The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-30
NO COLLECTING ABOUT 1T,
NEITHER FROM THE FICTITIOUS DEBT.
ORS NOR THE ALLEGED CREDITOR

a wau or Complsint Goes Up iron Small
Army OF Young Men and woaen who
Deposited Cash with Houghton n Cas-.
satt and Got NsthirR but Fair Words.
Several months ago II. D. Houehton and
II. Cassatt OF 2l9 West Fourteenth street
opened an office at 1s West Fourteenth street.
and hung out a sign calling attention to the
METROPOLITAN Advertising Company. The flrm
began business BY answering newspaper al.
vertisements for situations wanted"
Every ono that was employed had TO pay
down o cash security. the amount ranging
from IS up. Bills we're made out In fictitious
names, and each morning band OF ambitious
young men and women started out on collect.
ing tours. Each employee had also to pay his
own expenses. Tho Arm is good for It," Mr..
Houehton would say with an air OF quiet con-
ndenoe.
Frederick Meise. Jr.. OF 1877 West Sixteenth
street. is q bookkeeper. He was married three
months ago. On April 20 Mr.. Msise saw an
advertisement for q young man to collect
. bills. He answered 1t, and on the following
!. day received q reply from the company. He
called at the Office and met Mr.. Houghton.
who asked him II he could give security. He
said he had money in the bank. HouRhton
, engaged him to collect bills and told him his
i wages would be SIS week to start with. His
oioi The 81 Eas, Twsn,y-seeoai sssse. station
Ncse was directod to find at the Hoffman
House. both BINS amounted 70 SIS sn ,Sa i ns
out out 10 coiect them smile lie started out and inter
epenIing half Aday returned TO tell AR: HoMgh-
Nv ,hs' i0 9. nm are s bad asSs:
anyhow; don't run after them any more"
AMI h sc H ss c txo f h Ss0S NJ
ssS ana he de M soS m"re Security
Vhnu Maton nStr mad nt nfp
lot YOU collect any more. You have bad luck"
Meiss rot s sirsa and de9anu.d his money and
his wages. Eassatt sud lie had no money to
Cassatt, who toro them up. ,Melse says. Meise
s III s Ss saw SS NJ noS sh Oh.
SSss sss PS
adelrhia on very Important business"
Meise was pleased AND gave $lo as security.
vertising rates OF ali the newspapers III that
city, anu he had t. pay hs W. pace
his employ ers Expressed themselves MS rleased
with his work. and sad they had a stiil more n
YOU'D Su out down another IS su9 He did AMI
Il for HesH Mr. fn
with q certificate. which made him tho sixth
Vas 70 hire canvSssers and them out Of his
own POCKETS. At this work he spent good
many dollars
Lust Wednesday It began to dawn on Mr..
Meise that something must be wrong. so he
consulted Detective Sergeant Heidelberg who
occurred sufficient evideucs IT. to get a warrantior
could not be found. but Csssatt was 1t bis
offlce yesterday morning. md was taken to tho
jefferson Market Court. Justice Kelly placed
his hail at q 900. and I. y. Armstrong went
his bond. The case was set down tor Aug. 4.
Yesterday AFTERNOON 1t was discovered that
Cassatts partner. Ii. u. Houghton. Is In Ray.
mOnd street mil. Brooklyn under the name "
Q. A. Cash. Cassatt says that he was deceived
by Houghton.
Last Saturday morning when Detective
Heidelberg visited tho ONCE In Fourteenth
street there wore fourteen young men and
women there demanding their money and call:
ing tasaatt hard names These nro a few Of
the reported victims Of the Honghton- Gassatt
s bo Logan p1ds OF SS1 dser
OF % East Fifteenth street. ~ Eighth avenue.
wick; $. Strout OF LOG Mnverley avenue. Yon-
kers. Mr.; stront collected for the company
Two months. He was to ret SIS month. but
received nothing. He got hold Of $40. how.
ever. and held to It There are many other
complaints against The firm.