Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-19
DISHONEST DUpBs.
The Dersys are SkilfslIy Manipulated
and Nc One Pitie~ the Fools.


andsNe One Pitie~ the Fsol~.
Have you seen one IF these.~ d oues-
ton frsqu .niiy asksd Of the JoussAL and
acc mranJiog the query letter IL drawn
fen the . esss The ;nnccens kohina
missivs contains tie bsi. that keeps full
game bag for the green goods" men The
unvary recipient opens il sod reads il clear
through. The words seem to him fsaught
With helpful sympsshy. They remind him
thst svsry msn 10 sup oosed 70 look on, for
hin, self; that it makes little difference how
smsn ssp his m ,ney provided he Only gets
Il The reader has heard just sue, talk
for years, coming from persons, too, who
would be FIRST to condemn any such con-
diton Of snsirs. His mind IL n
once 81 ed With fsaciss Ut plsth-
ORC p.ckst book sni all tie dsIigh:. con
neetsd Herewith. The dupe apparently
never ihisks ~ sppiyiag he kraves' logic
70 their own % urss ~ the money they
sell 10 ~ rood a. national bsak notes and
caot be distinguished from them, Why viii
they sell him thirty dollars fer one Oh,
no. He rover THINKS Of ihs,. but they are
fine seuilsmen sifo 'ay hey are "~hIte
men ard 3eal on the 'quaYe. How his
nsisbbor will tuck their eyes opt when hs
comes back from New York with plenty
Of money. The moment such ideas
get possession Of him. he will not show
the letter to anyone. gill not ask ID nice for
he d.res not Even his rife. IL he has one,
.ill not br Consulted. Were he to do 20
her Intuition you'd likely discern the folly
Of the scheme,
An inquiry OF the postal authorities here
reveals the fact that they are cor SANITY in
reosip, Of complsi1'' from persons receiv-
ing these letters.
The hsaGqa artsrs Of the ring ara in
Ses York and they have agents all over
the country espscisiIy in the South" said
Thu. ssntlsmaa. "Thgss asents ARR far.
ol.hed With the names Of the iatended VIC
tina and after they have conducted the
negotiations to = eer'sin stage smother age ut
from he New TX hescq ,srsFrs steIs in
And Aaishss the s-indis. BY thus dividing
up the YORK the rsscals make it almost in
pos,itI, for the authorities to ,ecure q con-
rlcton
The game ~ An old one but there are
.svsrsi inrovstions and jsn nov they sre
ssudins cut circular containing What pur-
port. to be ne ~spspsr clipping. The n,
tois eoDix,asd 10 this clipping is allufiog ip
thu extreme. giving an account Of the &C
lriusi % . msn for selling counterfsis
bsc,use the spui ious notes were so perfect
that gGYernn cot experts could not say
positively that they were not genuine. This
apparent newspaper cippiog 1. a part Of
IN, .hrewl svi0dle It il = bogus clipping
calCulated 10 c,nvince the du9s that the
queer" lie Is TO buy ,ntot b.
distin gnlshsd from the real mrney
IE.a lely concoctsd tale and conta n
bs made BY the government experts that
we lind that the oited States Treasury
notes which We have examined were printed
from genuine plates used by former work
men IN the Piiaiing Bureau. IL may also
not bs amiss to inform the court that the
S.crc, Service DEPARTING has long been
aware ,hat s1me person had possess 10 Of a
set Of genuine plates supposed to have
been furnished by one Of the snsrsver in
the Engraving Buresu.'
This plausible lie is foIlowsd by long
string Of others
The circular accompanying this 10 marked
"Mictly confidential " Sometimes il d
reefs the sender Of the telegram to them t,
order !osl q: potatoes snd they will know
that IL means ne - coming on to buy. The
circulsr dvelis at length on letting slip the
golden opportunity o. ons's life etc Some
times present of 5000 in gold and All
travelling expenses are Hered If the man
coming on and seer the money is not sat
,.Hed with II
"Or course, sail In, file Al, every per
son Who read. the newspapers /, fsmlisr
with tho msrret 'h'y handle I . victim
ate, they ONCE get him IA Nav York IL
will be taken TO coma 70 IN and shown a
lot Of good MONEY Ai,ef he has K.mlaei
II ard right before hi. eyes the
monsy il pu' up il parcel And hs
t.he, Il Oh al h him Ia bis far away home
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