, 1876-11-25
"CONTIDENCE,1
BONE CHEAT ADVICE TO THE n1CoLEC 6TRAN0K1
WITHIN OtfR HATEa.

AA4NN+As@Af
"CONFIDENCE
BONE CHEAT ADVICE TO THE nuCoLIo STRANGER
WITHIN OUR GATES.
The examination Into police affairs, and col
1atcraily into tho extent Of robbery, and thicv-
cry, and s'con1lenco'' practlced in this city Inns
opened up lcgrcu OF development in the latter
branch Of industry appalling to contemplate. It
has shown Chicago to bo the Mecca Of confidence
thieves, not through any lnhcront wtckedncss Of
tho city, hut through thu ayaricc and grasping
naturo Of Its country vfstorA. Tho tawn at-
trncts from radius Of 200 miles,. C., ono or
moro innoccnts from every village within that
distance will mako trip to tho city during the
ycar. Given zoo villages and 1sa,nlcts IN small
proportion Of tho actual exlstcnceh sending
delegation Of twenty each tevcn smaller pro-
porttonl, and VIC have an annual aoT OF Bo'01o
innoce,lts. Average amount OF money carried
saS az 9s:5 sS a'ase &ysraas as aot
ct,nttdrnce operations, $40 per tnnDccntt total,
$300,0uO per year. Innocent nesor 50 nlucl, Us
peeps over Ills loss; result. Chicago ranked as
!sksdsst cy In to f'n nnyef's E., hsw ana tst
crawls to light anil finds Its way into thy tfaisy
papers. Within goes hume On next train. secs
editor of hts county weekly, SECURES suppression
81 the .e'n: - MNsigors sssr sar 81 T. No
;
weekly aeain subsidized, and Victims ,ncrcasc.
Upon this state Of affairs, md no clnss Of
people understand T. better tan tue !, ,9pcr '.
lily cHs''S'l Of '"' chicago s pAii' has becomc ~ .
nest al thieves. Countryman reads lung wind
cd alVcrtise!nents u "onr enterprisc." 10. nonr
look. Mnn ut tllu depot or on tile street corner
offers to show him ''rntcrprisc," "resOurccs,n
and ''dcstiny:" Countrysnan falls IN. t.tes full
twcnty-ciglit.lnch step, Is marched oil to tue
au,. takes ali tic way from twenty minutes to an
hour md O half to learn his 2wn ttdestluy." It
Is useless, aud, moro that that, wicket, to emil
lncrasu tho various modes. Cunt convince
Wo {r3 every se ouo Of ot them on hi. next vs
got bitten at NIL md likely ns not etop lis pa
per. Better lot him t!nd out for himself how
the old thing Is worked, after augEcstiu0 few
oaghI5, hc may save enough to gct homo with.
Nor Is this done III lis Interest particularly Il
fs more In the interest Ut tho city, Tor there Ia
nothing 30 dlsseputa0le as thu strcets Of hugu
srisArrED coUxTnrs,Ey.
Conntrynlu,, atttndl AZ every depot yotl
will seq a number Of men with hugo mutul
hadgrs ready to send you n bus to SONG other
spSt sh % tae TsY rep.s.snt ain,sls gail50a9s
baIrrs md tho ,bus-iriyers arc In tllo employ ol
the railroads. Tie ha:kncn arc not. They Opcfntc
III their 0wn l,yok. Therefore, takc hack: Not
Of two lights fotlc on cac, sltle) spurnctt hack
man and c,up|nycd an cxprcsst,lan to drag hin
to 4 hotel. Express churged g.. Countrylnan
raIscd row, a.ti llad to ply It; relecman put
hnlf tic distance. Coutltrynan raid Il. Ii tu
Ind taken lnck In the Urst lustptlcc j,o would
hayo saved S2. Moral, trust a policeman, II
hc really be q, policeman, but llrst
nsncrinily buttons, nurticularjy stars, Every
tuly authorized pOltcep,a,, las il sper[a writ OF
nnnonttncnt tlastcl inside his vest 1t Ii signed
IL thn AInyor. On demand l,u must show II.
Tha iap nroviis. t. arI ti,s nrt,iuomrrs award It
nnto the loast OF co,lntrymru, II approached
hv n noiIrc,nnn. comncl fila, tn tlsnlay tho fp-
n1tntment. II he fuli, coijns him nlt drag lIln,
before tho constituted authorities. It is duty
yon owe, and its performance viii be its own re-.
wnr,J.
| If man Or woman nccost YOU on the street,
raii uWntrh f,i holding ttn oifrnacr meanwhile
IT. insured no stranger will sneak to YOU 10,
yo1r ruot. (;n.hrr around yt,,, Tic cloak oj
siirnct. II snm, old f,ientl Of sJturbutty in yor
tn,yn nI]irrsses vnu. Hear him through m.
ticutty, nl,I when be has finished, tcil 1itr,
yonr ua,ne. ncrupatlon, artl hn,iin;. point. Then
wien icw etcps iurthcr On another
shnIi rrln vor i,v thu hnni md mil van faniiar-
IL IN rhny rn..;,ul.,tnuI n,,nsntion. aid sny he
know. the most Influential ,rnn u yuur VILLAGE
mar ,,,nr,. ia n ia t.,y ttprenf TrI,st in him III
mf'};iv rl ,p no',t yorscii. anil /" csnecInI-
IL r,'.cruin,, :.o,,r nnnr1s. Cling to lin, With
in,oEs OF steel. iiu wifi nut yott iu condition
If s'fctr ftcr vn,, havn Ie}t linn. hanish III,
.,ti,,r.s fro,n yorr mimi. Nh nne niso viii rni
! t~,,
sf sJHf' nor,.,,orcc n .no,, hor of,cr vo,, norl<ct
h,u, Will, In i,as i,st eo,,,u1 nt.v,r disiosr tt
ii,,, 1"t ~n,r n,y,, t. eti Il, rtr ,,ort,rt 1ulf
4 n,,,i r,,r, I'm, III trolai ,vnnny II ,vlI rr,
no,,r.t Mu 1i,, r. hancs.v XII ,yhcn vo,, inr,
lun - Nv - - AA ~ 49,. 80. ~. .'
W. n yr s,,scrr, h KY ~ ynn
..r,n,' wall" II n vii no nnr+ic ~ Il
utn5, ,,om ths "i."r thrrtnf fr a,,nn' cssint
y' ~, ~, ''.c ,,"a i, 'ri,,r Il uen fHt".
kn,,,T - 'n' ""se !" "A''e" ~"se' e's's'
auvmut ~ r..t ora uocrcrv frot atwuv. bo11ow,
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