Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
HE is WANTED.
A NAPOLEON OF FINANCE WHO OPERATED N
WHEELING
E1qurei hr BY the Police Of Other Gues-A
Foreign Bond Scheme Introduced %
tie Local Public

Chief of Police Delbrugge yesterday
received letters from Detective Il. Laz-
aruS. of Rochester. Pa. and W. II. Ham
ilton. of Water Cure, Pa, asking that a
lookout be kept for one IL. {. Sawyer,
who was wanted for Swindling, and
offering a reward of $50 for his arrest
and detention. \ close description OF
the man was given, and after reading It.,
Chief Delbrugge was convinced that the
party had been in this city recently. as
the items of personal appearance
enumerated cOrreSpOnded exactly
with those Of man named
Joseph Schulz, which German
name was associated with an undOubted
Italian voice and cOunteuace, seen in Po-
lice Court here on one or two occasions
during the month Of December last.
when the services of an Interpreter were
required. This man had boarded at j.
Z n. Stamps restaurant and the Chlei
went down and showed letter contain
/ ing the description To Mr.. Stamp. Mr..
stamp confirmed the suspicion of the
I Chief. and unfolded quite an interesting
story in response 20 the inquiries OF the
Chief. which narrative was subsequently
repeated TO a REGISTER reporter.
sawyer alias Schulz has paid three
visits 20 Wheeling. the first i'm 1887, the
second in 1855. and the third in Decem-
Der. 1859. On this last occasion he
stopped with Mr.. stamp, and said he
was an agent for A. Zaylay ZeiSler sue
ccssor TO the European Bond Exchange
Company. whose Office was at No. -
East Fourteenth street. New York City.
He was dealing In various European
bodS. and the scheme was To sell for
500 i'm twenty monthly inStallmentS, or
for S05 cash, a certificate which called
for six bonds. one Hungarian
government bond, one a Buda Pesth
BaSilica bond. third Hun
garian Good Hart bond, Servian
government bond. an Italian Red Cross
bond and Hungarian Red Cross bond.
lie said the holders of these certificates
or OF the bonds were entitled 10 thirteen
drawings year in q lottery which held
forth prizes Of from 100 francs TO lO0,-
600 francs. and that he intended TO open
a permanent Office here in Wheeling
and would have about three people for
Mr.. Stamp To board. and that As
surety To the local holders of
his securities. there would be
deposited i'm Wheeling bank
the sum Of $4,000, the par value OF
100 bonds which ne expected 10 sell
here. Mr.. Schulz remained here until
the afternoon OF the cath of December
being apparently a very busy man,
coming and going constantly. \ day
or So before Christmas he made ar
rangemcntS 20 celebrate the day with
Mr.. Stamp. but lac came i'm suddenly on
the path. told Mr.. Stamp that much to
his regret ne had been summoned by
telegraph To Pennsylvania, and would
have To go. lie paid his bill. and
left on the $40 p. M. train. Before go
ing he told Mr. Stamp that ne sold
either ninety-three or ninety-SiX bonds
and that he would bee back in two weeks.
He never returned. nor has anything
been heard from him. Mr.. Stamp. who
purchased one OF the bonds. and who
paid three = inStallmentS, got a letter
from New York, saying that Mr..
schultz would not be around 10 collect
and requesting that his fourth install
mcnt be rcmitted but Mr.. Stamp failed
90 see the prOpricty of investing any
thing more iu the transaction As far
as can been learned no one has received
any bonds or been advised of drawings,
although il is stated that "a number of
bonds have been fully paid up, one or
two citizens of Fulton being quoted rs
having put i'm 500 each.
Chief Dclbruggc wrote To Rochester
last night, giving the police all the in
formation he could obtain, and further
developments are awaited.