The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-27

low with threats OF SUIT 70 recover uain'
ages
IL suppose that oyershoes and umbrellas
are she articles most frequently left III carsf.
"No more frequent than small parcels Of
clothing. shawls and small yaliscs, but as
sav. these are always quickly claimed. 1t Is
with fraudulent claims for lost baggage that
.,c have the most experience.
FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.
"Wlat are the fraudulent methods
"llost numerous, and some Of them, most
ridiculous Sow here's an old claim which,
g,hils not fraudulent, is worthless and most
lfil headed Several weeks since barrel OF
whisky anda case OF canned goods were ship
.oad 10 q grocer IN the interior Of the state.
About the time Of the shipment the grocer
died. Immediately his entire stock was taken
hv a wholesale grocer who had chatter
,,io,..yare thereon. and so without leaving a
family or any property, hewas buried There
was mo- estate and accordingly no executor.
Meanwhile the goods shipped over our ROAD
lay in tine freight house, there being no one
,adeliyer them 20. notified the shipper Oh
the situation and he replies 10y saying that
our company must keep the goods and that
he will hold rs responsible therefor
81 had a travelling man try TO get 50 out
VI ID, fordanage done to pair OF very rare
a.d fine window curtains Damage done, as
.s claimed by snow melting through his
..mrle case, which had been carelessly
.lumuel i'm a snow bank by one Of our bag
.. .eiren. and SO staining the curtains
"llad the sample case been 50 dumped"
Possibly AT least we didn't dispute that
feature of the claim All we asked was that
ue present receipt from his employers
-Aoniu. that he had paid them, as he
claimed the So for damage done, and which
hi. had to make good TO his firm. He failed 10
.roiule the receipt, and 50, OF his own voli-
lion. the case was dropped
Another case came from u man who put
ia a claim Tor - for new castings and freight
thereon. and $3.50 for labor in putting them
..tol stove shipped over our road and broken
while In transit / investigated the case and
lslud that "A leg had been broken out OF tho
Stove and that the man had, instead Of get
tng ucW castings. paid a village blacksmith
30 for riyeting the old leg back IN It's
place No new casting had been bought, no
freight had been paid and the entire cost to
niin had been less than s.. Yet he claimed
8, 80 from us.
"Wo had another case where one OF our
agents delivered some freight with an ex-
tsrse bin calling for eleven cases Of goods
bat tea cases showed Up, and the parties 70
whom tho goods were delivered, while they
SEEMED surprised 40 the deficiency, at once
exrlain.I that tho missing case contained
boob. "a silk dress and more books That
ua,theIr very indefinite inventory, and they
stuck to .t quite firmly Investigation showed
that but ten cases had been shipped that our
l-cat had made "a mistake on his way bill
ana So on the expense bill, aud finally that
the PEOPLE at last confessed that they hadn't
!ost -o much as a tin spoon OF their house
hold goods shipped"
SOLD AT AUCTION
"What becomes Of lost freight never
claimed.
we sell 1t at auction IL seldom has any
yalue except to tho rag and junk dealers. or
c0urs $50 sell packages according % the way
la which they arc billed We cannot tell as
o. their value Once in a whilo purchaser
-ots nicely taken IN. recollect at ono OF
our sales we got sl3 for a large crate billed
.crockery \ well known physician was the
purchaser. aud when the crate was opened IL
was found TO contain a lot Of plaster Of paris
images, such as Italians teddlo about tho
streets.
Worth s., perhaps, b one OF those ped
dlersN
Possibly, but not worth five cents 70 the
doctor Once ia while, however, good
deal may be made. | recollect We sold a con
siznment billed Two boxes and one barrel OF
dust IL brought $50, AMI when opened
tho barrel contained Paris green aud tho
boxes held two dozen packages Of patent
insect powder / understood that the pur-
chaser sold the lot to u wholesale druggist for
;j Another box billed as one box OF suh
drie, sold for S. and when opened by an eX-
pressuan who bought them the 'sandriea
wel1 found 70 consist OF a very complete out
liz of cutlery sampies-tifteen or twenty
pocket knives, p dozen razors, several pairs
oil shears and scissors. two VI three carving
sets and d variety of case knives. The name
oil the manufacturers was, u course. found
on the goods and the eXprc-smlu, by cOIrc-
sgondclcc returned tho goods to the manu-
/ il-,IIsi and received therefor a - check.
Does the income from the sale III un;
c'..moi property come near meeting the cost
o. tracing Up l1st freight"
"No, lat in the avoidance Of well based
claims by tho exercise OF greater care IN
hludung freight and in the exposure OF
| fraudulent claim. tho system itself more
t..m paws Now look here"
Jlst t.on O. brakeman from ! train which
/ bad just arrived entered the ''lOst freight
o.Ico bearias ia his arms al old un."r-ila,
worth perhaps itty cents, and Il good willow
| basket, iu which vas badly unused lunch, a
| baton hool. and pair OF soiled cuffs.
That's the way 1t goes, said the AGENT.
'Now il is probable that somebody viii call
/ lor this basket tomorrow or next day, bat
/ the umbrella is d Gzturo until sold at auc-
/ ,i,,, - Daft.oft Free Pres,