New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
TIE STINDLERS TRIED TIE WRONG MIN
uc,rrv.coopsa MEN SENT A CIRCULAR TO
RUSSELL Z. HARRISON AND WERE CAUGHT

ucprrvGOODsn MEN SENT a CIRCULAR TO
RUSSELL b HARRISON AND WE'RE CAU"H1'
Russell Z. Harrison is pretty well known as u'o
CON Of the President and as newspaper PIop''I
~ ,o,..,,ly there are men who never heard OF
him ono of those ignorant persons sent " I1'',' "
Cow. xeeks ago directed r. Is. HARRISON Helena,
AZ, =. " was a typewriter document WHICH h'u
~, s,,n,.urc but bore in one corner INC idiHc d'.u
the address. No. - Mottst., Ne"-ioFh Guy, ~
hogan I'm a complimentary way, l" u'' nv"
4. Indgiu, YOU 10 be man OF business c"p"o"9 IA
whom ] can place confidence and also III " posi'on
70 handle my goods IN safety have concndel "
a, IA Won II have made mistake let maj
,o,s dr,, NV principle Is Never wrong man VINO
* willing 70 provc friend" The writer then ihauo
come obscure references to his STOCK ""loH Nv
aid was Of the denominations OF rs 3s anu AOs'
and injured anxlously Do you understand lHo
reader who was familiar with the peculiar oitle.'
OF dealers OF counterfeit money "O'uu A"'o NUM-
difficulty in UNDERSTANDING
MIR Harrison sent the envelope and encl sure to MAJOR
l. e. Kuthbone Chief POstoicc Inspector a Washington
,ccompanying them with "A Characteristic etlcr u
o1 uatVIred surprise at the reception OF tN7 Ha'Vc
i'm, communication and suggesting that an mveSu-
cation be made as the identity OF the writer III
ucctor Jacobs. Of The Washington ONCE started ior
NcwYork. and with Inspectors Hartshorn and MOTIFS
lc.an a careful search fJr the green goods dealers
They watched No. - Mott-st. and found that mai
vax received at the barber shop at that number
The Iu.pectors noticed that the men who obtained
,e ltter, went ~ No. asa Pearl st., and they Kept
watch there until yesterday at noon. when uey
lad secured sufficient evidence. They entered the
rooms In Pearl st. fcqucuted by the men and arrested
Joseph Barnett WHO, they say, IS known 70 INC
police as Hungry joe no. ." Charles Mort"h'
otherwise known as MazzOni, aud James Daily. All
the prisoners were wclldre-aed, and appeared to DC
prosperous. DAILY Is an elderly man and the Others
Ale below mddeage.
They were taken before Commissioner Shields, ana
were held in q, 800 10 await examination Oh charge
OF using the mails III scheme to dcffand. the
Inspectors hurried back to No. 454 Pcari-at. They
quarters Oh The saWduSt7 men. In ono room was
an OPIUM pipe, some opium and all tJc pdIaphcrndia
ncceSs'F "f mtung the pipe The Inspectors
iould III alothcr room boxes containing thou dnds Oi
aOdlcas'N envelopes, BrdsIectS Gu-incs guide, and
several pd'hd-ca OF printed and tvpcW Ittcu circulars.
OON teu up and partly sealed also found.
il was one OF te dummy boxes used b. deceive tho
w0uldbc layers OF cOuterfct money. The victim
Is taken 10 tic rear OF liquor store, or t. some
other FpuIl' ne sees some good money IN the
hands Ci tie sWindlers, aid agree, 10 bIly IT, II T.,
placed I'm boz, tied up ana carehlllv sfacd and
then placed IN a Draw or under A table where a
LdnHmy" bON OF similar Appearance /, su,.ftutcsl
for II. The box found ycsLerday wa oncu.,I i,v
the Inspectors ana contained only a brolcu- n crlcd
empty bottle, which Wa, carefully wrauuod i'm a,
newspaper until II lu,t fitted into the boy The I'm
spcctOrs think they have broken up one of tLn
principal gangs Of gcen-goOds' swinders In The cIty