor Gf the Chicago Yyt6'lde:
S1n: Your boldness i.i cxpoaing fraudh In
duces mo to aak you to givd publicity to tho fol-
pasalng alohg East Madison attest tAib FORE
noon about 10 o'clotk, my attention rms tttraet-
cd by loud talking Of the auctlohtar stylo ai,l
thb largo crowd Of peoplo asaeriblad in the
atoro No. 202.
E4n4tstng aa~ t}lat l tho ffont Of tho stots as
foot high. Tack OF th6 acroen; mounted Upon
boxes; Woro two Grsites iii 1.6h's attire whom any
foolmight know were OF tile nwindliiiB fraternity.
One was expound!hg tho merits Of magic com
o ts5 s1ery Fs%Gss 'asIs Io spss aavess sn etc., etc.,
PICS characters Included a box was tiiiied
with envelopes, containing cards with litimbeta
upon item: a large plaoafdi ,aohspicuoutly
placed, repteaontod the plot Of tho play. The
npoii it. and and tSers r. 1Sefe ia blink Ae NUM-
bcrs, and SO prize numbers. sixtobn of
tho SO Prize htitahots ended with 0,
one with Q aha 10 With s. s; !; etc.
Tho haranguo from tho spokesman swindlaE ran
thus "qont1dnea, pleaaa dra's tHo enyelopes
tho prize numbers arc tn tie box" Alter some
person had drawn TWO Envelopes, ho would ro-
sumo; !" Now, gcIitlesa5on, 7 eon a. yoa boz ot
paying ii, thd tickets Would be drawn from tlio
envelopes, ind t,Bually proved I'd bo blanke,
Tle swtndler eays: Nov, gentlemen, to provo
to you that tho prizs tutnbers are in the, boy,
will draw, and silow yotl some Of thdn.h And
Sure enough hd did. Having bhitod Lis hook,
non. Victims veto readily eatEht.
began to teason, and soon solved th9 problem
sixtoen Erizo figures eniled with O. ono with G.
By afroitly placing tho thumb tip6n tho tails of
aider bad invested. the swindler, who ID working
Tor tho proprietor 1T i 6aiary 81 s25
so 50 it prizt money, ID 1s d rst,dored I'll G'Aits ie'
90 ta rendeIad 30, etc. THE largo PRIZES arc
uhdtr tlgur6a ending. with 3, 4. +, eto. When
victims are secured, The Same ticket that won
$50 for the avind!et, loso6 for the victims:
Having kolved the problem started for tho
Meyers oce at !; IL !. oeiosa Net .abdng hin
ttorwafdueba Of detectlyesJ / vent ID tho
I woet buck '' to s thss I IGity HILL Hall,
met Al1; Stout and rcletod tho oircuhaatanoeB to
aeorotary. He referred me- to Supt
lsohm. The Superintendent not being in his Of
flee, told the clerk ahti detcetfveA bresont what
my businesn mas. It was then 1:s0 O'Clock p. M
ssS ahsy %edssy saa sasy "fsa rs attend yees S ies
Of IAN to swiudla thus, but thsy 10y
mutt hayo witnessos They wonld dress ub ti7o
men In very common rig, and send them Ground
to buy tickets, and then hfr66t' the BHiDd1erB,
Returning to tho Htoro, I found It dloacd. At 5
O'Clock ID waa again open. vent to the detott-
igo's Office, and said: "Now is YOUR time" I
stas told thoy would attend 10 tho matter
30 aoon III tho two men WHO we're
to act as buyers and Mitnesaes Hhnnld ootne in.
They thanked me for my information. donbtless
11dta hoartilY thn they will for writing this ar
tiol6. From until Z o'clock, tho aWindlets
rakod In gtennbaoks III manrof that proves
the imitation Of the CURRENCY bill to bo another
attempted twlhd!e.
II ohioako detectives tannot 60 si1 blocks In
dlers, IL Ii time that bonaa perkon should expose
their conttyande with th6sB swhderH. While
looking on should fudge that s460 Hero taken
In and not moro than $50 paid on prizes. One
pool Of $64 WAS sold in loss than ten minutes.
havo no sympathy with The ylo!imH aa ihdt-
yidualH, but nifty thoir families. Or oOufBo tito
r,ooror clnaA invested oftoneet. The greenbaoks
as paasod to the awintiler often had tiattehBd
Appearance hB 1t long stored III the otherw1sa
oiriipty wallet. Poor dupas, thoy need their Of
beflcnce. Empty podket- books are good hookH
10 study. From them the brain Is often alled.
At7 o'clock my patience ih Whiting for tho de-
tsctiYes to dot was exhausted. Accordingly I
exposed the fraud, to tho evident qualification
Of nal,ly present: Truly, there IL something
rotter, III oi,r civilization. Nov expect To be
more OF 4 "tloket-of-lenyo man than ev6f. Lot
him laugh who wins. JOIN MdAuLtFFE.
Ot,roaOty May @s, 1874. .-.
NgnfAnks.-'Ihe Hwindlo which Mr.. MoAn1ine
hay exposed has been running for some dnys,
unnotioed b7 tho policemen who aso constantly
passing ny. A Rs et*tes, taiad.sdashS Of the4s