Daily Republican., 1884-02-19
YORK SWINDLERS.
:. r,GAHs" ARE SOLD To
rxWARY-A METRO.
unbITAN FRAUD.

,,k In rXpuSlDR s"ih'''' -
VI nn p a has without fear or favor
ara rand and corruption wherever
on ''" fonnd, Several times Mr..
p.u, no. hre,l sued for libel, and on
,hnn " one occasion has his life been
ened. ,,os. ;,,nortant
W .as made by Mr.. Smith was TIE
,hine , Of a gang Of swindlers In
IIrIL 'n,ph who have been preying on
',lir for some time. Their plai,
ll,,n ,tion was 70 send letters, OF
M ,he following isa copy, to the
=. % If pers0ns in different parts OF
buntry; roo - ,ese
p S,u-Your address was sent
hy nv confidential agent, who
,3yc,ri ny m 10 select a few discreet
.iabIe men in each State to take
and TO push the sale OF a GER
,,"a "nt' of Goods in which am deal
"T " in Which there is big money.
are as vet strangers, ! will sim
tLa, cigars is what ] have for
Thr sizes are known as numbers
md 10, and the following are my
VIZ one thousand in my goods
one hundred and fifty dollars,
,nnsard will only cost four hun
'ioIIar., ard ten thousand can be
=, far Nix hundred dollars. In re-
to tLr quantity of the stuif'' all
saw is, inst read the enclosed ar
taken from the journal. II yeu
IA obtain a supply of the goods,
me- a line al once and state when
ia be convenient for You to come
~ and see me, Gas only deal
,a''y face to tace). | will then
Eon al, the necessary instructions,
i i. useless for you to write for
IT,, the goods speak forthemselves.
nm here AZ d examine them and !
Nrvjucrd that you can make "A
litt,c fortune-easily and safely
rpry short time, if you will only
kunr hu,iurss to yourself. II my
has made a mistake IN
rg me your name, ! trust you
baflou me and destroy this, but
want TO make money let me
from YOU at once, and address,
(ours, faithfully, A. G. STONE,
ljS7Ih Avenue, New York.
Mr.. CorCoran.
article enclosed which purported
ke hrpn taken from the "JOnrnal'
Is follows;
t.,rrlay morning a well-dressed
Trror',A 10 Justice William son
Ilr had accilcntly come into pos
Of letter 10 gentleman OF this
tulu 4 wealthy Counterteiter in
York. TIE letter purportcd, she
Iilpring OF cigars tor 50 le; but that
he'd nuIe III the envelope plainly
rrd that cigars meant counterfeit
o! the hest quality. Upon these
kcuta'Icus the gentleman was ar
at his lut". and brought before
mpr, He gave his name as Rob.
Maxwell. lie stated that he got
inlrd with he lady on the inCOm-
hin and couvrrscd with her tort wo
bee hour-. That at the end Of the
he missed his rocket-book, con
Is a small SUN IT money and some
OF nO value. That he was moral
WINGED that She was the thief, but
It wish topros"cutr and concluded
rop her acquaintance. Upon
liug bis va.i-r abont $4,000 IN new
l0t to letters, were found. The
|r Of the Third National Bank was
for, who aiItr critical eXamina-
u The bills, proNouLced them TO he
lnr. l!rWas, Of course, discharged
e'II llG ryIdL'lY bceI. drinking,
hnng Il moment ii excessive in-
n T. has given himself away or had
Banned hi' tar acquaintance with
ghost stories,
ar'icY" instead Of being taken
a newspaper, 4, the unwary would
lht he Ird 10 believe, was evi.
y printed 10 initiate a newspaper
lhV, ! + the purpose Of decciving
ar'y to whom the letter was ad
ed.
ere vas ro'Lirg to show where the
Iird "JHuruaI' was published, oi
r. the "lhird National Bank, .
the ra.l!"r fha' pronounced the
! J g"yd, could be- found, neither
STAT" whore Justice William
r"Ur "a- located, and there il
tnhl but lhi, precious documen,
ihtendrh to convey the impression
Tie sN,unD found IN the valise wa.
'tflt' money, 81 we'll gotten up
even the bank officials were unable
f1r"t It's trur character.
1ne Of these lette,s and enclosed
les taken from the Journal" hav.
FaiHe lnto Mr. Smiths possession,
E'"TIh'u'd TO make war on the son.
Anu vIh that end in view prevail.
q tiI"hd 10 answer the above let.
h"rr u" name Of Hand, and in re.
received III" following
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. }
hI"oNE ST, CORNER BOwERy, :
NEW YORK, Dec. 80, 1888. J
P HAND, ESQ, DEAR SIR--Yours
Yea 'he 2ath, ana in rep'y will say
N'gId be very glad to see you
Eay J January 18th, at this hotel. Or
arIlyal in New York, go to this
register your name ON the BOOB
| ! Will know that you have arri
ana when we meet | will not de
you Zone hour). You can examine
goods at your leisure, take wha'
want, and tlen pay me for them
MOI MI then. Don't have anything
ny 10 any one but the person thar
hilo" you the Of her part of this en-
I'll card. Hoping to hear from yor
e''irn mail, l remain, Yours,
A. G. STONE.
'lreafttr, address your mail matter!
'28' Broadway, in care of Mr.
'ht."
) soon as this was received Mr.
III immediately started for New
:, with the full intention of captur
ne RASCAL who was thus trying tt
dle the unsuspecting. He frs
Il at No 45S Seventh avenue, ant
Il IL to be a bar room, with Mr.
oran as the proprietor. He mex
10 NO; 1887 broadway, but insteat
lulng Mr.. Specht, ascertained tina
as the entrance to Fifth Ayenu,
.tre, and at neither of the abov,
= could anything be learned con
.hg A. G. Stone or Mr. Specht.
Ter this failure to come up will
!, parties, Mr.. Smith visited th,
iental Hotel and registered as Mr.
4. lie waited patiently for al
or more, and finding that no on,
}, sought the proprietor and showed
ne use that was being made of hi.
r.. hnnlu q