The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-29
Startling Story OF Conspiracy and
Fraud.
CONTRIBUTING MUNYoMs
Rcmcdics-Two Persons in Prison
and More to Follow.
THE WONDERFUL SUCCESS
or Munyon's Improved Homeopathic
Remedies Has Induced interruptions
Persons to Flood the Market with Spur.
Iuus Goods.

Wheeling people VIII be glad to learn
that great fraud has been exposed,
and that conspiracy 10 food the mar
het with counterfeit goods has been
uipped In the bud.
All viii agree with Professor Munyon
that there Is no greater crime than
palmlug on worthless medicines on the
sick and that no punishment IS too Sc
we're for inlitaterS and eoWnteTietters.
II seems hardly credible that thcrc
can be found persons so mean. so selfish,
and SO hcagtlegs as to engage In q bust
ness 10 deceive and take advantage Of
suffering humanity, yet II Is so, for no
sooner Is 4 mcrltnrlOuS remedy fully os-
tablishCd. the confidence Of the people
Justly won, than the country Is deluged
with counterfeit and worthless lmita-
tions. Probably no concern has had
so many rascally imitators 10 contend
with. as the Munyon homeopathic
Remedy Company. Owing 20 the won
dcrful success OF these remedies, no.
moeopathic medicine companies have
sprung w like mushrooms under va
rious names. each claiming 10 be better
than the other. Some OF these com
panies have deliberately copied the
Munyon advertisements, almost bodily.
stealing whole pages from Munyon's
Guide to iieaith." with scarcely n
change, while every cunning device has
been adopted to mislead and deceive
the public.
For more than n year Professor Nun
yOn has been satisfied that his goods
were being juggIed with in some fraud
ucnt manner. Suspected employees
We're discharged, and every measure
taken to detect the culprits, but II was
not until tho last month that he was
able to lay his hands upon the chief
COnsplrnturs. He hag now In prison
one OF hia former employees and con-
Cedcratc by the name Of c. II. FcrrOn,
alias c. II. Fanola. FerrOn. II seems,
has been working FOR more than year
in conjunction with dishonest employees
OF the Alunyon Company. Goods, Ia
bells and materials were surrcptitiously
taken from the Munyun laboratory.
pellets were bought by the barrel. Il
littlc alcohol was poured upon them,
and they were placed upon the market
az the genuine Ninnyon Remedies. For
tunateiy the Muuyon Company had
taken prccaution 10 have III" metal cap
| which covers their walls stamped win
the words Munyon's homeopathic
Remedies" This the Counterfrlters
could not initiate. on account OF the
great expense and the unwilltnEneaS OF
honest mechanics 20 make a counterfeit
die. AZ soon as the fraud was dlscov-
| cred tho Muuyon Company dispatched
representatives throughout the country
| and gathered In all the spurious goods.
| but Professor Munyou advises I'll per-
! sons who buy his remedies 10 see that
the rletal cap is marked Munyon's Ho-
incompatible Remedies Fcrron declared
l when arrested that he was led into TINS
| business by cutter" in the west. who
could not buy Munyon's goods direct
| and who gave him the money 10 buy
$1,000 worth OF remedies, ostensibly TO
| 20 10 Mexico. Seeing how rapidly those
! goods sold, and finding some willing
allies in the employees OF the Munyon
Company he embarked in the bogus
business. 1t seems that one dealer ~
New York alone had bought over $1,000
| Of these imitation goods. Professor
Munyon promises TO probe this matter
to the bottom. and we sincerely hopr
that he will be able to bring all parties
| concerned in this despicable fraud to
| justice.