The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-23
A DEsPIcABLE VILLAIN.
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Sewly~lectcd statesmen. about 90
enter upon q carver In the house Of rcp-
res-utativc@ will do well Q hearken
unto a few words u wisdom out Of the
lips OF experience.
There Is = professional blaekmailer
In Washington. and he has been living
well In his chosen profession. lie has
been Ina the business for Al least fifteen
years. knows all about H. knows how
"a discover victims. knows how 90
bleed them. knows how 20 keep out
Of the hands Of the police and has
never been prosecuted. Nobody can
tell exactly how he operates for he
seems 10 have different schemes TO suit
different individuals. lie does not de-
vote all his time 20 senators and repre-
sentatives. but also burrows into the
purses Of cabinet oficers and heads Of
department bureaus.
lie scans all the hotel registers,
makes inquiry concerning the business
Of guests and. II he can work a dollar
out OF their pockets. he does 30. Ere
qnently when Office seekers come here
he manages 10 ascertain their ambi-
tons, hopes and desires; and then offers
his services as an attorney. lie wears
n grand army button, claims TO be the
publisher Of n grand army newspaper,
and 20 have influence with the heads of
departments. Not long since he caught
a new arrival, ascertained hat he had
been promised n position rs messenger
"a . s.l.~,- ~ ean v.rtuo,tb mani A. fha
chief clerk of the department and told
linn that the man was unworthy the
position and asked that the appoint
ment be held up until he could prove
his statements. The wco went
20 the department and was told that
there wa a ''hitch" in the matter. and
that his appointment was held up. The
blackmailer then saw his victim and
agreed TO have the appointment made
Immediately upon n contingent fee of
$40 per month for one year. The vic.
tim made the agreement The next
morning the blackmailer appeared be-
fore the chief clerk Of the department
and withdrew his charges. saying: II
had reference TO another man of the
same name" Thereupon the appoint
ment was made IN as originally in
tended, and the blackmailer gets $40
per month from his victim. besides
other monies which he borrows from
time TO time and never rcpays.
He has quite a number of regular vic
Tins of this kind. lie is n blatant,
loud-mouthed fellow, with infinite AS
surance. who walks into the offices of
leading officials, makes himself at
home in their presence. assumes 10 be
their best friend, calls some of them by
their first NAME, and nobody doclines TO
treat him well, because each and every
body fears him.
When the Ffty-frst congress con-
vened the blackmailer Swallowed every
new member, and he will do the same
with every new member of the Fifty
second congress when II convenes in
December. lie will keep a record of
their doings from day to day, and will
be able TO state just how many times
they drink, how often they gamble,
whether for money or for sociability;
and II they do anything worse and have
any social entanglements he will know
it. Then, after selecting his victims,
he will apply his augur and bore into
them for money. He will write IN ar
ticle stating certain facts about them,
giving n wicked coloring TO even the
most innocent happenings, and show
the article to the new congressman. II
will not be hbcious, nor render the
blackmailer indictable for SANDER; but
II will be an article which, If published
ut home would politically ruin the con-
gresham. As soon as his victim reads
the article he viii be in a surrcndering
condition, and want 10 do anything In
the world, even to the paying of money,
to~have the article suppressed. As soon
as the victim commences TO pay the
blackmailer, he will be in his clutches
during his entire public life. There are
several members OF congress to-day
who are paying this villain from twen-
" 70 6fty dollars each per month.
There was m Iowa man appointed
postmaster of n presidential post Office
once, but, before his commission was