The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-27
FRAUD UNEARTHED!
A GIGANTIC FRAUD COMES TO THE
SURFACE.
Post Ohice Authorities Work Up Case
of Long NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Men
i'm the Gang--A Case That
Lays Gall in the shade.
PROMINENT ENTUcKIANs

A swindle of gigantic proportions
has been run down by PostJflice
Inspector VIM. I. Fletcher, of Gin
cinnati, under direction of Inspec-
tor-in-charge, j. +. Salmon.
1t is estimated that over a score
of Wholesale firms in Cincinnati, as
we'll as many business houses in
all the large cities of the country,
have been victimized to the extent
of over 100000.
For over eight months Inspector
Salmon and several of his field in
spectors have been working on the
case, and Kentucky postmaster,
a druggist and a Wholesale whisky
man have been arrested and locked
up in Jail at Covington on the
charge of being implicated in the
swindle and using the mails in fur
therance of it.
About six months ago Inspector
Holden swore out warrants for the
arrest of these men and placed the
writs in the hands of Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal Grear, but it
seems that they concealed them
selves in the mountain businesses
of Kentucky and thus avoided ar
rest. Besides, it was and still is
thought that there are about II
dozen men implicated in the swind-
ling, and the officials hesitated
about making an arrest in the hope
of being able to capture them all
at one time.
The men arrested are postmaster
w. H. Hall, of Wells, Martin
county, Ky; Wayne Cameron, a
wholesale and retail liquor dealer
of Catlettsburg, Ky, and c. NJ.
Cooper, a druggist of Paintsville,
Ky.
They were captured by Deputy
Marshal Grear and brought to Cow
ington. Here they were arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Cochran on the charge of using the
mails in furtherance of a scheme
to defraud. Their hearing was set
for October 9, and n bond of $4,000
required in each case. Cameron
and Cooper gave bond and were re-
leased, but Hall was committed to
Jail in default of bond. Hall
claims to be worth $4,000, and
threatens to make a big fight. He
claims that he was financially en-
barrassed temporarily through ina
bility to make collections, but de-
MES that he Intentionally swindled
any person. The other men also
deny their guilt. The postoflice
officials, however, believe they have
a strong case against them.
According to complaints received
at the Inspectors office the follow
ing local firms were victimized
American Sewing Machine Co., car
load of machines; Vanduzen and
Tiff Bell Co., large cathedral bell
Porter Iron Roofing and Corruga-
ting Co., big bill of roofing; Gin
cinnati Cork Co., consignment of
corks; the Alpine Safe Co., three
large safes. A large number of
other Cincinnati firms were caught
for big sums. The American Type
Writer Company sent them car
load of typewriters, which they re-
shipped to Wheeling, West Va,
and resold at 500 apiece, while the
regular price is SS5. 1t is also re-
ported that they caught local firms
for a car load of grindstones and
big consignment of tombstones.
Among the firms in other cities
who claim to have been swindled
by the Kentuckians are the Aerial
Bicycle Co., of Goshen, Ind, big
shipment of bicycles; the Union
Manufacturing Company, of To-
ledo, Ohio, two shipments of sew
ing machines the DR.. Harter Med
icine Co., st. Louis, big bills of
drugs; Engels d Krudwig, San
dusky, Ohio, two barrels of wine
and one half barrel of brandy; G.
l.. Hoover a. Sons, of New Albany,
Ind, two bills of drugs; Spencer,
Barnes & Stewart, of Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, car load of furniture.