The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-27
BEHINDPRISON BARS.
Startling Story Of Conspiracy and Fraud.
CONTEMPLATING MUNYON'S REMEDIES.
Two Persons In Prison and More 10
Follow.
The Wonderful success OF MUNYON'S '"'-
proved Homeopathic Remedies Has IN
duced Inscriptions Persons TO fi"o'
the Market with Spurious Goods.

Richmond people will be glad TO learn
that a great fraud has been exposed
and that a conspiracy TO hood 'he MS"
ket with counterfeit goods mas Oo'N
nipped In the bud.
All will agree with Professor Munyoh
that there Is no greater crime thah PAIN
ing off worthless medicines on the SICK
and that no punishment is too severe Tor
im.ators and counterteitefs.
IL seems hardly credible that there
can be found persons 50 mean, so se4Hhn'
and so heartess as 10 engage IN ouHi
ness TO deceive aud take advantage VA
suffering humanity, yet II ~ so, lot no
sooner is a meritorious remedy tni.S
established. the confidence or the people
Justly won, than the country u deluseo
with counterfeit and worthless limitations
probably no concern has had so many
rascaly mitatOrs 10 contend Win as
the Munyon Homeopathic Remedy Com
pany. owing to the wonderful success
Of these remedies. homeopathic medicine
companies have sprung up Ike mushrooms
under various names each claiming 70 Be
better than the other. Some or these
companies have deliberately copied the
Munyon Advertisements, almost oodl'F'
stealing whole pages from Munyoi
Guide 20 Health' with scarcely q eha"t''
while every cunning dovlce mas seeh
adopted 70 mislead ana leceF' N'1 '""
he. -
For more Than year Professor Mum
Won has been satisfied that his goods were
being mggled with IN some tfauduieN'
manner Suspected employees were dis
charged. and every measure was Iaho..
20 detect the culprts. but II was not uh'n
the last month that he was able 70 lay MS
hands upon the chief consplratorS. Il'
has now I'm prison one OF his former EN-
ployes and confederate by the name on
q. II Ferron alias c. II. Fanola. Ferton'
il seems. has been working for more thah
a year in conjunction with dishonest en-,
gloves OF the Alunyon Company Goodf'
labels. and material we're surrepuuouSiy
taken from the Munyon Laboratory pei
lets we're bought By the barrel, htue
alcohol was poured upon them ana 'N's
we're placed upon the market rs the gnu
inc Afunyon Remedies. Fortunately wv
Munyon Company had taken prosecution 70
have the metal cap which covers thsiI
Walls stamped with the words. Munyohe
Homoeopathic Remedies" This the couh'
terfeiters could not initiate, on account
of the great expense and tho unwilling
ness OF honest mechanics 70 make a coun-
ferfeit die. As soon as the fraud wa
discovered the Munyon Company DIS
Matched representatives throughout tho
country. and gathered In an tho spurious
goods. but Prof. Munyon advises al per
sons who buy the remedies 10 see that NV
metal cap f. marked. "Nlunyon hoihoeo-
pathio Remedies" Ferron declared When
arrested that he was led into this bust
ness by a cutter" IN the West, VINO coold
not buy Munyon's goods direct and VINO
gave him the money 10 buy 5000 worth 81
The remedies, ostensibly 10 60 20 Mex
leo seeing how rapidly these goods sold,
and finding some willing allies 90 mo
employees OF the Munyon Company. no
embarked IN the bogus business. IL
seems that one dealer In Now York
alone had bought over 5000 worth or
tbeee Imitation goods. Professor Muny0n
promises 70 probe this matter 10 the
bottom and We sincerely hope that he
will be able 70 bring al parties con-
cerned IN this despicable fraud TO JUS
tice.