West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-07-17

edv Is applied TO. aud il the three dol
lars has bccu furnished botsle oi some
mixture is sent ON, which. of course. IS
entirely worthless.
THAT is one phase Of the cnsc. con
tinuCd the inspector Nov the mat
prepares and causes 10 bc published in
some paper in Now York City an article
about Tito prominent doctors iu New
York City, with a foftrnit of each and
u sketch giving some accoui.t of the
life and services of each. An the met
mentioned are bona iide doctors. tho
leading men in the profession. with the
exception of q Itian whose nSmo is. say,
DIR Hart lie is unknown. hut the
sketch states that he left a practice of
$4,000 per year to devote himself TO
the practice of his speciality catarrh.
The bogus medicine man then procurcs
n large number OF copies of this tRpor,
and, marking the picture of DIR. Hart
and the sketch, sends copies. together
with the circular. broadcast throughout
the country. In consequence he re
ccivcS an itilInunsC mail. aud large mum
bcrs of money orders aud Registered let
tcrs. After the Poslmastcr-Gen0ral
had directed that no more money orders
and registered letters should bc deliv-
cred To DIR. Hart, 81. 600 accumulated i'm
the brooklyn post-oilice that hnd been
sent TO him. When an attempt was
made 90 find DR. Hart. OF course no
such man could bc discovered; /;
but a sign over door mt the advcr-
tsod number was found. aud that was
nll. A DR. Lawrence occupied the
same rooms. and To him the mail was
delivered, and when he was told the
letters could not be given TO him, as no
was not DIR. Hart, no went oil and got
a power of attorney by which DIR. Hart
authorized him to- receive the mail.
About this time, however, the officers
camc i'm and relieved him of further an
noyance about his mail matter. This
same man was managing some other
scheme under ihc name of Lawrence.
while his real namc was Connolly lie
must have made II great deal of money,
as one of the witnesses i'm the trlal tosti-
fled that he had been offered $1,000 TO
pcrsonatc DIR. Hart.
q IL is n singular thing observed the
Colonel, chow these offers TO give some
thing for nothing take with the people,
and how rogucs fattCn upon the crcdul-
ity of the public. There Is another
species of fraud, which one would
naturally suppose had been given such
wide publicity that no one would now
be deceived by il. mean the counter
ieit-money dodge, where men propose
To forward large amount of counter
felt money by express or mail on the
receipt of small amount of genuine
money TO pay for the manufacture
Usually all that tho victim receives in
return is box filed with sawdust
But recent operator has devised new
plan. Ilo locates near u small town in
country district and then sends out
his letters He does not offer TO for
ward the counterfeit money, but invites
persons To visit him and inspect his
stock and buy what they wish. When
the visitor arrives the operator has n
large quantity of good bills, which he
shows him and allows him TO examine.
I'm order, however, TO avoid outside in
tcrfercncc, the visitor is taken off i'm the
woods, where the business proceeds
The operator produces his money and
the visitor examines it and determines
how much he will take and what price
Is 20 be paid. just as they are about TO
close the transaction suddenly two men
emerge from the bushes, announce
themselves ~ detectives and proceed
tcctivcs do MT fail to take all the mon
ey from both the men. As they arc
about 10 march thom off To the town,
the operator obtains permission TO speak
privately with the victim He asks him
how much more money he has than
what he was going to use in the transac-
ton, and if h. has more, he advises that
they had better try aud buy off the de-
| tcctiyes. for if they don't they will both
land in the penitcntiary. The victim is
really to pay anything TO get out of the
grasp OF the supposed representatives
OF the law, and eagerly agrees 20 con
tribute TO fund to pay the detectives.
The latter, Of course, accept the bribc.
and, pocketing all the money, disap-
pear. The victim get away as fast as
possible, and goes home and never says
q word about his loss lie is too much
ashamed. - Washington Star.