New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-24
LARGE Stumbling OPERATIONS.
A SCHEME BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN JERsEY-Look'
ING FOR THE PRINCIPAL.

ING FOR THE PRINCIPAL.
man who gave his name as j. D. Salter'
and who is alleged to have been engaged In extensive
swindlng operations, was arrested about o'oo
y. IN. yesterday, in jersey City. Two or three
weeks ago John Smith, weknown and
wealthy liquor dealer began, receiving letters
from different parts of the country asking If he desired
the goods he had ordered shipped ut once HIS CORE
spondence OF that character became plentiful that MS
suspicious were aroused and he turned the letters over
the police. Chief Murphy detailed Captain fh'-
rier to look into the matter and the captain
asceriancd that man who gave his name as Johh
Smith hired a store February from Mrs LOCKWOOD
at No 32Ol HenersOn-st Smith said he was about 10
engage extensively In the produce business and asked
Mrs Iockwoods permission TO put NO. o-o
over the door, half number would
not look well in connection with the ex-
ensive business he proposed TO In In day or
two large shipments Of goods began to arrive at the
The first received were three truck loads OF oy
sters. from Cressied. y. j. another from Norfolk
Va, aud another from Baltimore. The next day
80 of corn from the Portland Canning Company
In Portland. Me- arrived, followed the next day by loo
cases and - Of assorted canned goods The
next invoices were barrel. OF whiskcy from Cincii-
natl terces of ham from Chicago and additional lots OK
canned goods and The police who had been ur-
tailed TO watch the place noticed that soon rs the
good. arrived the marks the barrels and cases were
cblitcracd new MARKS put on nnd r. sooa, srt hMS
mo- hing bnt watch.
Yesterday 4. T. Iozicr. a lawyer, accompanied by o
detective from detective agency In New YORK. cllcd
on Chief Murphy and Informed him that the Portland
Canning Company had been swndlcd by "a man named
John Smith In jersey city. The lawyer explained
that smith had ordered quantity OF canned
goods from the company with Instructions 10
collect by sight draft. The goods and the
draft were sent hut the draft had not been honor,d
A. Il complainant was what the Chief had been wall,
ing for Policeman Reynolds was sent 10 the store ana
arrested Saier and Samuel :. Rankcn, laborcr, who
had been employed to work In the store smith, VINO
IL supposed to no the principal, was not found safer
was Indignant at being arrested, aud raid that ne
was merely employed Nv smith ana knew
nothing about any swiudling business. Invoices
and bills for OF the goods were FOUND III
his possession and he believed 10 be deeply inter
estcd IN the swiudng operations as his accnnlli'e.
Rancn told Chief Murphy that he thought the business
was rather queer The goods scarcely got into the
when they sent away again other trucks,
he noticed besides that Sacr called smith Char-
lev" while the name III the sign WAS John.
The police Gsccraincd that some Of the oysters were
sold Hamilton Brothers. In Newarkavc Jersey city
ut prices far below their market value,
The five barrels Of whiskcy were traced
siorchouse I'm E.ghh-ave., near Thirty fouIth--t
Ncw-York. The invoice found on sa"r showed that
they from George T.. Ran, Cincinnati, anu were
worth 500 The hams were from Phillips 60. tln-
ton-st Chicago, and the hill for them $50. 1t Is
estimated that the value of tie goods received by the
swndlcs since they opened the store viii amount To
several thousand dollars.