New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-28
FAKE STORIES TO ORDER.
AN ALLEGED PLAN TO ADVERTISE A PAWN
TICKET DEALER

Beriram Hull. Of No IS Park Place. Newark.
last night called at the Detective Bureau and laid
before Captain OBrien some letters which he said
mad been received yesterday b. buyer and seller
OF pawnickets. who has one store I'm the Bowery
and another in Broadway. This person. whose
and address were given to Captain O'Brcn and
afterward TO the reporters at Police Headquarters
In all seriousness, has recently secured much val
liable free advertising from the sensational press
OF the city from Inc fact that his stores have been
the scene at short intervals OF a melodramat tic
dynamite bomb outrage" in which one
hurt, and an equally remarkable diamond robbery
The letters shown the captain which were signed
Alexander ID. Russell General Manager. Assocat ed
Syndicate News Company. of No. 81 Park Row.
contained requests from Russell to the dealer TO
stand for dozen wholly untrue sensational stor-
les which wero TO be written up by the Associated
Syndicate News Company and which the syndicate
would try 10 sell TO certain papers.
The communications were typewriter. with the
exception Of the signature of Russell which was
written in large hourishng hand. Following is
Of the letters. which was shown TO captain
O'Brien.
Associated Syndicate News Company at No "a
Park Row Our object is TO advertise business men
fake stories. take the liberty TO suggest the ioi-
lowing schema and will call personally shorty TO
more expressly explain the modus operandi OF my
bureau | will make written or verbal con ,rac,
TO furnish with series OF twelve s snr ma,
twelve. Fcs the first story would suggest ma
some night | place dynamite burglars tools. DARK
lanterns etc. alongside the safe ana nluliit'e Wy
back door with N axe. To make IT appear real.
You should disturb the Holmes Electric i'rotec,oh
Company's alarm and hastily return to Den' IN '"1
minutes the policemen will have arrived, ana. o,
course YOU viii be Informed of the boldest of bold
attempts While all this is taking place J VIII he
hurryirg to the newspaper offices with the stories
which will be written or three hours before
hand. The safe AT that time Will contain aDoul
$4,000 worth of diamonds and iewelry f s ,os
in 4 few minutes will swarm the place: see the ioois
etc You yourself corrOborate the story, MY
bureau is established just for this purpose ana cur
staff OF reporters and myself have imaginative
minds. For the other eleven stories we wouh man.
ufacturo such original and sensational IA les that
YOU would suddenly become the most popular man
strictly confidential. Let no one into the scheme:
will call on YOU shortly and refer you 10 the uler-
ent of several theatres. Tor wnom nav
manufactured the most wonderful stories lmagih-
able.
According TO the pawn ticket dealers representa-
tive. that enterprisng tradesman says that Russe"
followed his letter to the store, arriving about
3 O clock yesterday He wanted the dealer 10 sign
a; once a contract to take the stones and told
him that II would be one Of the best schemes he
ever went into, AMI that it would pay better than
any other kind Of deal The pawn ticket dealer
was so virtuously indignant at the mans PROPOSE
ton and at his assurance that he told RusseIl
not TO call again. Russell went away saying that
the virtuous merchant would regret his hasty de-
cison in the matter. that upon further considera,
that he would call again in day or two. After
ward the merchants indignation became so great
that he sent his friend TO Police Headquarters with
the letters. declaring that the whole business was
have nothing to do with 1t.
SO the tale ended