The evening times., 1896-08-05
TR1cKED THE POOR CLIENTS
Mutual Reporting and Collec-
tiOn Exchange Fraudulent.
TWO OFFICIALS HAVE FLED
The Police Have Been Asked 20 Find
the UnscrupuIous FeiIows-Took
Money From Men Out Of Work and
9 Promised TO Get Them Employ.
ment-Scheme They Worked.

where is the employment agency iere:-
was asked at the entrance to the galstou.
No. 6l2 T street northwest, this morning.
Zone up-up in balloon" was the
answer, wearily. as II IT had tccoasc a
tiresome repetition. And the gentleman
IN charge OF the building led the reporter
who asked the question hack To Room No
2. aud showed how the fellows who had
played the business had scraped away
part OF their sign from the glass dnor.
The Mutual Reporting and C.lIectlon
Exchange" could sill be made out and ON
the night below tie name IS 4. Beaumont.
Sec. Il Treas" On the left wes scarcely
iegible. Frank There was a sood deal
Of excitement ahuut the corridor, in front
OF No 2 yesterday, as customers of the
place and applicants for work came in
and made inquiries.
Nobody was there but Young lady tyne
writer. and she knew nothing except that
the Leads OF the agency had disappeared
without leaving any word. She was very
much disturbed. but as she received 10 sdi-
rections during the day, concluded that
she would not return today
The business was carried on By Frank
Mckenzie. as president: Harry Gardner,
vice president, and Mr. Beaumont as Sec
retary aud treasurer. They proposed to
furnish information about business mntte,,,
make collections. and 10 find employment
for working people, clerks. etc.
Messrs- Mckenzie and Gardner came here
from Baltimore recently, aud, it is under.
stood haye returned 10 that city. Mr.. Reau-
mont, it IS said, lives ut No. 20 Ninth street
northeast.
Among those who called at the agency
on business this morning was Shelton Can
ter, an intelligent la1. who has been work.
ing at the farm Of Mr. Alfred Richards
near Four Mile Run. He was in the city
a week ago today and saw the promise OF
this concern to obtain work for its clients.
TuEIR DESCRIPTION.
He paid 50 and took a receipt for It, He
says they promised him work in three days.
He came back Satu rday. and Mr. Beaumons
told him to come in this morning at
O'Clock ready to go TO work. He was much
surprised and disappointed to find the
place closed. He says the agreement with
him was that II he didn't get work his
money was to be repaid.
I Another who was put to trouble by the
Ue mas iiOi fCSt ms If1oEeN.
is Mr.. II. II. Hough. merchant 1t Seventh
street and Rhode Island avenue. His son
was ut the agency office this morning. in
quiriing for some bills that his father had
!, given the concern to collect. lie said he
had been afraid the place was fake"
but his father thought the bills were nearly
/ desperate and they might get somethingon
them. He said he would go out and see Mr..
Beaumont and get his bills back. II rossi-
, BILE.
There were several Others including
colored man who had paid dollar
on IN absolute promise OF work. who were
looking for the three partners this morning.
Young Canter went to see Lieut.. Ho,.
linberger about the matter He will try
To bring the men 10 Justice II they sau
be reached ny law. lie and the colored
man agreed that they had been positively
promised work before they paid their
money.
They said Mckenzie was tab. we'll
formed man, with gray whiskers and dark
m,istache. Beaumont Is younger. aud Is
small. with a rather stocky figure; he
lad dark mustache and beard Gardner.
they described, Is smooth-sbavcn, with a
womau's face. rather fat aud of medium
II is said the concern was doing business
under the license of Long & Hart. who ran
a sortofbusiness sexchanesatthesa same roain
several months ago. Hart went away.
leaving Long the debts to pay and an un-
satisfactory business on his hand Nobody
heard of him afierward. Mr.. Long, who
lived in Alexandria. and is the agent of
rubber paint company. squared up every
thing about month ago aud sold to the men
who have now disappeared. They did a
lively business for time. mainly by max
| ing promises, it's said. They were ready tn
do Impossible things to get customers
money. and apparently calculated on rct-
tIns out Of town before many ot then
promises came back for fuiflinient.