Telegram-herald., 1889-06-08
SNlNDLED FRIENDS
N14 Corbett and Walter Shep-
herd III Trouble.
ANOTHER PATENT Rlcaf SWISDLE
A~o Grams Rapids Eess aad = Dostoa
hSa AsEk aeSvtisss- EEss foanA
a"S Victims the story ~
Hhcir Operations

Walter \. Shepherd, SON of Prof.
shepherd, AID " Ii. Cort4tt. soa ol
b. r. Corbett. ihe lawyer, have been
afrested for snindhng They have.
! nlth man named A. C. Anblsr been
working kind Of patlat-neht scheme
Tor some tme. and have made about
900 cash, and hold checks and notes
for 80, winch they made from Their
operations before Tie police heard of il.
The nnt hat the police had was
Monday, when gentleman reported 10
superntendcut Eastman that sueh "a
scheme Was be.ng worked, hat gave no
names
Shepherd Was badly broken up over
his arrest, and told the plan of the trl-
umyirate go MI Eastman. Coibett
claimed 10 have the power OF attorney
10 transfer deeds 10 certain patent
! rights owned hy Julian GozybOwskl.
who works for ButteWorth 4 Lowe.
shepherd would 20 Ia person known
/ - hm and sly. NOW ] have chance
"a make some money and ! want some
help. / can buy patent right Of Mr..
"a Orbett for $1,000 and know where
I'can sell IL Tor : 1000 al once. You put
IA 5000 ami | VII too, and Sc Viii dI-
vide the 5000 which We make.
He operated only with the most mt
mate friends OF hIs fathers family.
who would have no suspicion
| of anything wrong. The ilfd
man hc approached was George
/ Alexander. dong business at Is South
! DIyision-St. He told Alexander that
| Corbctt had a patent ona coffee rosster
! which could be purchased for 5000,
| and he knew where ii could be sold for
! $1,000. lie said that he would pay
$1,000 III Alexander would take the
| other $1,000. Alexander did not have
| $1,000. but said lac had $500 that hc
| would put ia.
Shepherd thought that would do,
and he would take the other $500 ln
the operation. He then took Aloxan-
der 10 the Bridge Street House and in
troduced him tO the Bostonian, who
talked very nicely, and SAID that hc
would pay $1,000 for the patent.
They then went to the Derby where
COrbett was, and Alexander paid $500
cash and gave hls note for 5000 PAYABLE
IN thirty DAYS. Shepherd gave a check
for II 900 on the Old National Bank
and a note for 500 payable in ten days.
\ contract was drawn with Corbctt as
one party and Shepherd and Alexander
as the other 10 execute bill OF sale OF
the patent as soon as the note matured.
After Alexander had paid his money
and talked with his wife about the
matter he became uneasy about II
and went To look up Shepherd.
! but could not find hlm. He went 30
Professor Shepherds house bat tie
parents did not know where Their son
was. COrbett offered 10 discount the
$500 note, but Alexander WAS not able
to raise the cash.
In the meantime they worked hard
for other victims and found one in
! Chas. Enncs. shepherd approached
him with about the same story. saying
the patent could bepurchasod for $1,000
and sold for sl5O0. They saw Amber
at the Bridge street House and bar
! gam was struck. They went back TO the
Derby and Shepherd gave check for
5000. Enncs paid over 800 cash and
said nc would raise thc rest. lie tried
| To ovcrdraw his account al the bank
and tried To raise the $500 ON a mort
| gage but failed and then gave note
for $500.
The next man approached was +. A..
Mun~on, who saw through the trick,
but concluded to follow the matter up
and see what there was iu II. After be
was convinced that IL was :; swndle, hc
told shepherd what ne thought about
the matter, bat shepherd SAID that he
was mistaken and that Mr.. Amber bad
| the best Of testimonials from Boston
and Was all right.
Mr. Nm,on notified the police and
| the three were arrested. Nothing was
| know about Alexander and Enncs until
after the arrest, when the story was
pumped from the BOYS hy >up,rin-
tendCnt Eastman.
The trio even went So far as 10 have
some lotteT-heads printed with thc firm
Of "GoOdwcu n Co. Bank,rs. Boston. ="
at the top. ON which were written
recommendations ccrtfylugth Anlher
va. their accredited agent, and lad
power O. huv patent rights for them.
They also had "A number of tclogams
from supposed influential men stating
that Amber was all right.
The young men seemed totakc part Ic-
/ tAt&A ftfftiN ~ HfffAhff''tA % =. .f.t
were well acquainted with ihcr families
and belonged TO the same church with
them. Young shepherd approached
President ". .. Hughart, Of tDc e.. y.
- /. Railway Company, hut a- that
gentleman bad heard If patcut-rght
-cLeme- before, he wrote a lciter io
Harvey J. Iioliistsr. cashier ol tho Old
/ National Bank. saying that h- "freud,
young SbcVhord, bad chance 60 make
some money by huvug . patent from
Mr. Corbett and selling i So Mr.. Ann
bcr. H. would be CAD ~ hc'p hm
bat would Ike Mr. Hollister u look
INTO the matter. ~ schemes had often
been concoctcd 10 beat folk. ou similar
trausactious.' The marvel is the Young
men uad the coutagr o. 70 D. sgCh men
a. thcv did
Tic young men. shepherd and Cor
bett. arc wcii known about town.
shepherd about - and corhctt -
wears of age Ami3er Is aluut 80 ~ -
wears - age. and may have been the
III me mover in the fraud.