The sun., 1899-01-26
NOTTHES SAME W. B. DEMTNG
MERCHANTS MTSLED BT ORDERS
SIGNED WIN THAT NAME.


There Is = Reputable Mr.. Demine in Busi-
ness. and the Police are Looking for
the Other "Mr. Deming" who Got
| $4,000 Worth OF Goods on That Name.
Early in the present month well-appearing G
man called at the ONCE of II. Blackburn. agent
| OF the Hudson building at 81 Broadway. in
troduced himself as w. B. Deming" and asked
| IL there were any Offices In the building va
cant. Mr.. Blackmur showed the man an Of
| fce on the thirteenth floor. which proved ac-
csptable. and the next day the man moved in
| q desk. a safe. a table and several other ar
| tlcles OF Office furniture. Next nice clean
office boy put in an appearance and two DAYS
| later two typewriter girls were installed. Mr..
DemlnR" kept the typewriter girls busy max
Ing out orders for goods and the boy work ed
about twelve hours day assisting Mr. Dem
ing" to unpack the cases. large and small. that
came In response to the orders. II was quite
evident to ev0rybody.ln the building that Mr.
Deming' was doing rushing business.
Less than week ago City Marshal named
Levy called at the Office to levy on whatever
he could find thero, up to the value Of 500,
the amount named In an order Of attachment.
Mr.. Deming" had purchased typewriter
from the Columbia rypewriting Company aud
had neglected TO pay for il. The City Mar
shal didn't find anything in the Office save the
covered by rhtate mortgage. For several
days before the City Marshal's call Mr.. Dem
ing" had not been at the office. He has not
been there since aud information as to his
present whereabouts is anxiousIy sought by
large number OF business men In this city and
Buffalo.
1t Is estimated that IN the two or three weeks
that he was In business the mysterious Mr.
Demln2' obtained about 100000 worth OF
goods without the expenditure of anything
but postage stamps. and sold tho Same for
cash. making very neat profit. and enou gh to
take him far away from, the trusting mer-
chants who let him have the goods.
There Is in this city. n the rear building at
ply broker. named W. b. Deming This Mr..
Deming buys large quantities OF goods OF all
bays Tor them mr. too. IHS is rated hSh in the the
publications Of the mercantile agencies. and
an order written on his business paper is gem
Mr.. DeminE" of 81 Broadway evidently
kPsw ss Al Ht9 the n. to
PeminE Of p EEchqnss ulSss. Il va vas " few "
telegram from a Buffalo firm that makes iron
novelties. The telegram Acknowledged the
receipt OF an order for large quantity OF
The supply ordered" it said will weigh
1aily 1peairiy ton; Didn't YOU make mistake or
Mr.. Deming replied very promptly that he
had not ordered any goods and had absolutely
no use for n ton OF iron ware. He warned the
Buffalo firm that they were probably being
worked by a swndler. The next day there
came a batch of inquiries from this borough
and Brooklyn. ask ing Mr. Deming when he
moved to 32 Broadway. and.referring 10 or
ders for goods For several days after this
the mails were full Of letters for Mr.. Deming.
asking questions about orders for goods that
had been made in his name. It finally became
such an annoyance that Mr. Deming sent out
word through Bradstreet's and Duns agen-
cies that swindler using his name and
credit in order to get goods.
Mr.. Deming' ot :}2 Broadway left nice
gold sign and bundle Of business cards de-
scrib nR him as Il commission and shipping
merchant behind him. which his creditors are
welcome to. For three DAYS after Mr. Dem
ing disappeared the office boy and the type
writer's kept the office open and waited for
their employer 10 come back and pay their
salaries. They finally gave up in despair and
the office IL now locked.
Some OF the local merchants who sent goods
to b broadway on the strength of the EX-
change place DeminE's good name are Boaz
4 l.tchtenstein Of B59 Wes, Broadway. J. A.
Acme Knee Pants Company Of :sn5 Broome
street W. II. Sheldon & 90. Of 1O5 Reade street.
A. Gold oerg * Co. H3 Mercer street. dealers in
ladies' dress skirts, and Charles Broadway
RousS.
These merchants have asked the police to
assist In finding the Broadway Mr.. DeminR
and two detectives have been assigned to hunt
him up. The Exchange place Mr.. DeminG
says that he doeSn know the man and doesn't
want to- II there is another man of his exact
name in this city he never heard of him.