The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-12-14
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A Man Gets Into Trouble Through u
Swindling Advertisements.
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Some six weeks since y man who
gave his name as w. Fl. Fiji, called nj
the exprass Office and inquired IL Their"
was 4 package for him. There was none.
A few days after u box came to his ,id-
dress, and subsequently tho express
agent, Mr.. E. F. Kfrkhaui, put post
al card in the office notifying Mr.. Hill
of the fact. A day or two thereafter
negro man by. the same maine, w. III.
Hill, got the card from the post Office
and went withit to the express Office
The ageut handed, isi1i the box isi,l re.
ceived 81 30 charges. He could not un-
derstand why u valuable box should
be sent to him, and asked the ,.tgeilt
TO open tic s. He did SO aud found
enclosed in tho box, which is about
twelve inches long aud three or four
inches square, u die for making cOun-
terfeit IS gold pieIes, "A, pamphlet en-.
titled 6 Wharfage Guide' aud some other
articles too indecent to maine. The
negro was alarmed and told the agent
he didu't want. to have anything to do
with the box and left It In the Office
Mr.. Kirkham then notified deputy
United States Marshal Charley. Dew.
ing, who advised him to close the box
and again put q notice In the Office a
warrant for the arrest Of Hill was also
placed In his hands,
Not many days after this the agent
received q postal card from w. II: Hill;
dated Wood posto mce, PLnoia county,
Texas, notifying him that he would be
in Shreveport In about ten days and
call for any Package that might be for
him.
Wednesday Mr.. Hill made his APP
pearance at the Office, received the box
and paid the charges, when Mr.. Kirk
ham arrested him and took him before
DIR. g.. W.. Kendall, U. s. commits
sioner, for trial. He stated that he has
been In the habit of occasionally send
ing small amounts in response to ad-
verttsements in newspapers Offering to
send valuable articles Or information !;
that he saw one to the effect that, By
enclosing s. to the Improved Plating
Company, Clinton, Illinois, he would
receive by express something by means
of which he could make q fortune that
he forwarded that amount, not know
ing what he would get in return,
directing that the package be sent
to Shreveport, his nearest express
Office, .,l,.,r.,.,,r,,ll ne ii. ....i !,
by chance, Mr.. Hooper, the post
master at Woods postofice, was in
Shreveport on the day of the arrest.
He was called in as witness, and not
only testified to Mr.. HIPS good stand
ing at home, but also stated that he
remembered registering for him let
ter enclosing IS and addressed to the
company at Clinton, Illinois. Mr..
Hill was discharged. 4-
About ten days ago Mr.. De'Ving
wrote to the United States Marshal al
Clinton, Illinois, notifying him Of the
receipt of the box here, and on Wednes-
day received u dispatch instructing
him to keep possession of the box, and
stating, moreover, that detectives there
were work ing up the case. la,q gai l"t,
We have frequently took OCCASION t.,
warn the public against these swindlitig
advertisements, which are designed to
the cupidity of would-be r,scals, but
who are suckers AS we'll, for the adj
Vertisers are the more cunning party.
1t is Uncomfortable that IL man of Orllin-
airy intelligence can be SO easily caught.
All that surprises, It's in this easeis
that anything at I'LL WAS sent. 49,.
Mr.. Hill is, we presume, II very re-
spectacle gentleman, and. yet, but for
the accidental presence of Mr.. Hooper,
he would have been put to much cX :
pense aud trouble because of an act of
folly. It will serve as n lesson to- him,
and, we trust, to Others, chiefly for
whose benefit we have given tho above.
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THE LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD.
The following extract from ~ letter to
Mr.. A. s.. McCunn, from friend In