The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-07-31

e-ty LETT on our cSTS pY ScSaue-l1 = S'1A " 70
quickly called for If it has any particular
value
ANY trouble in identifying applicants as
proper owners Of the baggage claimedF
mot particularly. Our most frequent
trouble Is the adjustment Of false claims
We can tell by persons manner whether
the claim is y Just one or not lake the pro
fsSSioual Swindler. for instance. Besides hav-
ing bruSque manner, his claim IS made in
an indefinite way IS 10 number OF check,
stvIe Of package and the contents thereof
The true clsimant-the person who hsS really
lost something-haS s respectful and anxious
bearing. He invariably gives an accurate
description Of the lost parcel, and IS very
slow with threats Of suit 70 recover dam
ages
u suppose that overShoes and umbrellas
are the articles most frequently left IN carst'
sNo more frequent than small parcels OF
clothing, shawlS and small valiseS, but, as l
say. these are always quickly claimed 1t IS
with fraudulent claims for lost baggage that
we have the most experience"
FRAUDULENT CLAIMS
What are the fraudulent methodSP
Most numerous, and some Of them, most
ridiculous. Now here's an old claim which,
while not fraudulent, Is worthless and most
bull headed Several weeks since barrel OF
whisky and case Of canned goods were ship
ped 70 s grocer in the interior Of the state.
About the time Of the shipment the grocer
died. Immediately, his entire stock was taken
BY wholesale grocer who had chattel
mortgage thereon, and 50 without leaving
family or any property, he was buried There
was no estate and accordingly no executor.
Meanwhile the goods shipped over our road
lsy in the freight house, there being no one
10 deliver them to- notified the shipper Of
the situation snd he replies by saying that
our company must keep the goods and that
he VIII hold Us responsible therefor.
Il had travelling man try to get $50 out
of Us for damage done TO pair Of very rare
and fine window curtains Damage done, as
he claimed by STOW melting through his
sample case, which had been careleSsly
dumped IN q snow bank by one Of our bag
gagenen, and so staining the curtains
Had the sample case been so dumpedF,
Possibly. At least we didn't dispute that
srre Of the claim All we asked was that
he present receipt from his employers
showing that be had paid them, as he
claimed. the SS5 for damage done, and which
he hsd TO make good to his firm He failed TO
produce the receipt, and so, Of his own voi-
ton, the case was dropped
Another case came from q man who put
in 9 claim for IS for new castings and freight
thereon. and g. 80 for labor in putting them
into q stove shipped over our road and broken
while in transit. l investigated the case and
found that leg had been broken out Of the
stove and that the man had instead Of get
ting new castings, paid . village blacksmith
$50 for riveting the old leg back in its
place. No new casting had been bought, no
freight had been paid, and the entire cost to
him had been less than s. Yet he claimed
$50 from Us
I'VE had another case where one OF our
agents delivered some freight with an ex-
uense bill calling for eleven cases OF goods.
But ten cases showed up and the parties TO
whom the goods we're delivered, while they
seemed surprised at the deficiency, at once
exclaimed that the missing case contained
books. q six dress and more books That
Ezs their very indefinite inventory, and they
stuck 10 Il quite firmly. Investigation showed
that but ten cases had been shipped, that our
agent had made mistake on his way bill
and 50 on the expense bill, and finally that
the people Al last confessed that they hadn't
lost 50 much as q tin spoon Of their house
hold goods shipped"
SOLD At AUCTION.
What becomes Of lost freight never
claimedF-
I'VE sell II at auction Il seldom has any
vzlue except to the rag and junk dealers. OF
course We sell packages according TO the way
IN which they are billed We cannot tel as
70 their value. Once in while purchaser
gets nicely taken in I recollect at ons of
cur sales we got sI3 for large crate billed
'cruckery 4 well known physician was the
purchaser, and when the crate was opeusd il
was found 70 contain lot Of plaster Of paris
iuszez- such ss Italians peddls sbout the
Streets
Worth IS, perhaps, to one Of thnse ped-
dIerzF
Possibly but not wJrth five cents 70 the
doctor. Once IN while, however, E good
deal nay be made recolleet We scld con-
ziZuusnt billed two bozs and one barrel Of
dust It brought SL50, and when opened
the barrel contained Paris green and the
boxes held two d0zEu packages q g patent
izsect powder. I understood that the pur-
chaser sold the lot 70 Wholesale druggist FOR
a. Another boz billed as one box Of SUI
dries' sold for s., and VIXEN opened By an eI
prssTnau who bought them the 'sundriss'
were found to consist of g very cnmplete cut
Fl Of cutlery ssmples-fftsen Or twenty
pocket knives, . dozen rszors, several pair
| Of shears and scissors, two OF Tires carving
sets and variety Of case knives Ths name
! Of the manufacturer was, of cOUrss, found
OF the goods and TIE eIpr=smzn, BY CORE
spondence- returned the goods 70 the mann
faerurerz and received therefor SO check
Does the income from tie sale Of I'm
ciaiH1si property cone near H1seti1g the eos
Of tracing up loss frsightF
no, bUE N the avoidance of vel bass1
claims By the exercise Of greater care II
handling freight and IN the exposure d
| frzudulent claims, the system it5elf mnTI
than pays Nov look hezEs
Just rhea brakeman from e train which
| had Just arrived entered the '.lost freight
/ cfzce bearing II his arms zn old umbrella
worth perhaps fifty csnz, and q good willoE
bazkzz, II which was badly n11szed lunch,
burtou hook and 4 pair Of soiled cuffs
aTEztis the way Il gees said the agsn-
ssyoz Il L probable that sonebody VII cal
! far this basket tn-morToE CT nett day, bu
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