St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-21
SALTWATER NEWS.
Advertisers Taken In by the scheme
ofTyvo Young Men.
Developments in the Kerr
Case--Notes.
Taken In.

Taken an.
Newspaper men as rule are energetic.
iudicious and honest. Recently two came
to this city, who were energetic but not
honest They were not newspaper men.
but frauds of the very worst stripe and
simply STYLED themselves newspaper men,
The parties we refer To were the slick
chaps who founded the Saltwater
Leader. which made its initial appearance
only last Monday. but which is now thing
of the past having died in its infancy. its
untimely death being caused by the pub
fishers skipping out. and instead of being
out of pocket aS many yenturerS in the
journalistic field they are 'ahead." Recently
these two men came To the city and put up at
the Sawyer house, registering as II. c.
Taylor and +. j. Presley. Immediately
after their arrival they announced that they
would publish newspaper here to be called
the Saltwater Leader. believing that this is
a first-claSS field. They Ut once began so
Letting adv eTtiSementS, and the paper ap-
peared for the first time on last Monday.
Many put them down as frauds when they
came and refused to give them any en-
couragement. while Others gave them adyer-
tisements aud thought they would do well.
When the paper appeared Monday it proved
to be nothing but little fOur-page. six
column advertising sheet with patent
inside and all that kind of thing.
liz contained little or no news and was pro-
nOunced a fraud. On Monday evening
Taylor and Presley skipped the town after
having distributed some papers and collected
their bills from advertisers, and probably
are ahead to the tune of 500. Little or
nothing was thought of their departure
until to-day, when the fraudulent scheme
was unearthed by the GLOBE representa-
tive. Ii was learned that they have worked
about fifteen other Northwestern towns and
cities in the same way. The way they work
the racket is this: They go TO town.
solicit advertisements for from one inser-
ton 10 as high as six months for which
they collect the money Immediately after
the paper appears, then skip the town.
They promise TO first publish weekly and
If the field proves good get out 4
daily The advertisements they
agree to insert in the first
number and they took many business men
in for one month and as high as six, all de-
pending on the kind of a man they were
dealing with. They write out a fiattering
notice, then enter business house and read
ii to the firm, Offering TO publish 1t at aston
ishingly low rates. This catches many
merchants and they make lots of money
came nearly two weeks ago with less than
50 in his pocket and put up at the Sawyer.
borrowed SO and Immediately went to
work. His partner came about one week
later. They went to the St. Croix Post
Office, where they arranged with the owner
10 get them out one number and perhaps
two of q four-page SiX-column folio, with
patent inside, at a reasonable price, order
ing 1000 printed. They had no difficulty
in getting advertisements and got out the
paper Oh Monday. They called on the
business houses, agreeing to insert ads of
from fifteen to forty lines for prices ranging
from So TO $40 and would come down when
necessary. They worked the aforesaid
racket and to some patrons promised to
publish free locals besides. Some were
promised one insertion and some six months,
ali at about the same rates. IL a man would
not give $40 they would take IS, IS and
even -.
L. Aldenberg paid 81. Kern & Miller SIS.
j. Corners Il Son So, q. S. Willard $3.50,
and so on. The Chicago bakery took one
at 50, one-half cash and balance In trade.
They promised 10 distribute 5000 copies
the first day, 5000 in the city and .. 600 in
the country, but only 1000 were printed.
After the paper was issued and
distributed they collected from ev-
cry patron. As elsewhere they got
Roach TO sign a note as follows:
Insert my business review in Leader for
which, on issue of same and delivered to
Inc Tor uS) of two copies, we will pay the
above company or order-with publishers
bound byspecitications of this contract only
and with Leader Publishing company on
the head. This it will be seen will let the
publishers out all right Among the differ
ent cities they have successfully worked are
Minneapolis, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux
Falls. Dubuque. Des Moines aud Cedar
Rapids. AT Sioux City they styled their
sheet Sioux City Leader. and at Omaha
The Omaha Trade journal. Leader is
the name used at most places. The
Saltwater sheet was the poorest
among the number. When they
left the Sawyer house they paid
heir bill and left grip supposed to con-
tain nothing, saying they were going 10
St Paul and would return in few DAYS.
From conversation overheard il Is supposed
that they went to Duluth or Eau Claire.
Merchants at those places should beware of
them.
Taylor is about % years old, five feet.
eight inches in height dark complexion and
hair, small, dude musteche. slender build.
rapid walker, very energetic, talks well and
wears Prince Albert coat and high felt hat
Presley Is his senior by probably twelve
or fourteen years, weighs lis to $50 pounds,
five feet five. aubum hair and mustache, and
is also good talker.