Osage Valley banner., 1881-05-12

nj the bait. and was still further im-
pressed by the receipt of the following
elaborate instructions.
"Write to me at least three DAYS be-
fore you leave home, and say when YOU
will be here. mention name Of hotel you
will stop a.. also send telegraph dis
patch the day YOU take the train, or
while you arc ON your way: Just say in
II, j am coming Name the hotel
whore 10 meet You, aud sign your name
TO IL; do not fail in sending the dis
patch, as your letter may be DELAYED
aad ! would not know YOU are coming.
On your arrival in This citg, 70 &C once
10 lour hnfei. register your name on
the hotel book take room, and 20
right to H. tell the clerk il a gentleman
should ask for you, 20 send him to your
room, also ask il there is a letter for
YOU. II YOU 20 out, tell the clerk when
YOU viii be back, so may know when
10 call again. When | call on You at
the hotel Gin your room onlyl, | will
show you your own letters, aud besides
! now give you a number as password.
Whichis3S. When see YOU will tell you
what your number is before we men
ton the nature OF our business, then
you viii know am the person you want
To see.
Nov letm caution you againsta lot
of swindlers who lay around the railroad
depots and ferry houses of this city,
simply TO lead strangers away for the
purpose of robbing them they are
generally under the disguise of hotel
rnnucrs Recollect. don go with them,
no matter what they say; they may tell
you that they expect to meet man
there whom they don't know personal
~, on confidential business, or they
may ask what hotel You want to go to,
and il YOU tell them, they will try and
persuade YOU to 20 to some other, or
they may even tell YOU that the party
YOU have come TO see has sent them
there to meet YOU, and TO take You To
some other hotel besides the one you
are going to. Of course, ifyou 80 with
them they will take you to some place
and try and get your money So look
out. have nothing TO do with any one,
and recollect this; rhatany person whom
you meet at the depot, ferry-boab or in
the streets in this city, that processes he
knows our business, or says he was sent
30 meet You, Is the very person you
don't want to have anything to do with.
as | will send no one to meet you at
the depot, on the boat, or in the streets.
but only in your room at the hotel, and
YOU win know me then when | mention
the number To you. before | mention
the nature of our business. Recollcct,
say nothing whatever until the
number is mentioned to you first. Follow
these instruction sharp, and you will
never be disappointed. My Office hours
are from nine a. IN. until three p. IN.
daily except Sundays Should you
arrive at the hotel after four p. m. yOu
will have to wait until the next morn
ing.
The recipient OF these communica-
tionS went TO New York, where, after
some formalities. he met the swindler,
Tie was taken TO furnished room,
where he was shown 81. 600 in bills. On
examination the dupe could perceive no
indications of their being counterfeit,
and il was not to be wondered at, for
they were all genuine. He hastily
planted down 5000, and the money was
placed in q oigar-boX before his eyes. a
hoy was sent out Jor n sachel in which
the box was placed. In company with
the dealer he went To the express office,
where he saw the yalise shipped to his
home. When he himself had nearly
arrived ut the place he jogfully tele-
graphed TO his partner that he "had
got them,h and when the train arrived
ut the depot the two went into seclud-
cd spot where the valise was unlocked
and the precious eigar-box opened. OF
course It was the old game. For 5000
and the expenses of the trip the green
horn had secured a small package of
clean sawdust Exactly how the trans
fer was made he could not tell, but he
none the less duly informed the Secret
Service agents that he had been swim
died. But little sympathy can be
shown to such victims who were swim
died in an attempt to swindle; and in
addition TO this the only way OF punish
ing these frauds is "A prosecution for
violation of the postal laws.
This face.to-face modification of the
"boodle game has been played very
extensively of late, and the sharpers
have reaped an abundant harvest with
in tho past six months. There are sew
eral notifications i'm the circulars, but
all are cleyerly worded One man ad-
v6rtises that he wouldn't for the world
sell any counterfeit money He has,
however, some samples OF the "Green-
back and Canadian" cigars which
he will dispose OF face TO face for con-
sideration Another advert ses cigars
outright, but tacks on clipping from
newspaper in which an account Is
given OF the capture of counterfeit
notes on the person Of cigar dealer
frhera seams 10 he a nest of these
swindlers who have revived the old
game with cunning and address
which has succeeded in swindling sew
eral old heads who had already been
taken in. The chief worker seems to
be this Captain Fisher, whose iayorite