The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-20
WAS THE WORK OF STINDLERS,
sharp Trick Played on the Residents of Ihis CItY--No Concert nt stolmert MnM.


 Sharp Trick Played on the Residents of
 This City-No Concert at StelneVt Hall.
 One of the most despicable swindles recently perpetrated in this city cul- minated last evening in the disappoint- ment of throng of ladies and gentle men who assembled on Chapel street and endeavored to secure entrance to Steinerts hall in the anticipation of en- toying a concert for the benefit, as had been represented, of "Tha Mothers Aid Society and Leila and Hope Day Nur- serles." The hall was, however, dark and the door locked, and after waiting some time the citizens went to their eey- eral homes, convinced that they were the victims of shrewd swindle.
 During the past two months two wo- men have been going the rounds of the city disposng of tickets for an alleged grand concert to be given at Steinert's hall December IS, and for which they received $1 each. These women, both of whom were comfortably dressed and 1 whose general appearance was such as ito invite confidence, have visited many of the well known and charitable resi- dents of the city and have sold a num- Der of these fraudulent tickets. The | tickets read as follows: "In His Name, Steinert hall, TT Chapel street, Thurs | day evening, December 19, 1895, grand concert in aid of the Mothers Aid so- ciety and Leila and Hope Day nurser- ies 60 Greene street and 107 Hill street, New Haven. Reserved seats $l.00." | The women secured quite a rich har- vest from their swindling operations, as nearly every one whom they visited, and they selected people of means char i itably disposed, purchased one or more | tickets for the benefit of such worthy ! institutions as the ones they claimed to ] represent. Recently the managers of the institutions caused to be inserted in the several local papers card to the effect that they were in no way respon- sible for the entertainment, but even this warning did not apparently inter- i fere with the sale of the bogus tickets. Among those who purchased a number i of these tickets, which he distributed 1 to his friends, was Charles Walker of the well known firm of the Charles Mon- 1 son company, and many others of our well known business men, including bankers, lawyers, professors and oth- CTS. MT Walker, to aid the most excel l lent charities named on the tickets, l bought several tickets, which he gave to friends, who visited him after the concert to receive coincidence.
 1 Last night was the time set for the concert and fully one hundred ladies and gentlemen betook themselves to ! Steinert's hall anticipating a rich musi- cal treat Their surprise can be well imagined when upon their arrival at the hall they found the door locked and the hall full of inky darkness. Again they looked at their tickets to make sure that they had not mistaken the date, and finally poured into Steinerts store to inquire why the concert had been postponed. Mir Steinert was found in a very indignant frame of mind at the fraud perpetrated upon him and the public
 MT. Steinert stated that his agent had been visited at the store some weeks ago by two women, who had engaged the hall for last night for concert i They said it was in behalf of a most worthy charity Since that time his agent and clerks had heard nothing more concerning the case
 The disappointed citizens finally real ized that they had been shamefully duped and went to their homes indig- nant all the way through. It is esti- mated that the swindlers, who have as completely vanished from the city as though the earth had opened and swal- lowed them up, cleared probably $500 by their nefarious scheme.