The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-11
SOME SAD statesmen.
a NUMBER OF RICHMOND NEE
CHANTS HAyE BEEYs wINDLED.
Two Women Have l-nrcbss'd Goods from
Bread street Houses on the instsiment
Plan and Faiaed TO Pay.

Richmond merchants have been swim
died recently.
II ,s a pleasant thing TO say that shop
uft,ng or fraudulent ! ractices upon the
merchants OF Richmond are very rare.
The only Incidents OF he kind that are
rarely chronicled are tho Sc where stran-
gers OF nature and ap. .earaace calcu-
lated 20 deceive even the mcst careful
succeed in working" the pnfh ling store
keeper.
Then these precious gen try generally
skip" for fresh fields and pas lures new
There are plenty OF such. ganoier
told me once: There Is a next sucker porn
every minute" j believe 1t, Tor gam
bier told me so.
To come down 10 the hard. Io5aic facts
there have been some people IAaylLB
number OF prominent business people mere
for months past. Lately thes customers
have left Richmond. They III sc'tfceiy
dare TO return. for the police are all al
vised Of their crookedness. End Justice
John has a special poem ready 20 reau
them. II they do come BACK.
IL Is very hard to get the IA cts Tor the
average business man dislikes 10 nave any
such errors OF judgment mem lohed' But
competition is great in these DAYS anu
risks are taken every day. doh you
know? % 49,
firms would talk freely. for WI tch duly
gave him my journalistic blessing. May
his tribe increase, He is ~ Oldest ana
does not want his name given
His experience believe, was subsran-
TALLY that OF all Of the merchants VINO
sold on the instalment plan, mat IL 10
say. Messrs. J. NJ. Charpell q Co, Jewel
atnn
Uatton. furniture and Charcs -. Jur-
gems furniture. all OF Broad street.
Mesdanes smith, Simpson or Sinnott, as
those females there were two) called
themselves. would call on the store
keeper
They were dressed well and talked well.
Talked very well, made vague illusions
TO contracts in the railroad way that my
husband and papa had.
Stofekeeper pleased. MAKES contract.
Ladies pay something down Goods sent
at once.
There were three addresses. one at
north Ninth street, next at the house on
Broad street next TO the Brcad-street
Methodist church, and finally to 529 north
Tenth street.
For a while payments come regularly
then stop Collectors go and get no
money. but excuses by the y ard.
Then comes head of the mouse. lie
wants to know, you know. Finds the
ladies in a mood to bluff him. "Busi-
ness" as the actors say Of defiance,
Leave my house" &c, &c.
Head of house then demands money or
goods. Finds no goods. Ladies teal him
the landlord has seized them for rent.
Finds out from landlord. whose name
they gave him, that it is not true.
Landlord wishes he could find the goods
there Next visit the birds have flown
Messrs julius Sycle & Son were caugh.
for dry goods, small bill. SEM to be
paid cash. Then through some excuse
the goods were left The money never
came.
J. A. Grgg, Of Main street, was put IN
for shoes-how much l could not learn.
These interesting females left the city
two weeks ago Monday.
l learn they are in Washington at hS
Eighteenth street. northwest. There
seems 10 be no concert of action towards
arresting them and bringing them here.
one OF Mr.. Wallace's people went to
Washington and brought back some of
their goods a day or two since, and some
Of the jewelry was found In 4 pawn
brokers' shop here i'm Richmond.
The amounts of losses as far as could
be ascertaned were Haskell Hatton,
about $i2: G. -. Jurgcns, &Sl; julius
Sycle & Son. 81.
The amounts lost by other people could |
not he learned, nor could IT be ascertained |
whether they proposed to push the pun
ishment Of the women or not.
The females were clever enough in all |
these transactions to keep the amount
below $50, Il was remarked, to avoid any
charge of felony for which they could be |
brought back on requisition.