Telegram-herald., 1890-06-24
TIE SLICKEST TRICK YET
New and Elaborate Schcrne OF tho
Groon-GoodG Operator.
cosEs Ns~.papsr Clipping shows How
safs Is Il TO Handls Hls Counte erfeits
CIiTterins Indaeomen
Exclusive state Fights

The ways Of tho ''grcen-Soods" man
-no many and dc-yious; but for original
ity OF design. brilliancy OF conception
and novelty OF construction the laees.
scheme Ot this class OF confidence oper-
ators leaves az others at the post and
stamps its author as q full-blown lily OF
tho valley.
The new wrinkle is composed OF three
parts-a circular. password" and
apparently newspaper clipping. IL
Is calculated 70 take In the greedy and
unscrupulous on che frst attack. The
circular is not unlike many others OF its
rlass and IL printed In an imitation Of
typoscript It commences:
my Dear SIR: I am 3e.irous Of OBJ
tanning a good. shrewd agent in your
locality 10 handle my medicine. The
enclosure herewith gives all the infor-
NATION that could be desired, and ex-
plains ITSELF Then follows an appeal
10 the cupidity Of the intended victim,
rsplc,s wt:sh quotation marks and gold
81 chAooe" language. An earnest plea
Cor secrecy comes next and then the In
so<nA tioG s youohsafed that the sub
Hriber will only deal with his Gus
Dpners FACE 10 faco- he announces him
pe2s - 'pquare and honorable white
man. and says that IL his goods" arc
not sssasfsosory On inspection he will
snake you Q present Of One thousand
DollArs in Goidp This is underlined
and the words are capitalized, probably
an symp.<hy with tho subject The
centleman, who signs himself You
Know" pstheticAlly inquiries what
fairer could you Ask He then goes on
90 state his prices: $500 gets Three
Thousand; s40O gets Five Thousand;
$3.50 gess Ten thousand; $1,000 gets
Thirty thousand The more you
Invest the cheaper you rot the goods
The sizes run from one 20 twenty.
Three hundred dollars worth OF goods
s. positively the smallest amount | will
sell under any circumst stances. You
Know" does not want any little ten
dollar suckers he is after the big fish
who will De less likely % 'Squeal' when
the trick is turned. But he IA generous
20 a fault lie says; IT you invest $3.50
or moro l will agree to give you the ex-
elusive state right" Think Of that
After all this he gives minute in
structious. Only a telegram will De re-
ceivod By him and this must only con-
tain the words Send instructions
"You Know does not care % uso tho
nails. This telegram must b signed
a il shown on 8 separate slip which
reads
Kc-p tAis f'r future references.
Send your telegram 20 Charles wilson.
LOAD Adams st-oet. uODokon. Nsw Jersey.
You- Pass Word" and siyn IS Waltz 7Sl'
On not si-1 any thing Else
Caafion-De surr Tou have the numbers plain
" written On ths telegram after you sign the
va-d Watz' Otherwise Jour telegram VII
positively receive 10 attel-iou. TAe agures
ar very important
Of course. Ths number Ts3 Is tho
tsllT number % th9 address 20 which
Ia circular has beon NAILED. and you
Know would feel swfully grieved II
some one should bite as bis green bait
whom ~ could not identify tie would
FEEL almost as II he had h>sn robbed.
But shs circular "a nothing a. com
parcd With ~ n-~spaPor clipping Tho
latt,-r a agsnaiae ~orS OF arr aud 70
BE- appreci1ted must bs -ivcn due prom
ineacr On one side of tho alp. which
IL colarn wide. With about a quarter
Of an inch - print left outside ne ruls
on each side % make as look genuine.
part q a titls iu, a s~en which is SIN
liar ~ 7bou. he sa1e sizcd section
froui re Nsw York TINES The date
line shows N-v York. Tau and
the rest "a cut awav. n the column Is
tie con ti7uation II special article On
tho insane asylum at Bisckvslrs Isl-
ard or the reverse si1e . Al ar+icie
headed 'rfhs Countsrfeiter Free-A
'Quecr ani Easy Wav - Getting Rich
BAD s,r she Covern nent" The same
care ms heen szsen % have sufficient
rri1- On each sids % the rrles - make
the bo-us s-air look -onuine TIE it-
tie mechanical Points ~hlch Eive the