Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-14
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sury PabisAins company e chlcsso
soiieitsa sfits-ups frpn ~ foiIosing
business n<a sod business koa1es.
Isoaard . snnA A. Prsasn.r. Geoskopf
Brua. IL 4 Cooper. G. A schsoiker. 4.
,. Herrick. Albert Scstk Scsibssr 4
Aidsosth. c. Buckley. @ A. Coys.
0>ofxs W. Ler1on. LeCisaz. Cols 4 ca.
Grand us,os Tea company. Mis r. II
BssansA C. n ssssdsr. Jsssph rsehsa-
nsr. H. burkhardt. Watkins 4 Smith;
Nsu York BABY Carriage oompsny.
the 0una Hardware company. ].
G. Hsfkpsr. Paul V. Finch.
r. j. Wurzbarx. the Fanous Shoe
Store. Paul Effect, Mcinnes Tea con-
panf. M.lliar<rs sfean laundry. Western
Beef company. n IL King. H. Hod.
master. Radcli6 a Holt pcopiss Tea
Store. Chicago Dental association. l. e..
Prsseost. Miller 4 Nsddlston. I. J..
Lne4x j. l. wnkr4 Ma = J. Rey-
nohi.. Adams 4 Hart Dzyidson's Mill
nsr, company. T. j. Hervsy. shArpstsen.
Charles Hoffman, 7. Schuend. G. =
Putnam 4 Co. q. Zwingsbsrg. White
Sewinx Machine company. Rsndxo 4
krrkel. Rose Dyeing company. r =
Carstsns. Wander vsen A Whitman. J. q.
LeaDaa. Excslsior steam Laundry.
Spsoul q AeGorrss. the Singer
Furnacs company u. z. Ssxton AID
4 ~ IT..w
a Co. ". ID. Werner. Hsnry Smith.
Peek BroA. wernsr House Furniture
company. A. A. ioSle. j. u Seibert. tho
Portrait studio. X. Born. Berries 4 Wurx-
burg. thB Emerson Shoe company, the
Wykes Photograph studio. Boston shoe
sccs. McGrssors Stsam Dye works.
Mns n. n Matthew'S Perkins 4 Rich
mosd and Eaton 4 Lyon.
How ne Worked thu schema
The agreement was that the notice or
write-up shoold contain about twenty
lines aad would be complimentary. but
in consideration of the complimentary
notice the victim should purehass
tea OF twenty copies Of the paper At u.
This week the papers have be<n de-
liversd. and are not 1t all what Vas de-
sired OF expected The paper on which
10 - prinfcd h yellow and Of poor quail
ity. IL 10 called The Illustrated Gen.
fury lAichigan Editionl- Miller 4
Middleton denied having given any or
der for the papers and referred the mat
ter 20 the chief Of p,lica. They would
not positively deny the signature. but
the man who 10 delivering the papers
and collecting the cash was called Into
headquarters He said be uss amply =
collector. and bad no connection With
the company except a. . hired collector.
&. H. Stauffer also denies having
signed any order for write up or for
papers. lie did not pay for them. %
the order vas moi delivered % him and
he has no proof that the signature was
not genuine. The police did rot think
there uas enough evidence against the
collector 20 hold him and 60 released
him IN all msn Who have vrite-up in
the papers paid up. the paper took 80
out Of the city. Several OF the
names which appear In the orders must
have been forged AZ owners do not remem-
Der having gwen the orders. The paper
h lite eight PACED inferior looking
shest instead % the kind ot paper IL was
represented % bc. Several Of tbs mer-
chants haze refused to pay for u. but
unless forgery can be proved. they will
probably pay. rather than bother with
petty Law suit