The New York herald., 1875-11-10
A CRUEL sWINDLE.

POOR ENdLIsHMAN's SAD FATE-A WIFE
DENENrED AND FATHER CONSIGNED TO
THE woRKHoUsE
poor honest man. buying a draft on Liverpool with
the hardearned savings Of his whole life, and return
ing the old country whore he expects tho fruits OF
his industry will give him, his sick wife and old de-
crept father good home for their old days. find that
the draft is worthless that he is beggar and must re-
turn to America TO begin his lIfes work anew-can
cruel, a outrageous swindle be inn
aginedH II such story that was told
yesterday at the HERALD Office by who appeared
in rags in consequence or this vile imposition, but
whose sturdy look and honest face bespoke the truth
OF what no said Before giving this unfortunate mans
statement at length, IL may be promised that Samuel
Joynson-that is his name--is locomotive carpenter
by trade, an Englishman by birth, and to this
country nearly twenty five years ago. AS far dill
gent inquiry could ascertain yesterday he always
to have been an Industrious saving and sober man,
upon whom his msfortuncs fall therefore, with double
force. After having worked hard in various portions
OF the country to secure competency, he finally
determined to become farmer and settled some eight
years ago in Harlan, Shelby county, Iowa where he
purchased farm Of about hundred II is
curious and sad to witness how thread Of misfortune
runs through certain ill-sarred lives. This had
several times accumulated little money and several
tilhes nc IL OF lnuS ne
had not money enough to buy the farm out but
had to pay of part Of its value by his arduous labor in
the locomotive shops OF the Union Pacific Railroad.
Misfortune pursued him again tho shape Of severe
domestic calamity. His wife was attacked by
serious Malay, and in order to restore her
travel with her to California and other salubrious
regions which the doctor had recommended Last
summer he found that nc had spent very large por
ton OF his little fortune this manner his wife
still very Ill, his iathera venerable man of seventy
six-also in feeble health and upon tho advice OF a
physician, who told him that decided change OF air
might improve them he resolved to sell his farm and
return to England his native home, there TO esab-
lish bee and poultry farm, which, he felt sure would
be sufficiently lucrative to keep HIM and his loved
in moderate comfort during the remainder OF their
troubled lives AS he says, he could have
sold his farm-which, OF course had been rather
neglected during his travels with his ailing we-for
81 600 If he could have given the purchaser time to
pay; but he desired effect the change Immediately
he had 10 take 81 500 in cash for it, The sale of his
horse and cow &c, netted $500 more, that he had
So 600 when he arrived in Boston, whore he expected
to embark for England 1t really touching TO hear
poor Joynson relate how his wife, realizing that this
money was all they had in the wide world, and remem-
berne how often they had lost the savings OF be-
FORE chung TO IL with something like feverish anxiety.
She would not give it up TO him their way to Boston
and kept up in her dress Even in Boston, when
he wanted TO go to the lnman steamship office to pur
chase draft with his all thinking that it would be
safer to have draft she would not give up the money
II was though she had ndstinct premonition of
the evil that was to befall them and he had well nigh
to her surrender the muchpr treasure 70
him. No wonder she was so nervous for It repre-
sented life, hope of returning health and happiness
and comfortable old aga And comes the recital
~ thoughto said he, "that 1t would be safer
TO have draft on Liverpool than to
carry the greenbacks persons. !
brought up near Liverpool, and had heard
all my life of these rich old Inman and Cunard lines.
thought they would certainly be as safe as anything
would not give me draft for SO high an amount as
$4,000 and referred me to the lnman Office. went
there, and, seeing big Office and the Of the In
man line over the door, had perfect confidence that
all was right number OF printed handbls wero
were here sold, and 1t was this which induced me to
buy my draft y
The following is a copy OF ono OF these handbills,
which would seem to establish the responsibility of the
lnman line for the fraud of their agent in this in
INMAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Mail Line.
Dras for Elan, e. and npgard % a on London Gasgow
land and the Continent for sale at the For
cRE1GH. General Agent, ios State Street. Boston
The following is tho draft which this worthy gave to
poor and rom r w9oh IL, i appears that
paper. ''But l should never have taken it," said
Joynson who was Of course, not versed IN such mat
ters 'f he had not been the authorized agent OF tho
lnman line and that is why hold the line RESPONSE
BILE. -
Io3 State street, Boston
August 90 1878
demand this sole bin Of exchange pay TO the order
Of Samuel Joynson five hundred and nineteen pounds
To EpgARp W YArEs Co.,
Liverpool, England NJ s. cREAGH
Pinned to the draf is littlo slip containing the fol-
lowing
Memorandum of issne
y To be kept by the purchaser.
No. 5i,32a
Payable to Samuel Joynson. -
Bought by himself
Drawn Drawn on LII LIvoepeol rpso
Amoant paid, $500 . -
NJ. s. CREAGH, per @. j. @.
on the back OF the draft is the following entry made
by Yates Co., of Liverpool
The within dra has been presented several times
o but has been refused there being no advice
drawn. EDWARD Nj. YATES CO
"When presented the draft at Liverpool payment
refused, and for two weeks l kept running
every day to Yates Co., but without success
At the Inman lines Office told that they had
nothing TO do with the draft of their agent Here wo
were, in utter destitution, and made up my mind
that the only hope | had was TO rcurn TO America
and see II could not get my money back
Mr. Inman would do nothing for except 10 give mo
a steerage passage back and had TO sell all our
My poor old father had to leave behind" (hare tho
faithful sons eyes flied with tears land suppose no
is now In the workhouse-at the age OF seventy six
suit OF clothes which cost me $55 had to sell for SIS So
and so on arrived again in New York on September
25 left my sick wife at Castle Garden and went imme
datey to Boston. There found that Crcagh who had
been agent for eight years, had been removed. He
however, claimed that he sent s., 900 Richard 4
Boas, in New York, to the draft, and they
said that ho indebted to them on general
account and that they applied the money in quida-
ton of the debt had Creagh arrested in Boston, but
he got out again aftor two days, and now am hero
penniless and subssting the charity OF one OF my
wife's unces, brcklayer She is demented in conse-
quencc Of all these troubles and God knows where 1t
will endi
Such is this poor mans story Crcagh is a fast man,
who spends his money in drink and there is no hope
Of penny being recovered from him, his vic
tim is perfectly helpless from his destitute condition
But the fraud committed under the very gs Of
the Inman line by their agent and in their Office It
would only be just well as humane and generous if
Mr inman should replace this poor mans loss. The
fact OF man being agent of old company such
the lnman should be voucher of honesty, and 1t
cannot be considered strange IL ignorant country
does not trouble himself to scrutnze the wording
OF draft which he receives from their agent
THE DERANGED DELANEY.