The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-02
BESIEGED BY VICTIMS
The World Art and Photo Studio
Takes Down Its Sign,
Gave Sittings at Low Rates, but
Failed to Deliver Pictures.
More Than 1900 Unfinished Mega
tives Await Development.

The world Art and Photo Studio"
has taken down its sign from over tie
door at 1915 Broadway, Days Theatre
building.
More than fifty people visited the place
yesterday, and each told the same story.
Each had receipt for a small sum of
money paid in advance for portraits at
phenomenally low prices.
These people had paid all the way
from so cents to $40 to the World Art
and Photo Studio" people, and none of
them bad ever been able to get any sat
isfaction oIt of the manager"
Among the victims are: Annie
Schmeltz, 60 Beaver street. Brooklyn,
who paid $40; Mrs. c. Il. Thompson, go
West One Hundred and Fifty-thrd
street, 81; Misses j. Nelson and S. Han
whom the concern had got S23; another
Brooklyn lady, who would not give her
address. g; Annie Anderson, Fordham
Heights, 81. and Marie Person, 81
A canvasser had contracted with each
OF the above to make dozen first-class
cabinet-size photographs and crayon,
or pastel portrait, 20 Ivy y inches, all
from Original sittings, for s.. When the
subscribers called to sit for the pictures
they were told that they had misunder-
stood the canvasser. and that the pay
mint of anothen$2 WAS necessary. lien
he sitting was had ard usually tnat
was the end of the transaction. for ;he
pictures were never finished. I7c Gus
'omer Gazing for her pictures would be
the immens, rush of Business Next
week they were put off again.
There were more than 200 of these
negatives in the studio" when an
place last night. 1t had been closed
since Saturday.
Sometimes the customer was induced
tc drop another So for an elegant frame.
While an Evening World" representa-
tive was on the spot young man came
up with a key to the door, accompanied
by another man, They entered and the
reporter followed. The reporter made
| the World Art and Photo Studio" that
| the young man blurted out:
you've just knocked this deal in the
headw
The other man laughed. He had come
to look over the studio with view &c
purchasing the business.
| The young man said he was brother
of Caspar Woolford, dealer in art goods
at 255 Bowery.
My brother had to take this place ir
satisfaction of, debt. two weeks ago
said. 1.-The place was run by Frank
Kiss, and he had an operator, ]. f
Lowry. Why, that fellow never finished
picture. nor delivered an order. My
| DTOlHtT Stdlleu III " III tue olueI hiSs
had taken but it is a good deal bigger
job than he dreamed of, and so We
took down the sign and decided to quit
| inasmuch as we were not responsible
| for the doings of Kiss.
"Since we took possession we have
discovered that Kiss is the same fellow
who was locked up last Winter 70,
similar operations on. Broadway. nea
Ninth street, under the name of 'Th
Metropolitan He was in Jail for fou
| months"
There was talk among the victims
of compelling Caspar Woolford, as tn
present apparent manager, to produc
Frank Kiss. and the young man wh'
failed to sell the studio To hia com
panion. said that If they compelled IT HI
supposed his brother would produce
Kiss,