New-York tribune., 1881-12-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TO CROSS THE OCEAN IN FIVE pAIo, ~
s.cop toRILLARD's PLAN FOR A ouiOh i'

To CROSS THE OCEAN IN FIVE DAlo.
<.cop ,oRuIARps PLAN FOR QUICK TIKI ~
EUHoPE -
Tho ornouncoment was made yesterday ne .3n
Jacoh IoriIarl and others were apout -, w. 20 be
q new Transatlantic steamship company, aro @ 20
= hew VI u tba American Express Lane; were 10
hn,lJ three steel steamships for hrst-casS pht een
traffic only, and to MAKE iy fvs ,n dags The pro-
;t eems TO be the revival of scheme which t
cnssed two years ago by nnInoeI pi inct al snn
az. and which finally fell through ior lack vi sup
@ SaycraI steamship when spoken 10 on lile
subject YESTERDAY declared that the plan was spsu
Mr. LOrlard, however, appears very +d
fbe success of hrs project, and Will nave asS9claeo
with him George W. Quintard, owner oil the Charles-
ton st amshp Line; r. b. MiDtgrn, Daniel Chauncey'
of Fabbri & Chauncey, and others. ..,,5
consideration with me-" said Mr.. Lorillard, and
the line win be running by the spring OF 1888; No
are going TO build three steamships "on r I he
about eighteen months to get ready. Ihey VIII oe
floating palaces" Z ~:
But several shipping men in speaking OF this ms
scheme this morning characterized 1t as one oi ie
wild schemes of MIR LOrillard's which VIII never oe
put through" said the reporter. .,,, ..Tho-
"They do eh y answered Mr. Lorili'Td; I'm rnn 4
can say what they choose about it, but zen you ~
is goi TO he successful scheme. Inc iIhe VIII po
establishe by the time say .i,,oru, hod NOT vet
liz was learned that MIR. Lorlilaru htu ho' S0'
asked any of the shipbullders for estimates
A JERSEY CITY SWINDLE EXPOSED.
A voung man who gave his name rs Thomas Arm
strong was arrested DY DeteCuNe DONo d1 tho 1 oSV
Ofice in JERSEY City, yesterday morning, on
chaige of obtaining money under ialse preIenceS'
About week or ten days ago, Chef oil Ponce Mur-
phy began receiving letters from various persons III
Western States and even from California, mqnirlng
about the financial standing and responsibility oI
Robert Dunlop ~ Co., OF jersey, piH;
The Chief knew no such firm, and concluded that IL
must be Swindling concern. lie detaned Detect
i've Bowe on the ease. \ few DAYS ago tle chieI
received letter which had been sent originally 10 10
the First National Bank OF jersey Clty by w. -;
Nacomb cashier of the Farmers and MerchantS
Bank of New-Llsbon, Wis, asking for information
as TO the reputation of Dunlp & Co for responsible
the First National Bank, sent the letter PACK Win
the Endorsement that he knew no sach luin, @ M ny
letter was then sent TO Chef Murphy, accompanied
by the following Autographed circular letter:
OFFICE OF ROBERT DUNLOP & Co.
JERSEY CITY, y. j
DR.p s,r. Beinc desrous OF establishing business in
SoDr ueehborhOOd for the sale OF certificates or tckes
in the ROYAL Havana h0eGS and ap hToded % we could
build up a large trade, we are induced 10 make t0 u-
W send Tou carefully selected package of twenty GER
tificates or tickets all different numbers or yGu VIII
remit we are convinced that can make up select
package that viii draw at least 5000 You VIII al once
1ero4ve that il is 10 interest To sell prizes TO Dd
ip trade your locality, and so confident are we OF
your that we guarantee to you IN case you @ @ 20
OF package Of five in the next dTa%ihg H1areaS
"-' Jersey CITY, \. j.
This letter was distributed extensively in the
Western states chiefly among clerks IN stores and
banks. The lottery scheme, OF which, printed tf
"R3vai Havana Lottery, drawn under the
PERSONAL supervision of the Captain General do OF
Cuba" and the capital prize was $2OOO0O.
fective Bowe learned from the Post Oidce author-
ties and the express Office that about thirty
registered letters and mouoy-order and numDcr
of express packages containing money had been re-
ceyed by Dunlop IL Co. every day since the middle
of last July. Armstrong (Which Is doubtless
fictitious nane) admitted that the scheme was
clear swindler but SAID that he had been merely
tool in the hands of others who the Others are he
wOuld not dlvulge. He was heldfor examination.