Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-12

one else in your county. Besides
will send you the necessary instruc-
tons you need. Without them YOU
cannot find me, and also the name of
good hotel if you wish it. DO not
call at my address. as l only get my
mail there through friend who knows
nothing about my business. Don't
send any postal cards. and destroy all
my letters. as l do yours.
snow. my dear sir. don't let me
persuade you to go into this without
you are satisfied in your own mind that
you can handle my goods, but if you
deal you will find them as represented
by me.
"CAPrAIN ALEX. FIsurR,
'2's West street, New York.
Greenhorns who have been. duped by
an offer to send the goods by ex-
press, readily bite at this apparently
straightforward proposition of dealer,
who only sells to his customers face to
face.
In the case referred to the victim bit
at 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 at, also send telegraph dis
patch the day you take the train. or
while you are on your way; Just say in
it. Il am coming Name the hotel
where to meet you, and sign your name
to it; do not fail in sending the dis
patch. as your letter may be DELAYED
and would not know you are coming.
On your arrival in this city, go ut once
to your hotel, register your name on
the hotel book, take a room, and 90
right to it; tell the clerk if gentleman
should ask for you, to send him to your
room, also ask il there is letter for
you. If YOU 90 out, tell the clerk when
you will be back. so may know when
to call again. When l call on you at
the hotel Tin your room only). l will
show you your own letters, and besides
l now give you number as password,
whichis 80. When see YOU will tell YOU
what your number is before we men
tion the nature of our business. then
you will know am the person you want
to see.
''Now let me caution you against 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
runners. Recollect, don't 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 |
ly, on confidential business, or they !
may ask what hotel you want to go to. |
and if You tell them, they will try and |
persuade you to go 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 |
are going to. OF course, ifyou go 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,
andrecollect this: That any person whom
you meet at the depot, ferry-boat. or in
the streets in this city, that processes he
knows our business. or says he was sent
to meet you, is the verv person you
don't want to have anything to do with.
rs 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 will know me then when 1 mention
the number to you, before l mention
the nature Of our business. Recollect.
saw 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. m. until three D. m.
iaily except Sundays. Should you
arrive at the hotel after four D. m. you
will have to wait until the next morn
ng."
The recipient of these communica-
ions went to New York. where. after
'ome formalities, he met the swindler.
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