The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

and some which belonged to his friends.
To strengthen the faith of such man,
Lawrence & Co. had written him that
they knew of decided move which
would show large profit, and that
they were sure of success in the special
combination in which they were about
to put his money, The swindled doc
tor of divinity writes more in sorrow
than in anger:
&C. am glad, however, that lose my
money in place of my reputation among
my friends. would like 'more light"
if possible, as shall now have to re-
turn the money Ireceived for your COM
blnatlon and stop receiving any more,
as expected to run over 81 900 for the
next combination"
A Mannheim, Pa, investor writes, in
response to demand for more money:
"We are but poor cigar makers and
thought by letting our poor funds stand
in your hands we might increase our
luck"
The "poor'' fellows then proceed to
ask the bankers to add to the funds first
sent enough to make the operation sug-
gested, and kindly credit them with
their share of the proceeds!
Here is sample of letter, of which
there are hundreds and hundreds in Mr..
Comstoek's possession, so similar in
style of complaint that they might al
most be supposed to be written by the
same bowling victim:
"You fail to answer the most impor
tant questions l ask you. You fail to
tell what you sold Lake Shore at or
when you sold it. Now if you bought
at some price you sold at some price,
but you simply say that Lake Shore
went down SO rapidly that you lost the
whole of my money. You seem to
think / don't understand the stock
trade. Well, l understand it well
enough not to go any further into it. l
think it is carried on so as to swindle
people out of all their money. You
say my letter smells of blackmail, but
tell you it is smelling after some
money"
This unhappy victim continues at
considerable length, saying that he
knows an attorney in New York and
that he will set him on the swindlers.
A North Carolina investor writes a
letter nearly a yard long, in which he
reveals the fact that he had made I'M
lucky ventures with several of the
swindling houses. He says:
81 do not like to doubt your honesty,
but what of the Judgment and saga
cious foresight you wrote so much
about? haven't the money to invest,
not dollar, and / will have to borrow
to pay back the money / borrowed to
send you and which you lost every dol
lar Of
Then he appeals to their pity and
charity, and asks the scoundrels who
had robbed him to engage in aspecula-
ton with their own funds for his benefit.
He closes his piteous letter thus: elf
you'll thus help me, [ and God will
help YOU" He does not explain what
authority he had thus to promise the
aid of the Almighty, but possibly thinks
he has as much right to do so as the
stock dealers had to steal his money.
One more case. Here is long letter
from a Chicago letter-carrier. He
writes on the official paper of the Chi
cago post office. AS the date is eight
cen months old the mention of this let
ter can work no mischief to anybody
now in the service, for this particular
rascal has probably long ago been
turned out. He wants to rope in some
of his friends. He writes to Lawrence
& Co. that for few days after receiv-
ing their monthly pay they are rich.
He wants Lawrence q Co., to write
him hat THEY have conducted certain
operations for him with great profit.
To put this in such way as success
fully to impose on his victims he asks
the firm to send him check which he
can exhibit as money actually made in
stock speculations. He admits that this
proposition is novel one, especially as
he is stranger. But he says that he
offers it sin good faith" Alas for the
"faith" of such fellow. Alas for his
works. Probably this letter-carrier has
before this time come to New York and
set up a swindle shop of his own. He
evidently has the talent for it. The
fools are not all dead nor are the swim
dlers. Both are long lived and to
IN. Y. Cor. Philadelphia Times. ugh.
A Jolly Wedding.