The morning call., 1894-10-22
A NEW SWINDLE.
Agents Wanted to Sell a
General Stock.
HOW Many Applicants Have Sent SIS
90 Sharper in Portland,
Oregon?

New schemes concocted by sharpers for the
constantly cropping up.
About TWO weeks ago a young man living on
Golden Gate avenue saw an advertisement in
one OF the morning papers asking for agents
TO sell a stock of dry goods. notions and
crOckeryware. He answered the advertise
ment and received a reply from NJ o. w.
Kaner, Portland Oregon. The letter is type
written and the spelling would drive a school
teacher crazy. II begins:
In answer TO your letter and my add for man
/ will say that 1t is necery for me TO hire a man
before can git TO your city. A wholesale
house has bin cOmpeld TO take large stock Mds
for thir pay amounting to bout SAC. 900 situated
in 4 small town it consists mainiey of notions
crockUey. glass. tin and granete were and lads
and genus furnishing goods the plan is to deyide
the sock up into four parts that Is 30 open Iour
dlfernt stores in your city IL would be about
10000 dol stock in each anu the house viii Iurnsh
more as required.
The letter goes on TO say that the pay would
be 500 per month ana II cent commission from
the gross receipts" The goods were all ready
10 be sent on. each agent to pay his share of
tile freight. The letter concludes: Il have
quite number OF answers shuld you no OF
lhem VINO nave dnseTd my add let me now who
they are and what you no about them. / sent
this same letter TO four as those whom 1 Sc
lecIed."
screed and received an answer that latter a
satisfactory Investigation and good reports on
you" the goods were TO be shipped TO him
through the Transfer Company of Palestine,
Oregon, kaner stating he had paid them
S19 20, leaving SO for him 10 pay. The letter
continues:
IS l have setteld up all matters hear will leave
for Denver this eavining and Join the other mer
and We Will then leave for your city in about l.
days as we have som matter to attend in sitting VI
over OLD business. Hav the goO0s removed tht
store rom at once after you notice OF thart
arrival Do not open them DO aney thing VIII
them until l come but be shoor and get then
moved to the store as DO not want them layin,
uncle has the KEGS to the store room wich W.
rented. He will forward them to you wen he re
turns witch Will be In about days, also giving yoI
the nomber OF the store ana street. The fixture.
bin orderd.
The following day he received another badly
spelled letter from j. ID. Naeton, Palestine EX.
press Company, Palestine, Or, informing hin
There have BIN thirteen boxes of merchandise
left hear TO be shift o you. Mr.. Kaner has lef
the goods hear and onley paying half of tut
the other half wen IL got there, but the railway
company Will not receive il that way" The up
shot is that he is asked to forward S15 at once
In cash.
1t is unnecessary to say that the whole
scheme was simply TO get Sl5 from the younJ
man, but he had sense enough not to send IL
Many other applicants in this and other elite:
would receive similar letters. and If they were
not careful as the young man referred to
Mr.. haner and Mr. Vaeton, apparently one anC
the same person, would have comfortablt
sum through his ingenious scheme.