The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-11-28
Three Men Arrested by Postoiile In.
spector Letheram for De-
fraudlng Ladies'.

They are three of the sixty al
legged patent medicine firms of
South Bend, against whom the
Postmaster General issued a fraud
order several weeks ago, and who
are denied the use of the mails.
They were indicted by the grand
jury ut Indianapolis last Saturday
and arrested Thursday. It ia
claimed that they have swindled
hundreds of girls and women in va
rious parts of the country out Of
thousands of dollars.
The scheme which they are
charged with working is as follows: {:
They advertise extensively in the
newspapers all over the country
for young ladies to do writing at
their homes at salary of $25 per
week. In reply to applicants they
send letter stating that they want
them to act as agents for their won
derful "face wash" The applicant
in each instance is informed that
the demand from her locality for
the face wash is so great as to re-
quire '.branch office" there. She
is assured that she will not have to
do any soliciting, but merely to
write to the parties in her territory,
whose orders will be sent her from
the main Office. ~~.
~ MUST ADVANCE $36. :
She Is told that in order to con-
duct the branch office she must
have enough goods to fill the or
ders which are referred to her, and
that with gross of bottles she will
be able to make nice start. These
will be furnished her for $36, and
she is to sell them for $lOs, or rs
cents per bottle. In case she has
not enough money she is advised
to borrow it. aaef a
After advancing the $36 and re-
ceiving her gross of bottles she usu-
ally waits a month or so without
receiving any orders and then
makes complaint to the Postoffice
authorities. There are at South
Bend 200 different concerns in this
business. 1t is claimed that their
income is 100000 year.
They sell the "wash" under many
names, such as "Dew of Roses"
"Blush of Roses" &c. Most of the
concerns are run by men under the
assumed names of women. Each
of them has a large force of girls
in their establishments to answer
the letters of applicants for posi-
tions and they receive 25 per cent
of profits.
1T is RAIN WATER.
The alleged face wash has been
analyzed by the postal authorities
and is said to be composed of rain
water, rose water and epson salts.
1t is said to cost sixteen cents a
gallon and they sell it at $36 a gal
Ion. They never sell it to druggists
or wholesalers. Nothing is done to
create demand for it and the pub.
lie don't know that there ia any
such stuff in existence. g
Some of them admitted to Post
Office Inspector Letherman that
they kept no track of territory and
give the same territory to any
number of applicants.
The three men arrested have each
made lots of money out of the busi-
ness, 1t is said. Harry Mcdonald,
who does business under the name
of Mildred Miller and Maris Wal
lace, is the son Of H. b. Mcdonald,
the leading photographer Of South
Bend. He is quite . society man
and his income from the face wash
is said to be over $4,000 a year.
DIR. Kilmer is a reputable physi-
clan of the town, and has a very
extensive practice. is said that
he has made over 100000 out OF
the face wash business, which, 1t is
claimed, he has been conducting
under the names of "The Coacine
Company" "Dr. KiImer G. Co."
solve Branch Medical Company
"South Bend Medical Company
'Louise Fairfield," &c. The prison
ers were taken to Indianapolis for
trial.-Cincianah Enquirer.
Cost of Wheat Production.
The department of agriculture