The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-14
1 PRETENDEDP 20 INSPECTOR
,DycoEs 4 FANNIE POsT1AsTER oUT
~ 20 nONEP OPDkR BLANKS

-, WashIsetsa-TNe Orders for sioo
r.eh Cashed st Rioosninetor, tn.-New
Jrr-sy Po.tp,sstera Also NIciiulsed.
s-,wroRr. Conn. Jan. 13-Uncle Sans rost
otn,. INSPECTORS are doing their utmost to run
sorr and capture a confidence man who has
s..n buneolng country Postmasters by repre-
.,,tlne himself to be q Post Ofilee inspector.
Ths .vIndler's last operation. so far asknown.
-. Al Noroton Helehts. where he fooled the
po.tnaster with bogus order purportlnR to
l. from the Post once authorities in WASH
,,s,on. The order called for the surrender OF
~. Post ONCE money order blanks on the
.,ound that sufficient business was not done
,hsrs TO warrant the keeping up the expense.
Tho order was hunored without question. and
N. confidence man walked OF with all the APP
,.r.tus necessary to collect money from Post
ossees anywhere In the United States
Already word has been received from
ploomineton, Ill. that the Bloomin Gton POST
uastsr cashed on Wednesday two postal or
d.rs for SiUO each. purportinR 10 have been
,,.ued At Noroton Heights. Conn. to G. W.
Clsrke The men representing himself to be
clarke was unknown in Bloomington. but the
Identification oithe payee was wavcd In red ink
an the order and advices. II is believed that
clarke has already realized . large sum Of
money.
Norotou Heights IL the railroad station ncar-
A, Noroton. II 10 on tho New York. New Ha-
van and Hartford Railroad. three miles east Of
stanford. and 10 chiefly known to fame ss the
ate Of Fitch's Soldiers Home. which has 300
inmates in Its several fine buildings. Five
yesrs ago william Dugdsle. . Rrocers clerk
Of Stamford. got married. and started gen.
srl store at Noroton Heights. After a while
h. persuaded the Government to let him run q
Post once there In connection with his other
business. The nearest Post once before that
WA at Noroton. lie has prospered, and his
iost Office business and his store trade are
more than he can comfortably handle with tho
help OF an active CLERK. Tho store 10 close 10
the station. and contains everything salable
in such communities, from Bologna sausaRes
to overalls. During the afternoon 1t Is tbrong-
ed with customers. farmers With trousers
tucked In their boot tops and village children
Waiting with market basket and written order.
About Y. NJ. Friday Of last week while Mr..
Dssds: was yns to Al orders az
to the little brown stove In the rear. where he
stood and warmed his gloved hands, lie was
tall with a well-flled out-hgure. and he
carried himself with that easy dignity which
Is the proper marx nt public officer. The
oyrreoat. and 4 aoft Ilack felt hat. lie hal q
DARK moustache. and. although his face was
rins pse ne snoTe" IN Snss nn me
lngly at him. he stepped up to the counter and
said ,,,
inEton to look over your accounts Hero are
hy credentials.
With this he. drew from his pocket an en-
such as 10 used BY tho Money Order Depart
msnt at Wnshin gton for all Its correspon dence
and passed 1t oyer the cigar case to the Post
master Mr. puEdhle was somewhat over
ewed by the presence. Of so superior a person.
He had only succeeded about eight months
ago In getting the right TO issue money orders.
yet here he read q printed circular with the
supsfnssndsns 81 the Money Grdor D 81 .n"
ment at the end Of IL 10 this effect as nearly
% he can recolect:
NJ" tDugdAle cannot recall the nsme) 10 au.
had s.s T 10 s5SsT S.os a n the r.:
smaller moasy order OH ess In the country. Your once
~ .i .ss. . .: lSs sss u; a' I:
clos. up this d.p.rtmsnt Of the ross once business In
p.rtmsut within ten days.
Inspector behind the cigar case. He then got
the order blanks and showed the amount OF
business that had been done, He explained
heights had promising business future. But
he inspector was obdurate. No expenses
$, e s: such al
slanks than those called for in the order.
order blanks. and these the inspector put ia
he pocket and then left. He had not been in
NE ne st9 9 mo-, more thsp ten MINUTES Just then
vent away on that.
.st6oIshts are bstsf tsan G iSsi Rfn rs whHse
pressions. He reasoned rightly that the
stranger ought 70 have given him receipt. for
ton with him instead Of taking ii away. Dur
Ing the rush OF business the rest OF the day he
could MT get over wondering X all was right
and all night loog he lay awake trying TO ng-
pre out why the Post ONCE Department at
WASHINGTON should ask him to walt ten days
:, 81 gosh {" said william Dugdals finally. q
lEht daEning upon him. II that city fellow
was crooked. those ten days would give him
TINE TO raise slOO on each OF those twenty
Ono hundred dollars Is tho largest amount
t, 70 are allowed 70 issue money order
morning was to send . tslsgFaphic despatch
70 the Superintendent OF the Money Order
had ordered the removal Of the blanks The
;nss then the rostaa ss q SorotoS HsieSis
ile promptly, photographed to Washing
.oa the numbers Of the missing orders,
al tho on o,S MSndfy b: In fom% mo. with
1.-THE country. reeelvedla warning from Wash
hgton TO look out for Noroton Heights money
nsdiAts arrest OF any person presenting
then. Also. on Monday. another middie-aged
san Of coniortabls ,Girh aud easy bearing
u
ahs This was genuine Inspector from Bos-
ps mat distant citJ being the headquarters
.as all New England Post ONCE Inspection.
tns eonndsnee man having taken train for
Nes lorE, the Bostun inspector u not liz ely TO
come W with him. The Boston man listened
70 me story and heard the description.
= no doubt the same man" said he.
sho has caught q couple of New Jersey POST
Hetets the sane way recently. That fellow
making US 9 lot OF trouble"
ne did not tell what Postm asters in New
frtsey had given up their money order blanks
IniaJ OF this week tho money order bus iness
VI Noroton Heights. which had been inter.
Itptsu ior q week. was res m ed on the arrival
vs. package Of blanks from Washin gton.
the nrst time l ever was taken In"
F.la the Postmaster. sadly. this evening. " But
ana one u never tn old to learn something
~ lshpuld very much like To clap my two
oSs On MIN Just once more for luck"
Sas very much taken abaek 10 hear that
s.hshOr was reAping harvest in the " cot
saaSr The name OF q. W. Clarke. lie did not
ssr,s,iiret that name as having been the one
written IN the bogus document
4, ne New York Post once insreetors profess
ahoS 20 more about the sWindIing at Moro
heights than that an order had been re-
sssed early IN the week to look out for money
1913 written on blanks OF certain numbers
Tt pesd from that place.
a. ne hAme G. ". Clarke under which two Of
,naasslhE money order blanks were made 10
unlta We swindleT the largest sums possible
49, me rules suggests that Philip pheAT-
A a.