The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-05
"My Dead Brother on lee"

A well-dressed young man, aged about
twenty-eight years, ford complexion, middle
height, brown side-whiskers, and presenting
generally quite respectable appearance, has
been going the rounds for some time past, i'm
posing upon the credulity Of numbers of mer-
chants in the following manner Hemanages,
in most systematic way to obtain an intro
ductiOn by some means to his intended
victim. having thus broke the ice, he en-
cages in conversation with his new acquaint-
ancees, and, by his conversational abilities,
manages to impress them with the idea that he
is on intimate terms with their friends He
then disappears from their presence for about
three days, but returns on the afternoon of the
fourth day, between the hours of and in
the afternoon. On entering he Immediately
rushes up to the owner of the establishment
and requests few minutes private converse
ton, which being granted, he unfolds the
following doleful tale: "AIr. Smith, oh, par
don me, sir; but l just received the fol-
lowing telegram from Philadelphia producing
a forged dispatch) informing me that
my brothers body has Just arrived from
Charleston and that his body is on ice at the
Pennsylvania depot, owing to the fact that the
freight charges were not prepaid. YOn see his
death is so unexpected that really don't like
to 90 over to Brooklyn to obtain the necessary
funds to defray the expenses from mother for
fear of shocking her nervous system. More
over, it is after bank hours. May request
that you will feel pleased to advance me a
sufficient sum to pay my expenses to Philadel-
phia and return. 1t is only matter of about
$40, and l will hasten on my return to refund
the amount"
On several occasions he has been successful
in obtaining the money Of course the gen
tleman whose charitable instincts and desire
to help fellow being in distress prompts him
to advance the amount hears the last of his
charitable loan when the coat-tails of the Dor
rover disappear through the front door This
young gentleman tried the game on again yes
terday at the Lovejoy, in Park Row. but luck
lily he retired discounted, and will be com
PEELED to seek elsewhere for sufficient money
to bring On his brothers dead body now
on ice.
The substitution of the ballot for open
voting in the British Parliamentary elections
has by no means done away with bribery and
corruption. On the contrary, since the gen
eral elections in February last the British
judges have been kept busy in trying election
petitions and the seats of about score of
members have been declared vacant on the
score of bribery. The latest of the cases
thus decided was the one of BOston-a little,
old-fashioned town with about $4,000 inhabit-
ants and 2640 voters 1t returns two mem
bers, and the successful candidates last Feb
ruary were Mr. Parry and Mr. Ingraham,
both Liberals Mr. Parry was so very liberal
that he gave away to the voters with his COM
pliments bags Of coal to the value of f230.
No less than 2231 persons received these gifts,
so that the brides averaged only about two
shillings each. Some money was also given
in sums Of few shillings. The poor electors
no doubt thought they were selling their
votes very cheap, but they sold them for all
that and the judges have non-seated Mr..
Parry, and declared him to be ineligible for
reelection for seven years to come.