Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
A PLOT OF BOSOM FRIENDS.
The One Permits the Other to Use His
Name and References

The One Permits the Other to Use His
Name and References
And this is how it happened. Hall and
Curran had for years been bosom friends.
Since they were boys in Cincinnati they
had shared each others. joys and sorrows.
Both were hard up few months ago.
Hall was a ne'er-do-well, albeit good
hearted How. He once had wife and
children and a happy home, but liquor
broke all that up and his wife obtained
divorce. Then he went down lower, and
would have starved while here had ne
Kohlsaats not helped him. But he and
Curran remained firm friends After a
long search Hall obtained employment
here in real elstate Office but Cur,.qn
was in bad luck. He could get nothing
to do.
A Possible Opening.
A few weeks ago while looking over the
advertisements in the Sunday papers, C -
ran ran across one inserted by Z. W. Gil
lette, the tiavoring extract manufacturer
on River street. Gillette wanted a tray /
ing salesman, and Curran though he could
fill the position. As he states in his let
ter, he was a stranger in the city, and bad
no references. He and Hall talked tne
matter over, and bright idea occurred to
them. As James Curran in hard luck and
without references would stand no chance
of getting the position. As the cousin of
Judge KOhlsaat all would be clear sail
ing Hall, who it appeared from t
judges statement, was of a most generous
disposition, fell heartily in with the
scheme.
Overcame the Cash Difficulty.
There was another difficulty to over.
no n l..
was required as deposit for the samples
that would be inyusted to the salesman.
Neither Hall nor Curran had seen that
amount Of money in some time. Hal,
however thought he could fix that all
right. There was the Judge, who was his
first cousin, and to whom he had often ap-
piled for help. Halls conscience must
have troubled him somewhat, as he ex-
hausted every other means to raise the re-
quired 81. before asking the Judge for il.
He asked the judge. telling him that he
could get good job if the loan was made.
and Judge kohEsaat gave him his check
for the amount.
Curran Gets the Position.
In the meantime Curran had written to
E W. Gillette applying for the position.
He signed Halls name to the letter and
gave his cousin Judge kohlsaat' as ref
erence. He received reply requesting
him to call. This was before the SIS had
been obtained, but it made the raising
thereof imperative, and Hall saw his
cousin Immediately with the success
noted above. Hall gave the check to his
friend and Curran took it to Gillette.
The latter never saw Hall, but did bust
ness all the way through with Cnrran.
He was pleased with the mans address.
and though he knew nothing of his char
acter, lie considered Judge Kohlsaat's
check sufficient guarantee on that point,
and gave Curran the job
Goes Travelling ''Ineegnito."
Cure n, under the name of Frank c.
Hall, went out on the road, and did well
for his employer. 1t does not appear that
Hall was any gamer from the scheme, but
that he entered into it simply to help his
boyhoo1 friend out of the hole. Curran
Is still n Ohio, and wrote that he would
continue his route unless he heard from
the firm GO the contrary. DIR. Gillette is
in Europe. His manager. L. H. Hill, said
yesterday: ave will not discharge Curran
for has deception, and shall allow him to
remain on tbs road ior time at least.
He has been faithful in the discharge of
his duty. We shall investisss&e his pre-
vious record, and if it will wasnsst such
action will eoo6iase hSn in oH eMphy.n
Poor Han To Be DesensS Buried
Poor Hall got discouraged. His situa-
ton was not good one. He was weak