The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-25
PETTY sWlNDLiNO.
Devices to Heat" the World Out Of .
Living.

Living.
New York city il still full of little swim
dies of all sorts, and presumably II will he
until the millennium dawns and there Ia
no more wickedness In the world, says
the Netrs. The police say that there are
somewhere about ten thousand persons
there who depend OF petty dead beat"
tactics for a living, and who just manage
TO cvade the sharp edge Of the law. OF
course they waste more energy to do this
than would earn them All equally good,
honest living. hut then they wouldn't have
the fun of ~skinning the unsophisticated
or the excitement of keeping out of the
courts.
One OF the most fragrant of the minor
swindles Is that which fishes for its vic
Tins with the seductive bait of n "busi-
ness opportunity" The extent to which
IL is carried and the success which attends
II are almost incredible. 1t usually EN-
ploys W people. One Is a man who has
an office in a reputable neighborhOod and
the other n plausible beat" The first
furnishes the capital for the advertise
ments and the theater of operations, and
also indorses the respectability OF his
associates. This worthy usually has u
patent 10 develop. which requires a little
money To start, IA dramatic company to
INlN " Nv ENttt W. W. ouk W w" WI q
or some small manufacturing business to
establish.
He only requires a couple of hundred
dollars for his urpose. and his dupe Is To
be the treasurer or cashier Of the concern.
IL the latter agrees the drain on the purse
Is begun nj oiiVc. Their are bills to be
paid and purchases to be- made, all of
which are conducted in due form. The
victim is soon tired out and his purse ex-
hausted. and the swindler has the one cx-
cuse: "Well. your capital wasn't big
enough. II you could play in a couple of
There is no redress. TIN plundered man
has paid no none directly to his plum
dcrer, though the latter has received his
share of every dollar.
People who advertise pawn tickets for
sale are generally frauds. The tickets
are in many cases supplied by pawn
brokers 10 any n who nay apply for
them with sufficient interest To enjoy
their confidence. They are all for such
unredeemcd pledges as would not pay the
expense of sale. The advertiser sells the
ticket for "A mere song. The purchaser, il
he Is suspicious, may not he willing To buy
the ticket without seeing the article II
represents. In that case he is taken To
thep awnbroker, to whom he pays % cents
for the privilege OF examination. This ex-
animation invariably leads to rejection.
In that case the ticket swindler gets
half OF the search money. Women are
.he chlei pract'cers OF 'his swiIiuie' ahu u
certain pawnshops in this city which have
their regular tools and do more business
with bogus tickets than in the real traffic
for which they are licensed. Really hon
est people who desire To sell pawn tickets
an Always nno purcnas.'s ,pr ,liein IN
.ne pr"prc.ois 4i .,e many on curiosity
shops sca.'ered al pver .le cry ihese
sIccuia,ors .ihhc pus'i,ess reaeeni-
ine uselui a.'icies rom pawn anu sen
ing ,hehh "' " "hooera'e proi'' OH 'heir
ou,aayi
sg,h ie''cr i'au" mas come toDc
a peculiar feature among u local petty
sMhhuiers. aie'or me Is us"ai.s Oh Fig
iisn origin. where that siyie OF swindler
has hourished for more than a century, IN
silte Oh 'he vigorous pens Oh fieidihg ana
,ickeus' pp.h Oh wnich great authors
,oNeu uoia! parc ,nsir sna'hciess ir.iuuu.
.sney al" we hie'elless auiliiiistratioh OF
u''.aMs aR"'ns. nnc,,"ran,s' ihere Is
~ regularly orpa,ii1eu pouy OF begging
ie'.er Wri'ors III 'his Guy as there Is IN
LoIluon. me meinpers comprise both
SEXES anu are peieraiiy pe"ple n more
.,an average cuuca'ioii anu ii~iteiiigence
ih,,r "ssuraiice nov ON! poruers puta c-
aunaily o~yerreacnes oh me ii,creoiDie.
ihey write 70 everypouy whom they mn
iihciy 'o assist tncih, or VINO mas, IN 1act.
az! money ~ oi' Mi,iiout inc siiehtest eN-
'"r ','a''h upo', ,hcI' c''ori.s.
Inc PROFESSIONAL writers OF begging let
.ers arr ~iiu9up'euiy tne most worthless
anu utteriy si'aineiui OF the pctty, swind-
iers VINO prey upon TIE city' lhey are
people whose euucatioh ana natural CUTS
fttuer " easy Tor thein 10 earn honest liv-
hgs. Ihey are rank hypocrites, using the
most revolving professions oil piety Ia
back Their demands. The money they ex-
,rset from tle loose purses OF foolish
phiiaiithropists invariably goes Tor pur-
poses oil deba'ichery' AS a writer SAID:
are Tue iouies, ana nastiest OF all
me ioui ana nasty birds me subsist,
Dusxaru-ike, on me onai OF the town.
Nhiiiiig' d~espicabie hounds, compared
WIN whom "a sneak inner Is "A gentle
man.