The sun., 1892-08-26
Further Punishment for a Convicted
Swindler.

The swindler convicted by the evidence
which we published on Wednesday is Jo-
sEPH PULITZER: meaning by JOSEPH PU-
LITTER the bogus news factory built up by
his genius for obtaining money under false
pretenccs. tho machinery for elaborate and
systematic imposture originally invented
by him. and the employees and pupils who
take his dirty money in return for dirty
work under the brazcn dome.
For the sake Of honest journalism and the
good name Of tho American press we began
this unpleasant job. intending to make it
thorough. We therefore ask every jour-
nalist and newspaper reader who is inter-
ested. to turn first to the Worlds reply Of
yesterday. reproduced in full on this page.
and. having examined attentively all that
tho World offers in the way Of defence. then
to consider with equal care the remarks
upon the same herewith subjoined.
The convicted swndler. us it will be OBJ
served. does not venture to deny or at
tempt to meet any part Of the evidence
proving that the SCHIAPARELLI and the
BISMARCK interviews were absolutely
fraudulent as interviews: that Prof. SCH1A-
PARELLI communicated his views respect
ing the planet Mars to no correspondent Of
the World, and that he had never heard OF
tho New York World; that DR.. HOFFMAN,
introduced no correspondent OF tho
World to Prince BISMARCK at Kissingen.
and that he. like the Italian astronomer,
had never heard OF the New York World
until this impudent fabrication was brought
to his notice. Mr.. PULIrzER's representa-
tives conhne themselves to the supple
mentary fraud charged by The Sun.
namely. that the bogus BISMARCK inter-
view OF July 12 was cabled from here to
London on Aug. 8. nearly month after it
had been printed as a special cable de-
spatch Of tho earlier date, with instructions
to their agent in London to repeat the long
despatch back to New York verbatim. That
second fraud was undertaken In order to
put the swindlers on this side in possession
OF . cablo copy. genuine except as to the
date. a defect which it was easily within
the resources Of the forgers Of the estab.
lishment to remedy.
Bear in mind that the desperate expedi.
ent in question was undertaken after the
visit OF Mr.. PULITZER's employees to Mr.
. DONALD NICHOLSON OF the Tribune. wher
they exhibited to that gentleman some
thing purporting to be the original Kissin
gen despatch. Mr.. NICHOLSON declined tc
pronounce upon its genuinencss. The
swindlers understood very we'll that the
hastily improvised forgery on the cabl,
company's blanks which they waved before
Mr.. NIcHoLsoN's eyes on Aug. 6, as
the original OF the Kissingen interview
would not stand scrutiny when close scru
tiny became inevitable. They must show
something that did in fact come by cable
and. to provide that something. they tee
Rraphed to London. early on the morning o.
Monday. Aug. 8. the entire text Of the
bogus BISMARCK interview OF July 12. will
urgent instructions to London to cable
back the same Immediately. and word fol
word. to New York.
VI course. the establishment OF the facts
about the second and supplementary,
fraud Is conclusive as to the original fraud
and also as to the deliberate and consciou.
dishonesty OF these newspaper scoundrel.
throughout the whole affair. No wonde,
thoy now devote their knavsh encrgic,
exclusively to this point, In n further an,
hna effort 80 deceive the public With
clear understanding OF the bearings OF tn,
caDleRram enterprise Of Monday, Aug. y
upon the main question. our readers ar,
prepared for what we have TO say.
Tho World Affects to dismiss our state
nient about the repeated cable despatch O
Aug. 8 as lie. easy to disprovc:" and i
produces certificates from representative
OF the four cable companies doing business
here In New York. showing that on Aug.
no kilograms whatever came to the Word
from london. except two by tho CONNER
~ clal Cable. These have no connection witt
the kissingen interview
TRs exhibition Of certificates is merely
third fraud. almost childishly futile in it
conception and execution. designed to cove
up the second aud the first. The bogus In
tervieywas sent 10 London. with instrue