Sharp County record., 1885-07-16
TAETER DOLLARS
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ervo. -. niece of work III tlle
at as fraud conducted through through 'pS rss
SShrd 6 ,hst has come to my attention aoto,. tor
IS ts's' e. tly i the Post-oioo Department, p1ieins
e bag pbst we call the bOgus-meafitt1hIis of this
nvaa lgs' now low languishes in jail, but at at
chp eme .1m timoe he showed himself to 4. be
neay NJ 's ~ mean order of ability iii'
gaS : 1iS lsn j 4 ~ to send out circulars sah an
'"as p "f0 ~ croat cure for catarrh'
+ tss discovered by himself ':a1ae alIef
'en lsars Ear Gla' Of study and investigation
ee of ny a 'roceeds to give, without cost
hat '' 'ulr nj'naratiOn for this wonderful med ID
b.. III and enumerates twelve ingredl-
/. Ens kbich enter into its oompOsi'rOhs NJ !. nots
20 pa nS = f. en- end of the circular is a note
N % = In states that if the druggist ,s' aoes
III h ~ 70 have all these ingredients
'p'''f ia prescrption will be filled and for or
,r,o Ia upon the receipt OF three ooi-
h' to II The person receiving the oIrcn-
ici,n I'D desirous of trying the remedy
ke Tkd The prescription to the drug IS s'Tre, he,
If. M Il tOld by the druggist that he mas
m mo a.. IL Ingredients, but not the ,l o'het het
'ln, ne ln II HE looks through his book out
ble@;i toltind even their names, ana So VI
.Hto1 M rse is unable to furnish tae 4b [equnu rnn
llS eaicine. The discoverer Oh noo Ine iS Sni
ry fns Is applied to, and if the three ,o aol,
oeStOva has been furnished bottle oil some
the sitnre is sent on, which, OF course Is
VI VI irely worthless. oo,
1t Of Thst is one phase of the case con
'lsS- SS HE'D the inspector. ,'No" InG ihGn -,
ID n{{pares and causes 10 be published IN
not he paper in New York City an arSIcle Tlt,
sing ibut the prominent doctors IN new
lcop krk Citv, with portrait Of each ana
re not Iketch giving some account OF 'he
to tJ JTand services of each. All the men
lst cog pntioned are bona tde doctors the
mOT{ {ding men in the profession, with the
and 1cenfion of man whose name is, say
ne a Hart He is unknown, but the
thl etch states that he left practice OF
Idea, 900 per year to devote himself TO
lent nractice of his specially catarrh'
lorTai lie BOGUS medicine man then procufes
and large number of copies of this paper,
ID. marking the picture of Dr. Hart
hese ID The sketch, sends copies, together
ed u ith the circular, broadcast throughout
gu w fcountrv. In consequence he re-
bys,iyes an immense mail, and large num-
y COLTS Of money orders and registered let,
Of rs After the PoStmasterGeneral
WheH M directed that no more money orders
e is ia registered letters should be delv-
he CM. ed I'd Dr. Hart, $1,000 accumulated in
Jhrd ie Brooklvn post-ohice that had been
tedGnt 10 him. When an attempt was
one AIDE to find DR.. Hart, of course no
cii ich d man could be discovered;
ellml ii xsign over door at the adver-
hear sed humber was found, and that was
Of HA DR.. Lawrence occupied the
xpaiIn6 Rooms, and to him the mail was
Old, elivered, and when he was told the
md Iftter4 could not be given to him, as he
the is not DR.. Hart, he went off and got
as power of attorney by which DR.. Hart
ur'e ufh0rized him to receive the mail.
rl'en bout this time however, the officers
mes 3m6in and relieved him Of further an
Choyance about his mail matter. This
ClAmo man was managing some other
e Esheme under the name of Lawrence,
see 'hile his real name was Connolly He
d GN1ust have made great deal of money,
II ID 8 one Of the witnesses in the trial test-
he Jed that he had been offered $1,000 to
he rersohate DR.. Hart
' ut Vl ~ is singular thing" observed the
ou Tolonel, show these offers to give some
suc hing fT nothing take with the people,
can ma how rogues fatten upon the credul-
y MY Of the public. There is another
s. in pecles of fraud, which one would
ack Iafnrally suppose had been given such
e idefublicity that no one would now
cks oQplVed by it. | mean the counter
life elt-nOney dodge, where men propose
Chlpf0fvard large amount of counter
5olnG eb m'ney by express or mail on the
wOt Hce1pt OF u small amount of genuine
WV I'D, w P"y lol lllc HldnulacJUre.
cO1Jsual y all that the victim receives in
he eturn Is box filled with sawdust.
BkHp put recent operator has devised a new
md2lant lie locates near q small town in
JOIN corhtry district and then sends out
nay nls leters. He does not offer to for
pF Eard Ihe counterfeit money, but invites
ten Per9lS to visit him and inspect his
socf and buy what they wish. When
I'll ~ {sltor arrives the operator has
r8 quantity of good bills, which he
no him and allows him to examine
qper, however, to avoid outside in
.,, eience, the visitor is taken off in the
EI M ~ Where the business proceeds.
operator produces his money and
1sllor examines it and determines
Il III inucn M ne will take and what price
@Npe paid. just as they are about to
onpIpse the transaction suddenly two men
p4Hkge from the huSbos '-