The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-16

Gibbons. Jr., yesterday, James A Roarty,
Charles E. Hunt and Nettie ". Hunt, hls
reputed wife, were charged With the
offence Of deYising q scheme to defFaud,
and Of using the Post.office to carry II out,
Charles B. Barrett, Special Agent in the
Post-ofiCe, testified that he was present at
the arrest Of defendants, which took place
At 247 Elbow lane, Immediately alter eer'
tain letters had been delivered 70 them.
In the room In which the defendants were
there were some books and papers. Wit
ness had had conversations with all OF the
defendants. James A. RoaTity had said he
had caused an advertisement which WIS
produced, to be inserted In several news
papers; Mr.. Hunt and Mrs. Hunt also gave
him slips Of advertisements which they
had caused 10 be published. Revolvers
were among the articles announced
10 be sent by mail, and one was
asked Tor by witness and he was told they
had not vet been manufactured; copy
OF the paper advertised as the "Mammoth
Guest" was asked for, and Mr.. Barrett was
told that 1t was not yet published. In q
paper called the Junidtd Tribune, publish.
ed in Mitiltntown, Pa, appeared an adver.
tisement, headed "a Grand Christmas
Gift" In which N. ". Hunt, Of Phila.
delphla, proposed TO send to any address
"a splendid royal quarto edition OF the
Bible, with nearly 1000 illustrations, 50
full page engravingS, and ll5 additional
features, viz; Bible dictionary, history Of
the books Of tho Bible, history ofreligtons
denominations, &C." The work, the ad.
vertisement states, Is superbiy bound IN
morocco, massive raised panel, gilt.edgC
and back, and was at one time sold for
SIS per copy; that the plate alone cost
Sll 900. TO introduce our Bibles,
the advertisement states, we agree,
upon the receipt Of 81, to pay postage and
other expenses, to send any reader OF this
adver. q copy oil the Holy Bible with SD.
perb work OF art produced in ten beauti.
full colors and richly illustrated, entitled
the Lords Prayer. A copy OF this Bible
was not produced, but a copy OF one found
in the room was shown, and 1t Is q small
book, such as are retailed by the Bible
Society for twenty-five cents. Col. Nc
Michael cross.eXamined Mr.. Barrett, and
complained that he had not stated all that
had taken place in the interviews which
had been held with the accused, and in
his argument assumed that the case OF the
United States had not been made out, be-
cause it had not been shown that any per.
son had been deirauded. The accused
were held in $500 each for trial"
Incredible as it may appear, and as
humiliating as it is, 1t does appear that
"hundreds OF newspapers" are swindled
with this stupid concern stupid, because
1t was fraud on its face. Among these
hundreds" Of papers, must be counted 8
leading weekly OF this State.
Why Is it that the country newspapers
do not use common sense in the matter Of
dealing with advertisers? All swinlleI
has to do is to style hiulselfa company, y
send out his printed advertisements, Of.
feringa large price Ortheir insertion, and "a
pay generally when proof OF the work
having been done is finished" and "hun.
dreds "oi papers take the bait, swindle them
ttelves, and hundreds Of innocent readers
Brethren. let our motto be, "pay in ad'
vance, or nnexceptionable proof Of res
possibility" ". II. o. DAWSON,
Editor OF the Journal.