The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-04

he came into the parlor on the 9Th Of last
March and showed me letter from Dunn,
something & Allen, Of ST. Louis. Ny hns'
band Wa away At his work but after con-
sidering the matter few minutes told
him he might stay. He said he could moi
pay me At once but that he would do O
just ~ soon Is he drew has money from hi,
employers. The letter which he showed
me read about in this wav:
BLOSSOMS INTO DETECTIVE.
Mr. GEO. d. ELLIS. Esq.
Dur .Sir: We have consulted your refer
ences and find them entirely Satisfactory
We hereby employ you - Commercial
Agent and wish you TO be very particular
in making your reports particularly your
monthly n poris At the end of one month
draw upon Us for S75. We vii employ
YOU for three month"; at these wages. Then
at the expiration III that time, II every thin
il satisfactory To buih parties, We will make
a permanent arrangement
VERY Busy.
He went up street, after he showed ms
this letter, aud pretended to be very busy
The Gr>t payment on his board was tn have
been made ON the 9TH Of April but
when that time came he said the ST
Louis firm had written saying they
we're \ little behind and could
not remit un.il the 23I fol-
lowing. That date, too, came and van
ished without any qu;d pro quo coming to
hand. Still. We let him remain. he .eemei
50 very ssnsuine that everything would turn
out all right.
Rumors nov came along that he had IN
insurance ON hts life for a considerable
amount AMI that # he did not pay
SiS down he would forfeit 500. Also
that he had borrowed 50 in Russelville
n.y., and must pay that.
THE NEXT THIN. THAT TURNED UP
w.s letter which he handed the at the
dinner table. IL read something like this:
Rrs>ELvILLE. n.y., etc,
GEO. ID. ELLIS, E-q.
Dsar Sir: l have examined your accounts
and find you entitled 10 $3.50 which. ii
you will send me receipt, ] viii forward
10 YOU. Etc, T. W EVANS.
As soon ~ I looked at the letter de-
,ected il was in his own hand writ
ing, and particularly noticed the
hue Of the ink and the size and
quality 81 the paper. all o: which CORES
pended exactly with what WAS in the house,
and came Ia the conclusion that the letter
was forgery. Therefore, wrote to Mr..
Evans, at Rn->elville. said:
Dur .Sn: Mr. Geo ID. Ellis Is boarding
at our h"nse. Recently he showed me 4
letter dated April 2sth. claiming that it
was from YOU. have no donbt he received
such letter, bu; think the one lac showed
me- was forged and entirely different from
the one he received.
letter bat they are M; material. After
his We treated Ellis politely but not too
Mcanwhil-. however, he had in
iuced INV husband To- 60 his security Tor n
..,at, which Is sill unpaid Tor and graces
MS person.
LIGHriN" Up A Dark PA>>A0E-wAY.
Aud now \ ieit-r came. part oi which ]
will read 10 yun:
South UEIoN. Logan Co. ky.,l
May sd, 1873.
- : y, now I wish Ia relate ;o yoG
'om. i.w items tina; are truo There Wa y
,ote sent 10 Harvey Fad =. IN Mary's name,
,-kin. i"r money Ia hiring her bacs; Ia South
MON. and stating tina, abe wa- tired ii
Missouri. al course We were all anx i-fy
md SiDdi,'! mp with the creates; jvy. iiar-
rev got 4 money or.i.r frum -
IN the S,-islia y,ostoaice that the amount
,sked Tor, ST.. could NE drawn there. After
Harvey mailed the letter, To his great dis
appointment h- got ward that Mary wss
aud did not expect To return.
Therefore. the txO stories cia-h-sl. Harvey
nterccu'-d the letter forthwith so much
ar this. Cm yoi account for %? There
we're many iie,s sfl.,sf among us and one
vas perhaps Geo. ID. Ellis forged the note
n M.ryis nam. and tried to swin.ile us Oh,
{ lea more dollars. As lac had succec.ici
nee he would try again. When he left
'on,h Union Urb1n Johns gave him Sl2.
/. went Iovn To- RuS-elvi.l- and collected
he remainder nj IN. school money. which
Tas so. and passed on Ia Missouri"
4 postscript, In the hand writing al
mother per>'.n, says:
Geo. gave me what he first collected,
hen he went Ia R;I-sclv;lle. for the balance
the term he taught. Although he had
iven Urban an order for il. ne went down
, RuSselviIle aud drew IL
is having sent forged letter to Harvey
AIDES AMI, on investigation OF the matter,
e foand that about the time the forged
tier was sent, Ellis hid complained that
is hand vas injured and that he go; Mary
back letter for him tina; was addressed
Mr.. + ,de-. lie told her that there was
, order inclosed to Mr.. +. allowing him To
Jaw money that could not be obtained
herwiSe. Ellis had already borrowed SIS
Mary on the pretense he wanted to rent
ice -rooO in Beck'- store and do some
ting up there. Acting on INV advice,
airy wrote letter at once to Harvey
AIDES explaining how shec TO back the |
tier 70, Ellis. The postscript ,o the letter
have just read Won refers to this matter
ID is an answer To Mary's letter.
MORE RA>CALITY
About the time he forged the letter sent
Mr.. Fades, he came in one day, in a
ca, hurry apparently, and said to me
at he had just received a letter from his
other who had directed Kim to draw for
y amount Of money he wanted. lie re-
tested me TO loan him some money ami
ID he wculd be able To pay me back
ain by "Wednesday or Saturday. l refused
fir-t but finally loaned him $50
e had filled ont adraft blank, meanwhile.
len he told me he Was going 20 Kansas
ty. and at the draft vas ON his brother