The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-24
DUNLAP'S DUPES.
The Swindliug Employment Bureau
Pulled by the Police.


w. W. Dunlap, proprietor Of the Guar
antee Employment Intelligence Office,
and his clerk, Eugene Martinaw, recently
located at No. 10 Montgomery street,
were arraigned before Justice Stilsing
this morning on charge of obtaining
money under false pretences.
Assistant Prosecutor Norman l.. Rowe
conducted the examination for the State.
Some half-dozen victims of the alleged
fraudulent firm appeared as witnesses.
Several weeks ago Patrolman Richerich
notified Chief Murphy of the new intelli-
gence Office sign at the door of No. 10
Montgomery street.
About the same time the Assistant
Prosecutor received letter from man
named Henry A. Stone, of Division street,
Brooklyn. notifying him that firm,
headed by w. w. Dunlap, dealing in cleo
trical appliances, had swindled him, in
Philadelphia last summer, out of more
than hundred dollars, and had located
in this city.
Chief Murphy set Detectives Dalton,
Clas, Kilcauly and Smith watching the
methods of the Guarantee Employment
Company.
The detectives watched around for
several days, and fonnd that the COM
pany's method of doing business was to
receive callers to an advertisement in
serted in the New York papers, OF which
the following is sample
yXTANTED--MAN AND WIFE TO GO TO GENTLE
w mans country place. No is Montgomery
street, second floor front
When the applicant appeared he would
find himself in an intelligence office. The
position had either been supplied to some
one else, or efforts would be made to dis
courage the applicant by low salary or a
demand on part of the alleged advertiser
for the applicant TO furnish bonds.
Then offers would be made to supply
him a desired place within prescribed
number OF days for the payment of fee,
ranging from So to IS, with a written
agreement to return half the money
should the company fail to secure the
promised ''sit.
Dunlap, the proprietor, in connection
with his intelligence office, claimed also
to be president of manufacturing estab-
lishment in Jamaica, which made cleo
| trio belts.
Among the duped victims who ap-
peared in court this morning as witnesses
were Nicholas Scaw, of No. 329 First
street, who paid So for the promise of a
position as porter.
He was sent over TO Lafayette Hotel, N. Y,
to find SAM He found him, but
Sam" had secured another porter.
Sam" didn't know anything about the
Guarantee Company.
James dOAf, OF NO. LID brunswick
street, answered World advertisement.
He paid s. to the Guarantee Company
who sent him to find DR.. Angel, of No. 81
Lexington avenue New York, to take
| care OF the deetor's horses. The premises
were vacated
The clerk got mad and said he didn't
half enquire. The proprietor said the
doctor had gone to his country seat. 1t
was while Hoar was demanding back his
money that the detectives made the
arrest, but not before Hoar had been re-
funded the promised half.
The clerk seemed TO have become sus-
picious of Detective Dalton, who sat
among half a dozen others who came to
demand their money. Detective Kill
caully, too, acting under Chief Murphy Is
orders, had just a moment before
planked down three marked dollars for
the promise of situation as watchman,
giving his name as Thomas Smith, of
Myrtle avenue.
Martinau. the CLERK, claimed he had
been in the employ of the company but
three days, and had seen no evidences of
fraud in the company's method of doing
business.
He was committed by Justice Weed
yesterday afternoon, and is still under
$500 BAIL He made efforts this morning
to communicate with friends to secure
his release on bail.
Dunlap, being an invalid, was allowed
to sleep in his own quarters last night
under the surveillance of a policeman,
but being unwilling TO pay for the extra
expense of being watched by policeman,
was committed to jail this morning.