The Portland daily press., 1892-02-27

and nothing of less than $4,000 value, date Of
paper the Information was taken anu also date
Wnen house will be finished do Iv" eTa 10 ~
me most important LILLE arn have sold screens
to lately and the amount you were able to sell
SO can tell how many sucn hae9 yoH i Ia bur,
nlsn now and how many pr, list now and how
many per week I have some money lett to me
and have the cash to push ints BUSINESS anu
VIII gay you well for your sn address me- ss
above at present, although aiii ho' iieie iiiuch
DuI VIII get mail as above.
ioui'' VIM. P. WAsHBURN.
A third ]ettor was dated and post
marked at Boston. This letter was writ
ten on letter head, printed in this city
at the order of Mr.. Burrowes, paid for
by him and delivered to him. The let
ter head reads:
VIM P WAsHBURN,
Agent for Casper's Patent Weather f;a stTp1 ppi
Postofiice address. Station A., BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA, January %, 1892.
Mr.. CummingsNDear Sir: Your letter is re-
celved WAITED several Gays Ior II, anu az II
alu not come came here anu u WIS ioi Mstueu
to me- | will work here TOT the next 1our
weeks, and you can forward letters to me, care
General Delivery, Phila., as may not remain
mere ie more than two weeks. you can oo a. s you
about it, if I dc not get the names will not
have to pay for them. I cannot do any more
than have to assure you that no one aCatI ever
of our transactions. Another thing, your firm
could not blame YOU if they found out (Which
they never wilD, for you 40 tne Work IN your
own 6Nrn um me- and you are not aolng anything 70
--''' - - IL Y 70 VIM P. WAsHBURN.
A fourth letter is as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, February l., 1892.
Mr.. Cummings-Dear Sir: Yours OF the 10Th
IS received, and have been considering tne
matter. As far as our matters being entirely
confidential, would say that you need never
give the matter one moment OF thought as none
but you and myself will ever know about our
sod tbs screen yea T o sew viii ~ pay You cents
each name. the name to include al.
dress, state sold, and amount sold. l Will want
names you have sold two or three times week.
What about other lists of names you have not
sold? Send me sample list OF them IN Few
days (say 250) and will pay you So for them
They are all to be new houses in different parts
Of the country, houses to cost $4,000 or more.
Give me your name, address, date OF paper you
take 1t from think can pay. You well Tor
copying these names for me, as nave not tlmei
Do not delay the other uames for these ESQ. L
Will send the cash as fast as due ADDRESS lOf
present, General Delivery Phlladelphla
WILLIAM P. WAsHBURN.
A fifth letter was dated and mailed at
Philadelphia.
February 9, '92.
Mr.. Cummings-Dear Sr-I have no reply to
my letter II viii soon be too late if you do not
answer. If you propose to send names, send
them along, and I will guarantee you will be
fully satisfied with what pay you.
WILLIAM P. WAsHBURN.
Send to General Delivery, Philadelphia.
The next letter was in reply to sug
gestion that Washburn should pay in
advance for the names he wanted. 1t is
as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16, 1892.
Mr.. CummingS-Dear Sir: In reply to yours OF
the 18th, would say, was surprised to receive
your letter on my return from Pittsburg, where
have been for about one week: had given
up any idea of doing business with you, and no
letter from you had been forward ed to me, ac-
cording to directions left at the Philadelphia
| post office. Now, in regard to paying you in
advance-would say that have shown my good
sma o smoun y SHOWS sf M Ma
will not confne my payments to Is cents or
| even to 25 cents per name OF parties actually
sold but yin Ray4a 6ngg tot TO g fno ya tS
orders. Where orders have been taken for
| some time the names are actually Oh no use 70
me, as must hayethem fresh if they are to be
of any use to me in securing business. Wnen
| you send names / will Immediately send you
| remittance of SIS, Sl0or SIS at any time, ac-
cording to value of what you send:
| would not pay any more in advance than
| have already paid. am no more OF stranger
| to you than you are to me. 1 have rlsked 50
and you have risked nothing L have got to
that point that don't care much whether. do
| any business with you or not. have no time to
| write long letters, and have got about through
doing it. will sayright here though, all your
correspondence will be strictly confidential just
| as l have several times assured you it would
| be-. expect to go to Boston in, a few weeks
and will meet you there then, and will have a
long talk with you. | must have the names
(! now, if at all, as l am travelling about and need
I them now if at all.
1 am going to Harrisburg today for a few
days, and in a very short time will go to Wash
ington, d. c. land after am going to Trenton and
| Newark, Nj. You can direct me at the gen.
eral delivery, Harrisburg, for a few days and
then to the general delivery, Philadelphia, as
have my mail forwarded from Philadelphia to
me wherever am l am ready to pay you any
amount which you can actually render me good
w '''o 80 WILLIAM P. wAsHBURN.
can also use good lists from papers of re-
| cent dates.
The Letter Heading.
Mr.. Geo. W. Loring, the printer, who
is one of the witnesses in the case,
printed the letter heads of the paper on
which the letters signed by Washburn
are written. Mr.. Loring says he re-
ceived the order for the printing from
Mr.. Burrowes, and that Mr.. Burrowes
came in person for the goods and paid
| the bill.
What Burrowes Says of Washburn.
Yesterday morning, Mr.. Burrowes sent
the following letter to Mr.. Cummings:
Mr. Clarence Cummings, city. Dear Sir: A
| young man acting as travelling salesman for a
| Chicago concern, of which we have known for
| some years, was here some time ago. and ar
| ranged with me to forward his mail to him, his
headquarters being Boston when he is not tray
| cling. His name is William T. Washburn. He
| claims to know you well, but the irregular way
| his mail has been coming makes me think that
| he is not what he is representing himself to be,
| and write to ask you if you have known him
| long and if he is all right If you will let me
| know what you know about him as soon as con-
| venient you will obge. have written his con-
| Germ in Chicago, and will doubtless learn of
| them in few days whether he is straight or not.
Yours respectfully,
E. T. BURRowEs.
The only W. P. Washburn who has
been known here for some years is a
young, man who formerly boarded at the
Preble House and who at one time was
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