The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-02-24

FINE FURNITURE.

EHcEEwoop III. ......l63
DEAR SIR: Your reply TO our advertisement
has been fayorabiy received. We expect 70
add TO our list OF branches for the sale Of our
goods. In your city. Your duties will bo
managing ono OF those. employing help. keeping
up stock. watching collections, etc As this IL
oil under the direct supervision Of our travelling
manager, experience In this line Is not neces-
sary Your salary will be 800 per month: this
position 10 continue during good behavior. As
soon rs your efforts warrant, this salary will
be Increased
As you will handle our cash and control our
goods, we expect you 70 provide nn indemnity
bond for $1,000 from some good guarantee c nm
pany We will repay you tue cost OF procuring
this bond TO the extent OF the charges shown
By tho inclosod application r, company'a
charges are the most reasonable w know OF
As o private bond 10 never salts, ciory. don't
ask IL To insure the position we will expect O
bond aicd with US Inside o; ten days
Advise US ut once whom you can be OF liberty
and mako quiet investigation for vacant store
In good locality, SO that our travelling mana
ger. when he secs you, can DO prepared 10 start
~ once.
This being confidential between us, address
your reply TO the writer and mark private"
Boz ssl q. /. curry.
AS will be seen every person who re-
piled was accepted on the condition
he fill out the bond which was
inclosed, and return the same to
the National Guarantee company
who were located in Rooms I'll.
No. 1888 and 100 South Clark street,
Chicago, Ill. together with fee of
ten dollars" After doing this he would
hear nothing further from the Western
Furniture company nor the Guarantee
company. This application for the bond
was drawn up in u business-lilse way.
Itpurported that the company had n
cash capital of 100000 and that w. IL.
Haync was president and II. S. Scoyillc
secretary. ierdmnn, in person, was
the president, secretary and everything
else connected with these two concerns
No Western Furniture company existed
only in the imagination of this man
Nor was there q National Guarantee
company, of Chicago. One was a
mythical us the other, Ilerdman's oh
ject was to get the ten dollars. AfteI
once obtaining this he paid no furthe
attention to inquiries from the SAM
source. AT one time there was con
Germ in Chicago doing business undo
| bue hume Oh LHt hHsJSEu EuEhAtAA
company. but they assigned. On tn
reputation established by this hous
Herdman practiced his deception. I
was thought by many, no doubt, tina
the old firm had revived and started u
under a new management
A short time after starting his frs
game he saw good thing in 1t, IN
branched out into another scheme o
about the same swindling order Il
rented an office at Toledo, o., and o.
dered good supply Of letterheads pu,
porting to be the superintendent Of co
lections for the American Credit con
pany, of New York. In this he gay
the namo of NJ v. B, Stewart. superb,
Etendent. To understand tho nature
his second grand sckcmc II win be ne
essary to pcrusc Circular g." which
published here in detail and is us &c
! lows:
CIRCULAR 10 n
: Tho American Credit Co was orghnlzcd
9 furnish quotations. sAowlng tho capital aud
Isponsibility OF merchants, manufacturers al
1 iother business meu: aud also. TO make cole
! tons of all kinds
+ iAnd Canadn, and rapidly cstSolishiug othel
we have facilities for making COLLECTIONS, a
S iobtaintng Quotations that arr uncxccilod Al
sAtng dnvlrhere on earth Is what We nCcomplis
i BAG and ouilaMed debts are our delight