The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-27
AN ACCOMMODATING DRUMMER
He Tries to Load Up q. G. N. L.
With Several Cars Of Goods.

On Friday afternoon last, q. G. NJ. l.
received telegram from the st. Louis
Hardware & Cutlery Co., asking if they
should ship the bill of cutlery ordered
by your Mr.. VIM. R. Davis" but as
Z. C. N. L. had no agent of that name,
aud did not know anything of the
transaction, they promptly wired the
st. Louis firm that they did not know
! VIM. r. Davis, and to ship no goods
except on an order from the Institution
direct
Strange to say, yesterday 2; c, NJ. l..
received a letter from y. II. PeckDaIu
& Co. a large confectionery house i'll 81
Louis stating that Your MIR. w. r
Davis, called upon us and placed the
following order for candies, which
would he packed and forwarded without
delay" h n followed specifications for
about So 900 worth of assorted candies.
As soon as the letter was received a
telegram was Immediately sent to the
above firm saying Y. G. M. L. knew
nothing of w. r Davis, and 20 ship no
goods except on an order from the
house.
Yesterday morning another letter
came to hand from Peckham & Co.
with the following clipping from the st.
Louis Republican or January 81:
NOT SHARP ENOUGH.
For several days past young man
about % years of age, to all appearances
a Jew, wearing a suit of the latest
fashion, sealskin cap and hobby over
coat, has been cultivating the acquaint
ance of several business houses. AT the
Southern Hotel he was registered as
"E. c. Palmer, Cleveland, o." but
among the merchants he was known as
sc. E. Palmer, Salt Lake City" He
represented himself to be purchasing
agent of the lions Co operative Mercan-
tile Institution of Salt Lake City. Al
Samuel c. DAVIS & Co.'s he bought
bill of goods amounting to So 200. saying
he would send shipping instructions
later. After buying the goods he asked
the house to cash draft for $3.50 on the
q. c. NJ. 1. Messrs. Davis & Co. re-
quested identification, and Mr.. Palmer
went to find somebody to identify him,
but did not return. He then went to
Crow, Hargadine & Co., and bought a
small bill with the same success. At
Flint. Evans & Co., he bought
carload of tea and spent an hour
or two sampling tea and cigarettes,
and making himself agreeable. AT
the st. Louis Hardware Com
pany he bought bill of cutlery.
but gave his name as Davis instead of
Palmer. Several other houses are sup
posed to have been visited by the agent,
but it is not known whether he sue
ceeded in obtaining any money from
them or not He left last night for
Cincinnati, after paying his bill at the
hotel. However, none of the goods
were shipped, and now that the nier-
chants come to think of it, the Zion
which is one of the largest
institutions in the country, does not
purchase goods in st. Louis through an
agent, but always orders by mail.
Messrs. Peckham & Co. state that
Davis tried TO cash a draft with them
for $40, bat as they did not know him
they declined. member of the firm
called the attention of Davis to the fact
that Mr. George Bourne was manager
of the grocery department OF u. q. Nj.
l., but Davis replied that MIR. Bourne
had not been connected with the inst
tuition for some time.
As yet no invoic. for the many g0oCs
ordered have come to hand, but they
are daily looked for.