The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-04
WORTH DOING WE'LL"
COchrane Wants to Get All the
Money Possible.
AN ADVANCE IN HIS FREE LOTS.
Successful Guessers of His Conundrums
Are Asked to Pay n Little More
-His Attorney Friend.

Arthur D. Cochrane appears to be full of
schemes to attract the unwary. The PosT-lS-
TELLtGENcER has already exposed two or three
OF his advertisements Offering TO give lots in
Seattle and other prizes TO those who guess con-
undrums and send a little money for sub
serlption to the West Shore, the Northwestern
Evangelist or some other publication which
may or may not have existence. But
when man has sent the subscription
and guessed the conundrum - usually a
Biblical one Cochrane has new
eontrivance all prepared for getting more
money from his victim. For instance. James
Norris, OF Streator, H., guessed the conun.
drum, and In return he received from Cochrane
letter, printed below, asking s475 to pay the
cost OF transferring the lot. Mr.. Norris, instead
OF allowing himself 10 be bled any further, for
warded the letter to his friend here, n. Posten,
coal agent of the Oregon Improvement COM
pany. The money, Si75, was enclosed to Mr..
Posten, but he viii return it to Mr.. Morris III
stead OF giving il to Cochrane.
The letter is a. follows:
Dear Friend: Your letter Is received and we
hastea to send you the news, which you will no
doubt be glad TO hear. that your answer to our
prize eonundrum is tho correct one, and that
YOU are entitled TO our magnificent building lot.
We have secured the services OF first-class at
t0rney to have lac title of this lot transferred TO
your name, and AS he is a friend he has con-
sented TO charge only half the usual price, max
ing the cost OF searching and guaranteeing the
title only s., OF preparing and furnishing the alb
stract only sl.5e, and for Notery Public work
only 25cts. This makes 81 IS expenses which are
incurred in the transfer of this piece of property
but whatever is worth doing is worth doing
Well and ii certainly pays 10 have everything
perfectly right in an important real estate
transfer.
So as to be sure that you take deep interest
in our paper before giving ysu this lot we en-
close two promise blanks that those who re-
ceive gifts from Us sign, and we request you
kindly TO sign them both and send us one and
keep the other 10 remind yon what You have
promised. We will also ask you to pay the rs
expenses incurred in the transfer of this piece
OF property.
If you do not take sufficient interest in our
paper 70 sign the promise TO advertise US among
your friends, we cannot afford to give you this
lot, bus will give ii TO one that does. So VIII
make this condition, that your promise ana the
$i7 must be mailed by you within four days
after you receive this letter, otherwise the lot
Will so to another. Be sure and sign the pro-
mise, for if You forget mail your letter after
the four days have passed, We shall have TO re-
turn your money. AS soon as the money and
promise reaches us tif you mail ii within four
DAYS after you receive this) We vii! cause the
papers to be made out and forwarded TO you by
registered letter.
Please use the envelope addressed to ourselves,
which We enclose, and send = postofiice order or
draft on New York (obtainabs At any bank for
the amount. We have entered your name on
our subscription books, and we will send YOU
the August number extra. rs that has an article
in II We would ike you to read. We are always
improving il, and have advanced the regular
price 10 s. per year. We know il will be so good
that you will want to renew il at the end of
your six months even at that price. Expecting
to receive your reply in good time, and congrst-
uiating you on your success, we are, Yours
Truly.
THE SNYpER-CocHRANE PUBLISHING HOUSE
A. d. CoCHRASE, President
Dictated by A. d. c.
This letter is printed in typewriter. but great
many copies have evidently been taken, for the
Posr -ISTELLIGENcER already has two-ons OF
them considerably blurred.
Cochrane's advertisements have ceased to
appear in the New York Voice, which
printed several, for Everett Smith has
written to the publishers of the paper exposing
the true character of Arthur d. Cochrane, of the
Vest Shore, the snyder Cochrane publishing
house, the Washington Railroad & Improve
ment Company, the Northeastern Evangelist and
the Seattle Tract House-all OF them aliases of
Arthur D. Coehrane.