The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-03

End the sketch. sends copies. together
vita the circular. broadcast throughou:
the country. In Consequences be re-
cei,es an immense mail. and large num-
bcrs Of money orders and registered let
tiers. After thu PostmAs:ef<sencral
had directed that no more money orders
and registered letters should b. del "
cred to Dr. Harf. $500 accumulated in
the Brooklyn post-ofice that had bsen
sent to him When An atscnp; was
made to find DR.. Hart Of course no
such q man could be discovered;
but . sign over . door at tine adser-
tised number was found. and iha: VA.
all 4 Dr. Lawrence occupied the
same rooms. and TO him the mail WAS
delivered. and when be ~as told the
letters could not BE- given ,o him. Is hc
was not DIR. Hart. he wen, OF and 20,
q power Of attorney BY which DIR. Hart
authorized him TO receive the NAL.
About this time. however. the officers
came in and relieved him Of further an
noyance about his mail matter. This
same man was managing some other
scheme under the name II Lawrence.
while his real name Va, Connolly. lie
must have made u grc,; deal Of mon-y.
as one Of the witnesses in the trial test
fed that he had been offered $500 20
pcrsonate DIR. Hart"
lit is q singular thing" observed the
Colonel, .'how these offers To give some
thing for nothing take with the people.
and how rogues fatten upon the crciul
ity of m public. There is another
species Of fraud. which one would
naturally suppose had been given such
wide publicity that no one would now
be deceived by it | mean the counter
feit-money dodge, where men propose
TO forward a large amount OF counter
felt money by express or mail on the
receipt of . small amoun Of genuine
money to pay for the manufacture.
Usually all that the victim receives in
return is \ box filled with sawdu,t
Bdt a recent operator has devised a new
plan. He locates near \ small town IN
= country district and then sends out
his letters. He does not offer To for
ward the counterfeit money. but invites
persons to visit him and inspect his
stock and buy what they wish. When
the visitor arrives the operator has \
large quantity OF good bills, which h.
shows him and allows him Ia exam M.
In order, however, to avoid outside in
reference. the visitor il taken oil IN the
woods. where the business proceeds
The operator produces his money and
the visitor examines it and determines
how much he will take and what price
i To bc paid. just as they are about 10
close the transaction suddenly two mel
emerge from the bushes.
themselves as detectives, and proceed
to place them under arrest The de-
tectiycs do Mt fail To take all the mon
ey from both the men. As they are
about 70 march them of Ia the town.
the operator obtains permission t. speak
privately with the victim. He asks h IN
how much more money he has than
what he was going to use in the transac-
ton. and if h. has more. he advises that
they had better try and buy oil the de-
tectves. for if they don't they will both
land in the penitentiary. The victim is
really To pay anything to get out Of the
grasp Of the supposed representatives
Of the law. and eagerly agrees To on
tribute to a fund to pay the detectives
The latter. Of course, accept the bride.
and. pocke,ing all the money. di,ap-
pear. The victim get away n fat as
possible. and goes home and never says
a word about his loss. lie is too much
ashamed. - Washington Star.