Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-21
BUNKOED A REVEREND
Went From Buffalo to the Me-
tropolis to Buy Green Goods.
HE BROUGHT A LAYMAE WITH HIM

The Two Would BE swindlers Gave Up
$500 For What They Supposed Was a
IoxfuI of Counterfeit Money and tainted
When They Discovered the Trick.
New YORK, Nov. 21.-A clergyman
and layman, both citizens of this state,
living in or near Buffalo, called on Law
yer William Travers jerome TO tell him
that they had just been swindled by
green goods men, from whom, as they
supposed, they were buying counterfeit
money.
II will not give their names " said Mr.
Jerome Co a reporter. Tho minister had
received the alluring circulars Of the
green goods fakirs and came on to New
York TO meet the dealers in the stuff.
They went to Taylor's hotel, Jersey City.
where they were to meet their mysterious
correspondent but did not find him and
returned to the hotel, near Canal street,
ut which they were staying There they
were acoosted by a man who told them
that they were ahead OF time, and that If
they would return to Taylor's hotel and
engage a room they would meet the man
thoy were looking for.
''They did as requested and found in
the room they had engaged the man who
had instructed them. He told them that
the business was Of such character that
1t could not be transacted there, and he
would have to accompany them some dis
tance out OF town to see the old man
They were taken to Bound Brook, where,
in a handsomely furnished office, they
saw what they thought was counterfeit
money put up in two boxes for them.
Told TO Hurry Back.
"They told the green goods men that
they had but $500 to invest, but they
were finally induced to admit that they
had 1904 between them. The green goods
men took the $500 in return for tho two
boxes and then told the guys to hurry
back to Buffalo with their prizes and not
to open the boxes until they got homo.
They were also enjoined to throw the
stuff out OF car window If any person
asked them what the boxes contained and
to telephone the fact to their correspond
emit, who would make good the loss. The
men said that they did not have enough
to pay their faro back to Buffalo, where
upon the green goods men contributed
como money to their little store so that
they might return to their home
1.-The minister and his friend returned
to New York and spent so much of tho
little money they had loft that there was
not enough remaining for one full fare
to Buffalo The minister had a scheme
though, that would get them out of their
| difficulty He had half rate clergy
mans pass on the Eric railway This he
gave to his friend who agreed to 60 home
and telegraph enough money TO get the
minister back with the boxes of Doodle.
The latter insisted on being the custodian
of the stuff.
Could Not Get Home.
Now, a Clergyman half rate railway
pass bears his autograph signature which
he has to duplicate to get his half rate
transportation. The minister's friend
could not do this, and the pass was taken
up by the Erie ticket agent in Jersey
| City, and tho friend had TO return to the
hotel The only thing loft to do was to
| disobey the injunction OF the supposed
| dealer in counterfeit money and open the
boxes, and this the minister and his
friend proceeded to do They went tC
their room in tho hotel and cautiously
opened one of the boxes.
'With feverish haste they tore of
the paper wrappngs Of the packages, only
to find that there was nothing but neat
ly cut waste paper in the box into which
they would have sworn they saw good
money slowed away. There must be
| some horrible mistake, they felt sure TIL,
other box certainly contained money, ever
though it were counterfeit. and moro thar
enough TO compensate them for th'
amount invested by them. They opened
that Li1e the other, of course, its con
tents consisted of packages Of waste paper
Both men fell TO the floor in a deat
faint. The noise of their fall reused th
servants of the hotel, who invaded thei
room A physician was summoned to at
tend tho unconscious men. This physi
clan advised thom to call on me- / CAV
them note to Inspector Mclaughlin.
asked the minister who looked to me a
though he might be a rabbi, If he hat
never read Of the green goods game, ant
he sorrowfully admitted that he neye
had. "