The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27
FILLING OUT AMONEY ORDER.
A Money Confidence Game
Played on al Un5usp9cting
German 1T the Post
office

On TUESDAY morning 4 @o0d-n9turod
easvgoing German entered the Money
Order Office Department. Of the Posi-
Off &c IN -. Louis and asked fOs In
struc ions how ID semd a sur1 Of mon
ey TO Germany. Being directed b.
enc of the office emricycs TO I'll out
one Of tie blanks wing upon the pub-
lie desk, just Opposite the clerk via
dows, he preceded to make the a.
tempt. lie soon discovered. however.
shat bis knowledge Of English wa>
entirely to, limited, and nonciug TIA:
q respectabie-ioaking strange stood al
his side be finally turned to BIN IN
despair ana begged his assistance.
which WIS readily granted. Tie
stranger Was bright ami ant, A. wcl.
a. courteous and obiiging. SO ob.i-in1
in fact that be bothered hi, new ac-
quaiutance with very few questions
about the facts required - fill out the
paper. but he filled 1t out. Fixing
the paper to suit himself. the stranger
laid Now. give nae the money.
The German handed lam $61 80.
how, take this blank there 10 tina,
window and get il counter~igHei. "
said TIE obIigiug stranger
The German stepped into tbe l'ne
of the procession Pls,iog slowly IN
front at one If the windows. and
quietly awaited his return. while til.
N N VINO nad ana lie cut the blank
walked toward the door and silently
disap pcared.
When the form was presented 10
Mr.. kohr, ope of the clerks. he found
1t so confused that he could make
nothing out of it. tie WAS likewise
unable to learn from the man vino
presented it where he intended 10 send
Il. The latter stated In broken
English that he represented his friend.
John Scheler, who wanted the money
10 go to Germany. Such unimpor-
tant considerations as to what par
ticular point the money was TO he sent
20, and who was TO get it. had been
entirely ignored by the German in
taking his directions from Mr.. Schoe-
Ter, so that the clerk was finally com
PEELED to send him away TO consult his
friend and come back prepared. On
The following LAY two q .rman faces
we're presented at kohrs window
One was Schoeler's aud the other that
Of his friend. The app ication had
been made out in proper form, and
they passed it in the window.
"Well," said Mr.. kohr. where is
the money? give me $50 90"
What money" asked Mr.. Schoe-
lar.
"The $50 which you wish to send
and 80 cents fee" was the reply.
"Vell said the German, Il give
dot money to dot odder man yester-
day"
"What other man p asked Mr..
Kohr. becoming rather interested
"Vy, de man vot vos a schrieben
over dere."
"When YOU we're here Yesterday
you gave the money to a man who
was writing at that desk over there"
(pointing to the public desk, said
Mr.. Kohr.
Yah. YAH" replied the German.
"Well, then" said Mr.. kohr, "the
whole of it is that you have given
your money to somebody not con-
nected with the Office and you have
in consequence. lost it,
It took the Germans some time ia
grasp the idea that the money was
gone, and then.a wonderfully ludi.
crous scene occurred The one was
angry and the other meek and
defensive, ready to make the most
AFFECT apology for the loss he had oc-
casioned by his carelessness.
They finally Quoted down and left,
apparently satisfied that the money
was gone and that there was no wa,
of getting it back.