The San Francisco call., 1898-01-06
Filling Up Evidence of That Pa=
 Der'S Crooked Methods.

accord with the terms of the contract.
 A house in business as long as
 yours, and with the successful career
 that yours has had, would not we
 assume, sign contract without
 Knowing what 1t was. and If 1t did,
 e.. we do i not see as we accepted the
 ference it would make. No one is
 better aware than yourself that
 man Is chargeable with notice to
 whatever he puts his signature. and
 we do, not understand how, having
 done this and received the considera-
 ton undertaken on the part of the
 Bulletin, there could be a demurrer
 entered to bill. People do sometimes
 make contracts that they afterward
 regret, that do not, in their estima-
 ton. return them quid pro quo; but
 that, We submit, furnishes no legal or
 just grounds for annulment or repu-
 diation. The fact that your house
 has not for some time undertaken
 much. if any, newspaper advertising
 would suggest that an extended
 notice in our industrial edition would
 be agreeable to you.
 contract from you in good faith. like
 wise published the write up.',, and
 feel that we shall have to insist on
 the payment of this bill. If we
 should make reduction for one we
 should have to for all, and this we
 could in no wise consent to; besides,
 many of the parties who joined with
 us in this special edition are constant
 patrons of our advertising columns,
 and if we should make concessions to
 any one these would be entitled as-
 suredly to consideration. We have
 not done so, and to do so would in
 volve Us in loss. We believe that the
 write up will result in much greater
 advantage to you than this modest
 charge. Kindly send check to cover.
 C. M. JENNINGS.
 w. F. Mau of the firm of Mau. Sad Ter & Co. was too keen for the bunko sharp. The game was cleverly put up to cinch the firm to the extent of s5O or SI5, but MT. Mau was shrewd enough to mark on the accepted copy the words, "The expense in no event to ex- ceed $5." The write-up which the so- licitor brought to the store for accept ance was rejected, and forty words were substituted. According to the calculation of the solicitor the words would run eight to line, therefore five lines would amount to forty words or $5. Speaking of the transaction MT. Mau said: The Bulletin sent in a bill of S9, but we pay only S5 I did not sign anything, but simply put the rub Der stamp on the acceptance and wrote on the face of the copy that the amount was not to exceed s. The difference is slight, but we pay only $5.'
 Max Ordenstein, 320 Battery street was among the bunkoed. He paid up and did not intend to say anything about 1t until he heard that others who had been victimized by the Bulletins game were making the scheme public 'I have no time now to tell you all about it, as l am busy balancing my books, but come tomorrow and I will give you the whole story just as it hap pened," said MT. Ordenstein. My case is similar to the Excelsior Glove Company's experience" continued the victimized merchant. ''I paid, but l do not care to say how much. It was a swindle, all the same. I signed nc contract and made no agreement tC pay what was demanded That's right. I was bunkoed."
 At the meeting of the Bulletins vic tims called by the Merchants Associa- tion F. w. Dohrmann stated in the clearest and most explicit language in the presence of Boyle, the business manager of the bunko paper, that the words "one dollar line" were stamped on the 70. K" signature of Nathan, Dohrmann & Co.,, after the document was taken from the store. The dollar a line stamp was not there when l signed said MT. .Dohrmann. 'I would take an oath to that
 An old and respected institution which has patronized the Bulletin for thirty-four years figures in the bun koed list. It was planned to swindle this institution out of sum consider ably in excess of s200, when only an expenditure of $5 was authorized. One of the directors of the institution said to the business manager of the Bulle- tin: We have never sued or been sued since our institution was created. We will pay the full amount of this claim if you demand it, but when you get our receipt you get notice that no solicitor from your paper shall ever be received in our place."
 How much did you figure on pay ing?" asked MT. Boyle.
 'The sum which we authorized was $5. and in no event did we expect to go above s25''
 The business manager then took out an envelope containing several con- tracts. saying as he disclosed the con- tents of the envelope: 'These are con- tracts made by our particular friends and no suit will be brought to enforce