Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-06-08

usually GranSHcb Jnab part OF Iu0 Dusl-
ness near a saloon or public place Of
some kind. The receipt for the money
must he signed, and the victim waits on
the sidewalk while the merctr1A End
his customer step inside and then step
out the back door, leaving the victim
on the sidewalk waiting for them. He
gets tired Of waiting. but still he does
not think that his acquaintance is dis
honest. He goes to the bank and In
quires about the check. Then the bank
clerk has laugh and the unfortunate
individual is referred to the police de-
partment. and thus it is that the whole
world becomes acquainted with his
misfortune y
Sometimes the game is arranged diff
ferently. Instead of giving the victim
the slip in the manner indicated, he
is sent back to the depot 10 wait for
the wife and children OF the confidence
man. Among the children there is a
ten-year-old boy, who walks with
crutches, SO that 1t will be impossible
to miss them. This poor boy has been
ten years old for long time, and has
been the means Of fooling many a vic
tim. He returns to the depot and waits
for the persons described. They do
not appear He becomes uneasy, for 1t
is nearly time for the departure Of the
train. He waits until the last minute
They do not appear, and he begins to
think some thing has happened to
them. They will surely be here for
the next train, he says to himself. He
still waits, and often does not suspect
any thing wrong until some one in the
depot who has noticed him approaches
and questions him concerning the train
he wants to take. He then tells his
story. and realizes for the first time
that he has been swindled.
'FThe green goods game is another
scheme of the confidence man." con-
tinued the detective, that has been
worked very successfully for many
years, and is just the same now as it
was years ago. Like all other games,
it has been exposed hundreds of times,
and yet persons will get caught nap
ping. The directories OF various cities.
chiefly Western cities, are obtained and
from them the names OF persons are
taken who the swindlers think will bite
at their bait. Circulars are then sent
out with notice that the business is
strictly confidential Information is
given in the circular that green goods, ,
or counterfeit money, can be purchased
at reasonable rates. In other words "a
chance to become a millionaire Ia
given for only few dollars. They
don't usually experience much trouble
in finding people who are willing to ac-
cept the offer and run the risk. The
circular concludes: "Go to No. = -
street, New York. and inquire for -.
"The man who is willing to get
wealthy" continued the detective,
"calls at the number indicated and
finds the man for whom he is looking,
usually in tenement house. Entering
the front door, he is ushered upstairs,
and after passing through long hall
ways he comes to the office In the
room is a wooden partition, in which is
cut hole, through which all business
must be transacted. The man on the
inside is not seen. First a stack ol
notes (genuine) are showed out for the
purchaser to examine. To him they
are represented as being counterfeit.
They look SO much like genuine goods
that he determines to make purchase
and the money is packed in sachel.
On the inside of the partition is a
similar satchel filed with paper.
While the customer is counting out his
money the sachels are exchanged and
the customer gets sachel of blank
paper in exchange for his money,
probably one or two hundred dollars.
He is hurried from the building an6
when he opens the sachel he discovers
that he has been swindled. He re
turns, but as he went in one door ant
came out another he is unable to locate
the place where he handed over hi
money for paper. and even should h,
complain to the police the men whit
robbed him could not be found.
eft has only been few months" HI
added, ''since a Texan killed a greer
goods man in New York He went t,
the Office in answer to a circular re
ceived, and, suspecting fraud, he car
ried loaded revolver with him. HI
kept his eye on the sachel, and, seeing
the change made, he fired a sho
through the partition and killed tn
man who was in the act OF changing
the sachels on him. Since that tim
few, if any, complaints have been mad
against such dealers. At any rate
they will, no doubt, avoid sending an,
more circulars to Texas.
The latest game of the confdenc
men has been practiced successfully il
New York recently, and it was b.
means of this trick that one Washing
| tonian was relieved OF small sum @
money. The victims in each instanc
are selected in the hotel lobbies. 1t !
] there that the confidence man learn
their name. business and address. Afte
I making the acquaintance Of his man tn
confidence man tries to sell suit Q
: clothes. He generally finds it Difficult
S to make bargain when the suggestio
is first made, but before they separat
: the money usually passes out of tn
r hands of the citizen. who thinks he ha
struck bargain. The confidence ma
8 will claim that he is in the wholesal
clothing business, and knowing hi
> victim to be a prominent business man
! he desires to sell him a suit Of clothe