The New York herald., 1877-10-07
A. PARTISAN TRICK.

Dishonesty seems to be tho order Of tho day, and
scarcely an hour plssos without bringing 10 light
some piece OF viapy. Tho worst Of 1t 10 that
q disposition TO illdoing seems to bo growing among
the members Of respectable society. The following
little story, showing how woman living In San Fran
cisco was swndled by a Paris house, of much protein
sion doccncy and responsibility, shows that dsEon-
ers Of Now York.
On August 81 Mrs. A. Borde, lady whose home is
In California, called upon George do Pardon
not an emigration agent doing business at No.
n Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, to purchase .
ticket from that city to San Francisco. She
deposited the money received q steamer ticket,
wncrewith she came to New York, and an order Tor q
nrst class passage from this city to San Francisco
The order was the form Of large, neatly printed
ticket on paper, signed and stamped by George
do Paraonnot and exchangeabe upon John Mcdonald,
Emigration Agent OF the Pennsvlvana Railroad, at
No. Battery place. Upon arrvlving Mrs. Borde
ticket exchanged She there told that Mr. dc
Pardonnet had no authority TO ISSUE such order
No monoy had been received and therefore, the order
was invalid. Mrs. Borde, believing that some mis-
take had been made, remained in the CITY for some
time calling several tlmcs a. the emigration ofce 10
SEQ II her money had arrived II failed 70 come, how
ever. and on October the lady procured Mr. Melon
ad's signature ON tho back OF tho order under the
words mo good; no funds"
Mrs. Borde had also received from dc Pardonnet q
u W
was again doomed to disappointment, do Pardonnet
having no account with tho nrm In question: who
fused to credit his draft Upon this tho injured
woman called upon Joseph Aron No. 65 Pine strcot,
agent Lazard Freres bankcrs of San Francisco aud
Paris, through whom The facts in the be-
como known, and VINO vouches tor the truth Of the
story as told him by Mrs. Borde. Although o stran-
ger to him, Mr.. Aron interested himself in behalf of
his fellow country woman, and telcgraphed to the
house which he represents in San Francisco TO know
whether q draft drawn by Mrs. Bordo would be
credited by the agent OF society In that city with
which she claimed to havc m account Mrs. Bordo
had already telegraphed and written and in reply
the next day received draft for $l99 from the
agcnt which was cashcd by Mr. Aron. On Thursday
last Mrs. Borde started for San Francisco leaving
bogus draft aud ticket order this city to be for
warded tn her brother In Paris Mr. Aron ON Friday
wrote to Mr.. Mcdonald to learn what authority do
Pardonnet had to issue order ON the Pennsylvania
road. The roply received the Same day, was that no
had authority TO sell ckots TO be exchanged
by me than any other person who will remit sufi
ccnt amount Of moncy to covor tho request" Ho
also called upon tho king house upon wn0m a dralt
had drawn Tor Sl00, and learned that similar
trick been played Dy do Pardonnct somo time ago.
They also that they should write at once to their
agents IN Paris have the matter investigated. DO
Pardonnot has o SNOWY .agcDcc gcnerale maritime"
where no claims to sell "ckcts OF all classes TO New
York. Chicago, ST. Louis San Francisco and all points
In the United States By the above little job he net
ted $3.50