, 1897-04-15
A SWINDLING BICYCLIST.
He Rides a New Machine Each Season
at II Cost OF IS or $40.

81 have gone I'm aeainst n varied as
sortment of swindling eames since
wen, into the bicycle b~nsiness" said III,
manager of a downtowp b;cvc,e o,eno,
to the New York Sun man "bnt befor,
I got into this limo 7 wos in ohoroo -
an installment hone. and h.fora ,b,
was cashier in n bote, 90
had NV eve teeth cut vo,, NAV s,y R,,
I've unearthed n pent,aman,v cr,,k
whose game is moi, only move, I'm,
smooth as silk and he is absol,te,v ,be
limit in my wide ,c,r,i,t,,oo with hi
cycle swindlers
.Eacb seas son for ,br.a y.,rs,to nv,
KNOWLEDGE This follow b,s Snor,od :,
new machine of stapd,rd u,Lo with
all the ~un-to-dete accessor;ss Ar III.
end of the season he discards TINT wbee,
and when spripp comes around with
vonnp tender rraor h,,d., l.,
the marks and eon.Ilv groom and ,opdar
chumps like mvself doing husi,esS !,
the bicycle line This chan will h. sean
on another vince, the newas, mod.,
the uost non,,ar mole and with tba
latest trimmings His season. riding
doesn't cost him over s,o and TINT, his
record for three ve,rs If not ,opgar
"II1 tell Won how ba doas If l., tho
first ploce he h,s mn honor, b1e nrosos-
sion and a wide acouaintapce In The
next place he is naturally a swindler
In the Inst Mace we bicvcle dealers md
agents will stand a great de,, hesor.
acknowledging that we have Lost , deal
or n wheel.
.sThe modus oner,pd; Of ,bo oa,tIo-
man whnse hicvcles have baen dirt
cbeap for him Is as follows. Saveral
wears ago n, the bepinninp of tho road
season he presented his card and bis
impressive p~ersonalitv n, the downtown
agency for a w~ell-knowp mats of hi
CYCLE
".J don't want I, waste time in nok-
ing over chean articles, be said q
want only the bas, md ,b,t ou;ck1v,
"Of course tho c,,esm,, v,s do,ight-
ed The nrofassion,l mans ave ,iyhtad
on a wheel tba, was .ope in n ,hon-
sand, as tho makars of rifle ~. rrals s,v
He examined If critically mt in n few
ohiect;ors IN tho m,rs nr tiras and tho
saddle inst IN show that he knew NIL
,bout wheels md wheeling and he
wound nm nv saving careIassyv.
".Sbin II To nv home address md
send the hill to nv office shall ex-
nect tn trv the machine and test If tn
nv satisfaction,
..Tba 9 lasm,p q tr;aa arstared wan,
hack to tbe credit clerk showed the
customers professional card and was
told ia get n cash denosit nj s25 two
references. and nm agreement IN nav so
much a month on the price.
..Mr Professional Man beamed upou
the salesman. furnished the references.
giving the names of two gentlemen well
known on Newspaper row. and in COM
mercial circles, but-he had only $40
to snare. and presumed that would suf-
free 40 a puarontv Of good faith. His
vhae1 All the firm received was tba,
soIi,arv x,o They allowed the fra,
month to exnire witho,t sending him a
s,o,omar, Tho nov, month lime they
rosnact,,,,v raouastad , navmenr ON ac-
r., 1,I, ,,,,s, and Sen,emhar
di,,o ,,a ro,,as,s increasing in busi-
noss,;La ,.rms hnt with M mercantile
osoo, ,ro, rho o,st,mer Who mean
whi,a rod. ,ba, s1o wbea, for al, he
mo. u,ortb T., Octoher the cred;t man
ooun,,ined I, tho be,d If ,ba firm md
= nraam,torv no,ica was sen, IN the de-
rnn,,ont
..rho n,,,,ou.n,v oro,l had sxnsct-
al inc, sncb a dano,,ament He nromnt-
H. uo,,ioa o,.,,v ;n,oruiro n. srm
,no, ,ha S,oLa1oss wboe, did M. come
uonua,o,,otio, ,na thu. ,n,oss !,
wo, ,o,,a,od NJ o,oa from bis ,rouises
~ .,a,,,, ho oh,;.oa - NJ. !, !, .,or
,ao - ~ ox,on,o -, ,ho do.,.r,
..1aoh vo.r since Tho, follow h,. ,,ov-
ed the same game on some bicycle house
which does business on the installment
plan. Not only Is he not ashamed Of
such contemplate trickery, but he &C
tually boasts of his success in getting a
seasons sport on a new standard wheel
for little or nothing"
When asked how he detected the