The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-05

or unclaimed prizes and, II So whether the par
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Enclosed was the following:
II r. IoSts 60.
Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers Of Jcwelry,
NO sos h'S Srs Yonx. Sep, 90 1877
- p,rr Sir We this day received an order from
Mcssrs Russell co to ship 10 you cish,two pecesd
Consolidation Lottery for the DstTibnon OF Unclaimed
Tie good. will be shipped in our name to you tomor.
ws. & Rs sSs ifsrs'' 'O" + J pss's co
1t is n four-story crcam-c olored brick build
ing between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
The ground story is occupied by china store.
and one OF tho upper stories by Boarding
House Directory" II. L. Jones h Co. occupy II
small scvcn-by nine room in the second story.
rear. The sole furniture Is u desk. n chair. and
single small show case filed with cheap car
rings and brooches. At the time of the visit Of
n reporter Of THE sun Mr. Jones was out. and
the solitary clerk n nervous young man. with
dark side whiskcrs and hair over three parts of
his face. couldn't say when he would be in.
what il this consolidated lottery that you ad
vertiso2 2"
Tho young man know but just at that instant
the name had slipped his memory. He didn't
happen to have any Of their circulars Just then.
and didn't know how the goods were sent. or
the pricc. or the quality. Sometimes they sent
goods like those in the show case and some-
though or Mr.. Jones wouldn't be in 1t. All
goods werc sent c. q. d.. and the customer
could open the puckagc before paying, and send
thcm buck IL he didn't like them
AT the door tn" reporter met the postman, car
rying IN armful of letters.
Mr.. tones seems to have n large mail this
The posman grnned. This amt anything
H. got lot more at the first dclvcry-most Of
'rm from little towns and villages out West.
Oh, he does II rushing business. Jones dos
and no mistake Did you see any Of his Jew
with one eye at the embarrassed reporter.
A merchant tailor, who leases the FIRST iioor mt
said that they are connected in some sort of way
with the wdeyknown Elias Of the " Broadway
street corner He knew ii BECAUSE he had some
trouble in collecting the fret weeks rent. and
had to go 10 the bazaar to find the senior MEM
How long have they been here'" the reporter
About ten days"
At the bazaar the manager couldn't say when
| Mr. Jones would he in. In fact he didn't know
| anything of his whereabouts.
Russell Il CO.. are manufacturers Of" King
understood to be also backed 10y Elias. They
| admit that they furnish thergOOs to the Lou =
Vile Library Asso 'iation for distribution by
lottery but say that they are not responsible for
the lattcr's representations.
At Broadway and Tenth street stood an
| Adams Express wagon. smart. active young
follow wa. stowlng, away small parcels IN me
| Interior nj u rapid rate. when the reporter
stopped him aud asked whether he knew H..
| l. Jones 4 CO.
what. Jones 4 Co. jewellers s6s Broadway.
| should say did. I've got thirty or forty par
Elas's bazaar in Twenty-nrs str ct. though |
never 81, any from IN pla'e near Seventeenth
| " Then Elias aud the bazaar. and II. T. Jones
h Co., and Russell 4 Co. ARE one and the same.
are they: =
-" Yes and two or three other places besides.
/ Thoy'r all in together and sharp lot they are
| sharp as steel traps. They keep inside the
letter OF the law. too; as Tar ~ sending their
| good goes. You can't call II false pretencss.
| you know, for the packages nr" mark"dC {. q. d..
| and you have the right 10 open them before
| paying. But then a cOuntryman out in West
| Virginia or Tennessee amt always particular
! about that. We've sent out tons upon tons Of
| their stun from Elias's place in Great Jones
street. and from Russell'- III Bond street. I've
seen one of our smnll wagons crammed with
! packages from Russels alone"