The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-02
A DEAD BEAT.
j. G. Cameron, a Notorious
SWindler.
He Tries to Palm Off Sedalia
as His Home,
But it Repudiates the Foul and
False Aspersion.

Yesterday the BAZoo was put In poss S.
sion of the facts concerning one calling
himself ]. G. Cameron which brand him
as one of the slickest dead beats and Out
rageous scoundrels of the present age, and
will make his appearance in Sedalia an
event of rejoicing if it can be by any
means eucompassed. For the past few
weeks letters addressed TO this precious
scoundrel have flowed into the Sedalia
postoffice at a rate that has caused the
good and innocent Postmaster Blair 10
wonder what iIlustrious guest or great
state man, with innumerable fat offices
at his immediate disposal, was about to
honor the future capital and queen city of
the prairies with his presence. But as
mail bag after mail bag were filed with
letters bearing his address and the illustri-
Gus individual failed 10 call for any
of them, Mr.. Blair's awe began TO give
place to suspicion, and suspicion finally
came 10 conviction when a number of let
tiers to the postmaster himself making
ANXIOUS INQUIRIES
for the great J. G. C.began to flow in. From
these Mr.. Cameron's calling was soon
CLEANED, and that calling was the "con6-
dence game" First came a card from
Tennessee, then one from Texas, still later
one from Arkansas, and finally Illinois put
In claim for closer acquaintance with
the important Cameron.
HIS PLAN,
So far as has been learned, Cameron
claims TO be the agent, proprie; or and pub
Usher. of paper in Sedalia called the Cot
tager and Artisan. He travels with a
sstcbel full of bill-heads, letter-heads,
printed receipts, specimen copies, ETC., OF
his great and world-res Olutionizing paper,
for which he received cash subscriptions
and promised
WONDERFUL THINGS
In return. How many sccomplices or in
nocent agents he has induced to enter the
field with him is unknown, but that there
is a number is clearly proven by the extent
OF the business being done and the scope of
country being canvassed, which, Sd far, is
known to cover large portions of Texss,
Arkansas, Tennessee and Illinois. Last
week twenty-six letters were advertised for
Cameron ard large number of letters and
postsls have since been received. Yesterday
Postmaster Blair sent sack iull of mat
ter addressed to him TO the department at
Washington.
CAMERON Is DEAD BEAT
of the first water and the BAZoo takes this
early opportunity to say as much 10 Its pa.
irons and readers In order to stop Is soon
as possible his Who'll sale swiDdling and
that of any and all agents purporting 10
be in his service, and the BAzoo further
proposes to ven;ilate him and his schemes
fully just as soon as it can procure the
necessary evidence and particulars. To
this end it respectfully requests any and
every person who may know anything of
j. q. Cameron or OF any OF
his agents, TO communicate the
facts together with full description and
history SO far as possible of the
parties TO the end, not only that the public
may be warned against them, but that they
may be brought TO strict and exact account
for any past delinquencies in this connec
ton.
entertains no thieves, no dead beats, no
bogus business houses or enterprises, and
her people do not propose to quietly per
NIT any outsider to place any such stigma
or stain uIon her reputation. Sedalisns
are respected abroad as far as the starry
banner reaches, because in all her career she
has never heretofore put forth, or permit
ted TO be put forth in her name any SWIM
die or wild cat scheme or bogus enterprise,
and she proposes to maintain that record
inviolate at any cost, in order that any
thing, of whatever nature, bearing the Sc
dalia seal or signature may be known to
be genuine, of whatever character of
stamp, and hence she feels bound 10 prose-
cute and pursue to the bitter end any dead
beat who shall presume upon her fair name
as passport to his success.
THE PLAIN FACTS
are that no such person as j. @. Cameron
does OF ever has resided In Sedalia. No
such paper as the "Cottsger and Artisan"
is or ever was published In the city of Sc
dalia by j. G. Cameron or any other per-
son or persons, living or dead. There is
no such number as No. 20 Third street,
which is the purported address of Came
ron, in Sedalia, and never has been in the
memory of the oldest citizen. Conse-
quently, any credit, money or credence
given to any person upon the strength of
any such pretensions or claim is without
foundation in fact, and is a swin1le,
and the BAzoo sincerely hopes that any
person or persons attempting 10 play
any such confidence game in any locality
will receive the summary treatment their
roguery deserves.
The BAZoo has taken every preliminary
step within It's power to secure and give to
the public the full details and extent of
!. this latest outrageous swindle and earnestly
requests its friends everywhere to give any
and all information concerning it that may
come to their knowledge.