New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-12
BANDED WITH SWINDLERS.
IETTERCARRIERS ACCOMPLICES OF
"GREEN GOODS MEN.
EIGHT GOVERNMENT employees SUSPENDED
AND THE DISMISSAL OF SEVEN MORE

URGED.
Tho PostoiIicc authorities have had task Of the
greatest difficulty in coping with the men
Tho use the mails TO further their schemes. These
mon flood the country with circulars saying that they
vii, sell money made from stolen Government plates
AZ 10 per cent Of It's face value The victims pay their
rood money and receive brown paper something
pas,ofUce here were suspended for a time. and the
dismissal OF seven more was recommended W POST
master-General wanamaker. the charge OF aiding
the swindlcrs. ,
The Postofice authorities have list containing 5000
oddresses of green goods" men, All Of these men
have number OF addresses and aliases. Letters ad-
dressed to them are marked x d. by The assorers to
Indicate that they must not be delivered For some
time number of these letters have been delivered
however. in spite of their being marked. suspicion
that this was the case, last August caused f. Il.
patbbone chief inspector of the Postoico Department
40 send Inspector Jacobs to this city to work on the
case. Mr. Wheeler, the chief inspector Of the New
Work. Postocc, and Mr.. Harshorn, his assistant. also
bent their energies to discover the guilty men.
Not long ago 200 answers sent to circulars OF
srindlers by Mr. Wheeler and number Of these were
answered. having been delivered in spite OF being
marked X d. In this way it was learned that fifteen
carriers had violated the rules They were snbIected
~ a searching cross-examnation by Mr.. Wheeler ana
HE assistants They learned that several OF the
received regular salary OF % VICE.
from the swndlers for delivering letters to them one
man confessed that he In the pay OF six drerent
green goods" men, There three letter carriers
nm each route and In all three were con-
federates Of volators Of the postal laws On othcr
routes only one man would be guilty
The dismissal of only seven mon was recommended
because they were all who appeared to have acted a.
they did because they were paid for It, The others
seemed to have been merely careless and escaped WIN
short suspension. The authorities refused to gave
the names of any Of the accused men yesterday
'that 1t would be better to wait until Mr. wanamakei
had announced his decision. Whether any prosecutions
will follow could also not be learned
The statement published yesterday that the mer
were punished for not contributing to the Repuohcai
campaign fund is OF course, reuted by the foregoing
facts Postmaster Van Colt said yesterday mat M
assessments whatever made to his knoweuge aiie
that the inspectors had not even inquired hto th'
political opinions Of the suspected men 49,
Ncw-YOrk and the ncigbboTing clues ana ooWns
are the headquarters Of the various bands OF green
| goods Most Of the swindlers are 9rgahihc,c
In regular bodies, the most important OF whicn,
believed has quarters at the Adams House 70. -
Market-st Newark Edward Parmlee is at the head
| Of this hand, and Is Of the most accomplished
| OF the men In his line Of crime. - H., .
The swindIers seek TO use the telegraph nnes az
much possible for their purposes Ao ASams #
IIobOken, address which does not exist Ihrougr
The operators however the kilograms reach the mel
| for whom they are intended. ,., ,,,.., 49,
were going TO make an arrest Of an important greer
goods man. George Hastings reglstred e,.Sr' coli
| flaming 800 and addressed to him at NO 23a BOW
cry, was received from Bambauette Aa' Ha e y.
receipt for the envelope. lie lost the $1oo' bu
escaped arrest.