The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-23
TRICKS UPON JEWELLERS.

. TRICKS UPON JEWELERS.. :.
Some OF, the Ingenious Practices OF
Rogues who Steal valuables.
2 "Ofan the tricks, ,devices,subte
sharp lodges ordeceptions ever saw
said jeweler j. II. Johnston to Sun
reporter, "was one by which sharp
fellow stole from me three pairs of
diamond earrings. He evidently knew
when / was not IN, the store. He came
in one day and said to one of my clerks:
Z Is Mr.. Johnston in
i, "sNo,' was the reply. Hi-1a
"' am sorry for that he zaid, Il
wish to buy q pair of diamond earrings
for my wife, sssa ~ fs s3stty ~
$ "This was repeated on four or five
successive days. The last time he said
he would not wait to see me but would
look at some earrings. The clerk
showed him an assortment, and he
finally selected three pairs, valued at
$3.50, and said: / guess I viii let my
wife select from these She will be at
my store in an hour, and want you to
tell Mr.. Johnston to bring these around
himself, rs he is acquainted with my
An right, sir; WILL replied the
clerk.
".By the way said the fellow, IF
you will permit me. / will write note
to Mr.. Johnston. s u ,f.tss.
8 Certainly said the clerk, who
showed him to q desk and pointed out
where he could get paper and envelopes
He sat down. wrote short note, folded
it, and put it in an envelope directed to
me. Then he went back to the counter
and said to the clerk; = think You had
better put the three pairs OF earrings
IN here and Will seal them up SO that
Mr.. Johnston VIII be certain to bring
the right ones. aa - ..
".Very well, said the clerk, who
handed out the three pairs of earrings
and the fellow dropped them into the
envelope before the clerks eyes, and
was apparently about to seal the envel-
ope when he said, suddenly; 22 saa
Oh. guess yo4 may put in that
other PAIR, pointing TO pair which
Inc clerk nao iaio on tne snen oehlno
him. Inc clerk turned and got the
otner pair ana handed them 70 tne fei-
low, VINO dropped tnem apparently INTO
the same envelope, sealed them up,
handed them over and said: Let MIR.
Johnston bring the four pairs to my
store as soon as he comes back, giving
the address OF a well know store in the
vicinity. Then he lett, and the clerk
laid the envelope Sne slde until re-
turned VI course we louno put one
pair OF diamond earrings IN the envel-
ope' which was the last palr dropped
IN. Ihe other three PAIRS were paste,
about the same size. The fellow had
taken two OF my envelopes, and into
one had placed the three bogus pairs.
When the clerk turned to get the fourth
pair the fellow had put the genuine in
his pocket and substituted the others
We never saw him atterward. but heard
that he had practiced the same game in
other places.
.'Of course, the Imperative rule is to
not let goods go out or your sight until
you get the money. The trick OF hav-
ing goods sent to hotels and boarding
houses with bills for collection is so
stale that the undertaking rule is to
keep your goods IN sight but shrewd
fellow once managed to get three
watches from me BY clever dodge. A
bright, sharp-lookIpg customer came in
one day and said. am from Ohio,
and have commission to buy some
goods for my sister. who is about to be
married there.a He picked out bill
of $500 worth of various articles and
said: Just send them around to nv
store in Broadway at twelve o'clock
naming a weii-known carpet store in
Broadway. The goods were sent by a
clerk, who found the customer appar-
emily engaged in showing carpets, and
perfectly at home He recognized the
clerk and said:
"'Ab! just step this way, and viii
give you q check He went with the
clerk to desk. drew a check and took
the goods. He appeared to be SO per-
fectly at home that the clerk had not
the slightest suspicion OF course the
check was worthless, and we found that
he had secured the desk privilege at the
carpet store by pretending that he was
buying large stock OF carpets among
other purchases in the city. He fooled
hve jewelers. in New York and others
IN other cities
"One day q swarthy. foreign-look-
ing, well dressed young man called on
brother leweier and handed him his
card alexander Dumas, Prussian Le-
CATION. Washington. He said he was
with ms wiie ana child at the ST. Mich
olas Hotel, and wanted to buy some
watches and Jewelry, Tor which ne
would pay cash. he said ms wiie was
700 SICK 10 leave the hotei, ana Nv wanted
ehe sooos sent with lne oin. Inc !ew-