Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25

in sack Is TINT the proprietor is a
] little doubtful about the goods. They
were brought In by man ho didn't
know and he bought them dirt cheap
ny something OF n risk. therefore he VIII
| DISPOSE OF them almost FOR nothing.
You can see they are tailor-mado-look
at the makers name on them. You
| examine them and sure enough You see
the trade mark OF a well known tailor
| ON the tag The fact is that they nre
ohenp trousers, bought from clothing
store and the tag was nrwcd on b..
fore they were nut ia the sack.
II Is the Same way with the other
! things In a pawnbrokor'a inventory
| Watches, iewelry. musical Instruments,
| Wv0pona, clothing, pictures etc, are all
| cheap things, bought from secondhand
| stores and sold aa unredcomcd pledges
FOR never less than double the cost.
In the larger cities n hig business
is done IN "old masters" which are
really nothing but very ordinary pic
lures smoked and put in the cellar for
a time
Doctorrd Diamonds.
Mlrhty fow people are good Judges OF
diamonds, Even dealers IN them get
badly taken in sometimes Modern
science has been used 60 pcrpotrate u
NNNNN AFNlNN ANANNNs AlNNWNlNA NNN mnna
fracture OF bogus diamonds. But the
manufactured article Ia too easily de-
tected by experts. so another and
safer scheme of deception has been
used with great success.
An Eastern pawubrultcr who WIS not
getting I1ch fast enough by u thousand
devious methods, he had OF CONDUCTING
his business. fcll In with Frenoh chem
ist who had preparation. solution.
IA which poor oit-colur diamonds wore
placed, when they became the proper
color, and acquired "a dazzling ustOr.
which fooled an the eApertH. Tho
false color given these diamonds did
not last long, rarely ever over three
weeks. and they had TO be worked OF
very rapidly The pnwnbrolSer made a
wholesale test IN his own town and
other cities. using his clerks ln every
Instance, ami he was always success
ful. He not only sold them 10 people
IN his own business. but To the big Jew
elry stores as we'll
This nawnhroker. the French chem
list and shrewd confidence man work
ed the racket together and IN the
course OF their search Tor ungodly
wealth they come 10 Houston. Tex,
whore they buncoed several jewelers.
out OF about 5000 all told. and soakod
nearly thousand dollars worth OF
the bogus gems with well known
gambler,
But the pawnbroiger wus ~ last
beaten az his own game. A notorious
confidence man heard Of the schome in
some way and proposed q partnership
and suggested exposure IN case hls
proposition was not accepted,
lie suggested Chicago aa wider
field OF operations aud said he could
dispose OF all the diamonds the "fac-
tory" could turn out. So 10 Chicago
the trio went, and one morning they
suw an advertisement I'm newspaper
stating that certain parties would pay
cash for diamonds tn large or small
quantities. They went TO the address,
described and found "a luxurious suite
Of Offices and a very luxurious look
ing gentleman sitting in one of them.
IIo received them IN "A mattcr-of-fact
way. and said he bought diamonds
He had plenty Of money with which 10
buy plenty OF diamonds They showed
him some specimens which gave 30
much satisfaction that he bought all
they had with them, $500 worth.
81 can buy 100000 worth OF dia-
monds," he said, III you have them.
Don't be afraid bring them around"
II was noticed that the diamond
dealer went into private oiiieo TO
consult his partner before he made
his purchase, and ne said his partner
was as much plcnsed with the bargain
as he himself was.
A few days later the man with the
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