The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-04
lie is A FRAUD.
The Man Who Is Selling Letter
Plates and Boxes
Watch Him.

A tall dark haired young man, endowed
with an ualimltsd anounr OF assur auce,
some folk call 1t gall" has lately done
a profitable business among h~oussholdsrs
on the Hill In q manner more ingenious
than honsst. Some day he will fnd HIM
sslf in Uncle Sans strong clutches.
This e~nterprising scamp's PLAZA to sell
BRASS plates and boxes TO uns1spscsiug
people rsssm oles the Way Of tue
Heathea Chinese it Ia peculiar.
Boldly ringing a door bell, he accosts the
servants: us your mistress tuf Tell her
her."
Wnsn the lady comes to the dsor he
!elis her that he has . letter plate and
box which she ought to havs on the door
to save che ~postnsa's time aud insure q
more rapid delivery OF letters.
mo. thank you, ! don't nsed auy," one
lady replied, and WAS about to shut the
door when the young man, not q bis
satlsnsd with the answer, said; But.
madam, ! am from the postmaster, whose
order | hold In my banda. Hare 1t is"
Then he banded asr shis circular:
NOTICE TO THK PUBLIC.
PosT OFFICE, JEasEy Cry, 1898,
To greatly fAclits ats shs frss dsliyery system.
and assist In the more rapid working Of the
directed to . msthod, whereby . loss OF time
can bs avoided and q .grsat public convsnisncs
be derived thsrefrom; Namsly. tina attach
ment OF a letter plate or box to the Afrons dosr
OF relidsncss, which will enable every one to
receive their mail earlier, insure the safe
delivery of letters when temporarily absent,
save annoyance TO the household aud assist In
making our rapid delivery q permanent SUCCESS
II the carrier has TO ring the bell and wait
the opening Of the door at every place whore
he delivers, 1t Is no sxag2aration to say that
one minute Will be wasted at every house, aud
as q carrier often has from two to three nun
dred letters for delivery and the doors with
boxes now in them are far from numerous, tina
great delay caused by the absence of letter
boxes or plates is apparent and 8 great incon-
venience TO the general public is the result.
S. D. DICKINSON, Postmaster.
Authorized parties will call on you with ref
ence to the So me, and will provide letter boxes.
or plates at a small cost.
When she read it she replied, You had
beEter see my husband about this" "Oh
ma'am, of course II you dare not do any
thing about 1t unless your husband says
so. ] suppose l must call again. / have
the tools mere aud she box and can nx
the matter as I have done so With your
.neighbors. IL will have to be done soousr
or later" and this he said In a n%onchalaur
manner as II he didn't care neither ir
was ever done,
His victim gave in and In q few min
utes later an opening was made in tina
front door. a BRASS plate marked 'Lsu-
tiers" covered 1t, a box was fastened on
the inside, aud certain dollars frsm ths
iady's poke book were Transferred to
the young mans.
AT some places he adopted q cheeky,
authoritative name In speaking which
impressed not = few Of the womsn who
came to the doors of the houses he Wis.
tied, as an un mistRkSbla sligo of his OFF,
cial chara cter. The knave was shreWd
enough to know that ii IA appeared So
licitous TO sell his lsttsr boxss his victims
might put him off with q refusal; bus in
assn ming the Official you ys-got-to-do-it
air the possibility of a brisk sale was ss-
tablisAed, and as evidence OF his success
a large num0s Of tnsss BRASS plates nay
be seen on the doors of houses In uptow u
streets. They b Va bseI ptacel the re
only recently as their new appearance
testifies.
When u News reporter called as th q
Pustofice to sac Postmaster Dickinson
concerning the notice. his assistant dis
clained tae authority az once. H. said
that the signature at the foot Of the cir
cular is q forgery aud the whole thing Ia
AN impudent fraud. The Postmaster has
never authorized anyone to sell letter
boxes. and will, if he eau catch tue rascal
who 10 trading on his name, give htm a
taste of Jrrsey justice.
When, therefore. this young man comes
to the house of any reader of THE NEWS.
the latter will do the public generally,
and the Postmaster particularly, an
especial favor II he turns the fraud over
to the nearest policeman, If he can fluid
one.