Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-01
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SLICK sWINnLERs.
A cuicAGo suAnp 80 "sC,Rfp ri.n mar
M Gtls AwAD ruoM ioitI wni,II
lawyer
Chicago schcmrrs prc very .llck but
thry Should stop no Dallas when u,,v
want 90 play thclr thmyiug tricks, an,i nh
come To- eity whose inhabitants and Gun
TO sunH p" AZ the plckwiek one Vim AM
ON the register 10 G.. DURAN, Chicago. %
aud ~ w. Davis Chiclpo," and The
worthless probably come nom tbat civ
MT DaNla walked into me law office Of
ROSS Bros. yesterday aud ot once brrap
10 untold "a tale and dDyolun "a
scheme witch would makr eypf,op,
connected with 1t rich, and thi.
Is hi. plot, ~ represent lara,
concern u Chicago and st. Louie. Worms
ttlhs 'py VINO have $500 600 or $780,
GOO lying idle which they wish 10 mycst
IN preferred securities Ia Texas. We pro-
pose w loan l1ls money al q per cent. ON
itnl estate, taxing lirst mortgages, and
lhrh We Wlll permit our agents, who win
be the best lawyers Ia the state, TO loan
money ON second mortgages at not over
II per cent? aud the difference between e
per cent. and ] 3 per cent. we win divide
between the agent aud the firm. Now we
have book which we issue in which the
names OF our ngents are printed and we
SEND them lots OF paying bust
ness, and these agents send business
TO each other. It's u great scheme, gen.
tIcmen, aud for this book, and In con
sidclnlion OF the fact that we make YOU
our agents, wc ask only $50, OF which
you will pay $50 tome In person aud the
other $50 when our distributor brings
the books. ! have just come over from
Dallas, aud here is the original of con
/ tract ! made WithJ. .. Simpson, we'll
known Dallas attorney uud shrcwd
man. and ! want 60 make the same Kind
OF a contract with you gentlemen
This was In substance the burden OF
| his song, hnt be was too glib and his
/ papers wore gotten up In too slOyouly
! q manner to suit shrcWd lawyer
which INSIDE Mr.. Heard smell a mouse,
which quickly developed into "a huge rat.
/ Mr.. Heard went to the State National
! bank and asked Mr.. Smith, the cashier,
/ the standing Of Wcus, Ferns & Co., Chi
cago and ST. Louis. Dun was looked
| into, Budstrcot was investigated all
/ those handy blue books which most arc
found IN bankers keeping were consulted
/ but Wcrns, Ferns & CO. did not loom
up with an A. b. % record; they didn't
/ loom 40 all, and the rat was now fully dc.
velopod. j. i. Simpson Of Dallas
was tclephoucd, and responded by
giving the Information that Davis aud
| Durgin were swindlcrs and ordered their
arrest. Mr. Heard and Mr. Thomas Ross
| repaired TO the Plckwick and found
| Durgin aud Davis, nj once engaging them
/ In conversation, but before they arrived
the "slick oncs" had 4calpod Mr., Tom
4 Jennings Of Nacogdoches, II brother OF
| Hyde jennings, out Of S25. Mr. Saun.
| dcrs the night clerk, was asked 10 keep
! an eye on Durgin until Mr.. Heard could
| 90 for an officer, while Mr.. Tom Ross was
/ to watch Davis, Saunders did his
! fun duty, but the men had
| told him Davis was Durgln and
| vice versa, 80 Saunders was keeping
| his eagle eye on the wrong man, Davis
| finally "touk TUMBLE and when he
"tumbledn he darted through the pas
| sagcway leading b. the Pickwlck saloon,
while MIR Ross dartcd out the front door
OF the hotel, intending 10 head him Off
when Davis came out of the saloon, but
! Davis doubled, and, running back, came
out the front way. Ross saw him, and
| when Davis ran 80 ran Ross, up Fourth
street, then ON Houston, and away they
sped 10 Wcalheriord out Wcathcrlord
westward they went, but Davis was The
specdier man OF the two' 10 Ross
Jagged behind aud Davis got away
In the meantime Saunders WIS watching
his man. who, when his pal left, called Il
carriage, hustled in hia baggage and left
| for parts unknown. OhlcerH aud lawyers
were on the alert last night watching all
trains, but, dhe game had flown, TnE Ga
zrrrf. ever on the watch tower 70 warn
the unwary eniolns upon the attorneys Of
our state 60 shools Shy OF Durgln Davis
/ or ANY one who travels for Werns, Ferns
| & CO., Chicago and ST.. Louis