The morning call., 1893-06-16
HE WAS SKINNED.
Joseph Lozey Says He
Was a Simpleton.
IALL, BRASS AND COMPANY.
A Victim Wants the Supervisors to
Revoke the License of the
Fletcher Aggregation.

A caustic and bitter communication was
day. 1t was signed by Lozey of San Ma
teo. who claimed that he had been swim
died by the notorious Fletcher gang of
haf-interest swindIers."
The writer stated that the gang is To-
Gated at 913R Market street. which is the
headquarters and base of operations. and
that ii is habtually engaged in one-haIf
interest swindling, selling bogus lots situ-
ated, as the writer says. ION low-water ad-
dition 10 the town of Nowhere"
Among the gang is the notorious land
operator, Count Roolabooske, whose
schemes were recently published far and
wide by the revelations of Recorder
Glynn of the Hall of Records. People
were given deeds TO property which ex-
listed only in the imagination of the
grantOr, or else belonged to other people.
As an instance it will be recOlected that
some weeks ago an attempt was made to
deed away 100 lots belonging TO Adolph
SutrO. The deed was actually sent to the
City Hall to he recorded. but the forgery
of Sutro'S name was soon discovered. The
gang have been operating all over the
State. 1t was only few days ago that a
Mrs. Lemos wrote from Los Angeles ask
ing Recorder Glynn to record three in
closed deeds Sne afterwards wrote that
she had learned she had been cheated and
countermanded the order to record the
documents.
Joseph Lozey who claims he was swim
died by the gang writes with very cold,
hard pen. After reciting the dOinGs
of the gang he asks that the Super
vlsors make an investigation and re-
woke the real estate license granted to
Fletcher and others, so that they can no
longer skin alive their victims.
In his comm Lnication LoZey says:
The gang is cOmposed of two dozen trusty
confidence men known as McBurnie, Fletcher,
Griffith, Knight FehrenbOck, ROOlaboosKe. a
woman named Parsons, who was ''raided" two
days ago by the police and who is also one of
the worst OF the gang, and several other sucker
catcherS.
They lie In wait in all public places, trying to
catch the rank sucker in all his simplicity, and
when they catch him they skin him without
mercy.
1 was skinned out of $500 by the gang OF
which Fletcher Is the principal member. They
lugh at warrants OF arrest as they get out by
nook or crook and square the sucker on the 10
per cent basis. Fletcher has already made
$3.50 out OF friend OF mine, whom he skinned
out OF d confectionery store on Taylor street,
and several ladies have good cause TO regret
knowing his oily tongue and brass cheek.
One OF the gang Is an eX-convict. The crowd
ought 10 call themselves "Gall, Brass & Co.,
or the great lost art OF catching suckers exem-
plited.
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the gang, particularly Fletcher. If it takes ten
years. | am going o call a mass-meetlng of the
suckers at Metropolitan Temple for next Sun
day, when We VIII appoint committee of safety
10 secure the best lawyers in town TO prosecute
the villains and levy an assessment upon our
selves 10 defray the cost Of such action.
We shall also wait upon your honorable body
250 strong next Monday evening 10 urge that
the Chief of Police be Instructed to wipe ths
gang off the face OF the earth. We seriously
consider the adyisability of riding them out OF
town on barbed rail ourselves. From genu-
inc, real, rank sucker
JOSEPH LOzEY, San Mateo, Cal