St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-11
TWO SLICK RASCALS.
Brace Of ShpeWd SWindlers
Captured by the Police
Of Chicago.
A Scheme Out OF Which They
Would Have Made Many
Thousands.
How They Proposed TO I'm
load 10000 Lottery
Tickets.
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Fourteen Persons Lose Their
Lives by Floods in Mis-
sissippi.

CHICAGO. April l0.-A clever conf
dence game has just been broken up
here b. the arrest Of the two bright
young mon who have been working it,
A few days ago the police came in pos
session OF circular bearing tins letter
head III. y. Royal * Co., New
Orleans, New York. Chicago and
Omaha. Financial standing $780, -
1t was dated Chicago, March 2S, and
offered 20 arrange matters so as to ell
able the person to whom the circular
was addressed to make 81 ,O0O withou. a
cent OF cost To himself The only thing
required in return was absolute and
total secrecy" to insure which the
sender incloscd two oaths, exactly alike,
one OF which was 10 be signed and
returned by express. The firm
agreed to send by express full
particulars ana check for
81 900 as soon as the oath, properly
signed was received. In conclusion the
circular said we will withdraw this
offer unless we hear from you by Mon
day, April IS. Send oath by express
and be sure TO pay the charges. We
VIII explain why this is necessary in
our next letter We presume that you
would not object to receiving $1,000
Through Lottery.
Do not use the mail, but send all com
municatiOns by express" 1t was
thought that the scheme was a new
feature IN the time-nOnered green goods
game. Detectives visited every express
Office in the city and found that great
number Of express packages were being
forwarded to room So at ls5 Clark
street. Yesterday Detective Mcdonald
fOnnd a pretty young girl alone III the
office. She was signing an express
receipt she said she did not know
what business was conducted in the
room, as she tad only been employed
there since Thursday to receive pack
ages. She did not know the name Of
the man who had employed her, as she
had secured the position IN answer to
an advertisement in newspaper. De-
tectiye Mcdonald was in the room when
well-dressed, gOod-looking man, with
brown mustache and gold trimmed
glasses, walled in. That is the man
who employed me-" the girl said,
and he was at once arrested by the de-
tectVe. Al the central station the
prisoner said his name was l.. A. Du-
mas, but from letters found on him it
was believed that is name is Frederick
G.. Bonlils. After long session in Capt.
Shea's innermost office, the man broke
down and told the details Of his scheme.
Bombs lodging room, at 300 Wabash
avenue, was visited by the detectives,
and a bright young man, fashiOnably
dressed, was arrested. in the room
were found
10000 Lottery Tickets
in exact imitation OF the ticket of the
Little Louisiana State Lottery company,
for a drawing May 10, 1892. The capital
prize was to be 100000, and the ticket
assured the buyer that "a larger
per cent Of prizes are given in
this lottery than in any other
lottery Oh EARTH" Both men ac-
knowleGged that obey had everything
ready to SEND out the tickets and reap
the harvest. They said they were Sc
cure against prosecution from agents or
BUYERS, as the law looked on them as
severely as on the lottery company. and
they guarded against violating the
postal laws. They intended TO let the
agents retain certain amount for
their commissions. The prisoners
had plenty of money. They had
deposited 5000 to assure the pay
ment of express charges to the
different companies, and their engraved,
printed and typewriter literature was
of the finest kind. Both men came from
New York to Chicago March S. and are
believed TO have worked their Swndling
scheme in the East. BOniils is said to
be graduate OF West Point and 10 be
member or prominent family in Mis-