Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-11-25
SWINDLING BY NAIL.
DISHONEST SCHEMES WHICH KEEP
posToFFlcE MEN BUSY.

bieftONL0t oCNE@11 NtHSsf 'N~Ns
posToFFlcE MEN BUSY.
How ..oreep Goods. Men Exsds 8eing
observation-disclosures Ways That some
OF the Projects Are DIscossred-A Few
Of TIE Common Methods kmpieysd.
The United States government Is an I'M
whiting party to many n swindling scheme
OF which the public never bear, for the
mails are used by many rascals with many
plans to exchange experience for money.
The so called green goods" nien form the
bulk. perhaps. Of those who use the mails
TO deceive The number Of these rascals Is
considerable, and each Of them has dozen
aliases. Az soon ~ the postal authorities
learn that a certain address Ii that Of
green goods man, they no longer deliver
letters TO II, hut In many cases the knowl-
edge comes 10 them only after the swim
dlers have used the mails extensively.
From long contests with the United
States authorities, the men who pretend to
sell counterfeit money have become ex-
ceedingly shrewd and to catch one Of them
and 70 fasten guilt upon him IL difficult
task. The victims always come from places
ut some distance from this city. and are
naturally loath to prosecute the rascais,
because TO do 30 they must admit that they
wanted TO become parties to a swindie.
Occasionally letters reach the dead let
ter Office which tell the tale Of q swindle
planned but not carried out. One Of these
was received not long ago. ~ was ad-
dressed 10 man AZ hotei IN tine INFERIOR
OF TINS STATE. anu contained cnecA TOT
seyenty-hve doiiars ana instructions 70 the
man. VINO purported 70 oe Tine trnsenhg
agent OF Beaver stfee. urn. Inc letter
wns Written ON regular sneel, oea.ahs
the printed name anu Hnoress o. the nrn'
and gave tine agent minute directions eo
guide MIN. Inc envelope oofe IN tne up
per ieiL hana corner tne name ana Aaoreza
of the hrm Also
SHARP PRACTICE
Everything ABOUT the letter seemen res
uiar, but tine missive reached the acaa
letter ONCE because there existed no sucn
firm as the one py whicn the letter was ap
parently sent. Inc scheme WAS TINS;
well dressed man would arrive al motel.
and the next day letter would come iof
him. He would open TINS letter IN the
presence OF the clerk or proprietor ana take
cheek from y; Inc notei man, on sseine
the letter anu the enveiope' "ouiu .eei sat.
isned that the check was gooa' ana wonin
cash u. retaining the few dollars due him
That same day the agent would leave the
place, and Ia "A day or two the hotel man
would learn that the check was worthless.
In the case OF the letter OF this kind which
reached the dead letter Office the rascal
had no doubt failed TO connect with the
missive sent TO him by his confederate.
A swindler with n more ingenious and
dangerous game fourished In this city NOT
long ago He sent letters 10 merchants IN
various places ordering goods, and signed
the name OF large hrm which IN perfectly
respectable. The swindler. however. gave
different address from the right one o.
the arm. and made his scheme the NOR
deceptive by having appropriate letter
heads printed. The merchants who ne
ceiYed bis orders would look up the hrm II
the book OF n mercantile agency and ind U
marked al, from SsOo.OOO 70 SsN.uo.
The book gives no addresses. hence u
would naturally be supposed that that o
the swindler Is the one OF the real house.
Ordinarily, the merchants would sent
the goods TO the address OF the swindler
who would sell them and disappear befor
the notes he gave In payment fell due. II
this case, however, the man had it'll
Misunderstanding with the postal authori
ties
DETECTING hAsCALs.
Assistant postmaster James Gayisr
whose years OF service as a postouice IN
specior nave niaae MIN quick 70 aeeect
swindiing scheme demanded some es
PLANTATION from the teliow. without wait
ing 10 tell No" MS n.ti nappeheu 70 nav
the same name ~ that OF the one VIII
whicn Mr. uayier was 'alniiiai, the rasca
quietly sklppen away ana forfeited the nc
pies 70 aus iee.en Inc merchants wef'
thus saVen the loss thaI "ouin nave othei
wise resuiten' :.
game WIN whicn Mr. oayief Us tamil
iaf rom MS iohs anu sariea experience
tnat Oh tine man VINO says IN ms letter,
ineiose hve aoiiars' anu then ior"ards Tn
mi'ss.ss "'.nou. putting tue inohey into y
Inc Fellows letter arrives without tne N
closure, ana then vigorous complaint
mane 70 tue postal ausnorisies oonie1ihle
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