The daily gazette., 1883-04-28
A RANK FRAUD.
The History of a Graceless Swindle That
has PrOspered for Years.

The History of a Graceless Swindlo That
has PrOspered for Years.
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE -
Dear Sir: AS duty to society, feel called
upon to notice through your columns that
for long time some of the papers of this
State have innocently, believe, been adver-
tising a miserable fraud under the name of
Rev. Joseph 7. T.unmen, in the following card :
ITO ali who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions OF youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, /
will send recipe that will cure you free of
charge. This great remedy was discovered
by missionary In South America.
Send self-addressed envelope to
the Rev. Joseph T. Inman, station d, New
York city," In Anthony Comstock's "Frauds
Exposed" p. 3l6, we have it that an appli-
cation for this "free of charge" remedy is
answered by circular, giving flaming his
tory OF the discovery of the corassa COM
pound and the following receipt: Extract
of Corrassa Apimis, eight drachms; extract
of Selormo Umbelifera, four drachms; pow
dered Alkermes Latifolia, three drachms;
extract OF Carsadoe Herbalis six
diachms. Such display of pre-
tended Materla Medica secrets charms the
Door dupe. What o good man this Rev.
Joseph 7. Inman must bel But the reei-
pient of the circular is charged that "as
| drug stores cannot be relied on to procure
| needed remedies of pure quality. can
forward the Corrassa compound in pack
ages, ready for use, (put up safe from OBJ
| servation) to those who need 1t at the price
which IL costs me. My means make me in
| dependent. l seek no other reward for
| sending the remedy though the satisfaction
of doing good and the blessing Of an approx
| ing conscience" And the 30 called cost price
| is $3 so per package. The poor deceived
| creature may take this "free- of-charge"
recipe to some druggist who finds no such
trash in the dispensatory. But the hopeful
dupe, RENT mbering the advice given in th'
circular, attributes TIL. failure to the drug
gist's ignorance of such new and wonderful
discoveries, aud so sends the So so to swell
the enormous ill-golten gains OF thi'
ssdrsirc- of doing good" Rev. Joseph I
Ii man. You will find there is no sucl
man-all search fails 10 produce him. A.
far hack as 1864 the Agricaltarist exposed
the fr ui. The Bible House drove the DIS
reputable business from their building
They were afterward at l20 Second avenue
and later at TIT Broadway. The New Yorl
SIN, that hates frauds, exposing the rascal
said : "The office in St. Marks Place i
run by two young fellows calling themselVe
Allison g. Hearne. They dress nobility, wea
fine diamonds and look more like sporting
men than doctors" These arr
the specimens that dare to assum
the loving words of minis
ter of the Cross of Christ, AM
don the robes of a missionary of mercy ;
the perishing world, in order to deceive thei
fellow creatures and grow rich upon thei
, mlsfortunes. The following from Mr.. Com
stock after investigating the field of frau
is good: "First, never send money to an
one who advertises cures by mails as an
d. Second, never send money to any on
who advertises cures and styles himsel
"Rev." Third, never put yourself into tn
power of these men by any correspondent
: with them whatever. They are heartlesi
cruel and unrelenting as a class"
, Respectfully and dutifully,