Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-20
JEW HAS THE JEWELRY
Three Wholesale Concerns Out
5000, SIOO and $50.
Clever SWindIer Stocked Vinton
Building Store with Packages Con-
tanning Excelsior, Paper Waste,
Floor SWeepinas and Cold Air.


Building Store with Packages Con.
tanning Excelsior, Paper Waste,
Floor Sweepngs and Cold Air.
Jew and jewels are gone and
clever swihdle which was worked with
Brattleboro as the base of operations
is brought to light. Three wholesale
jewelry concerns-Harris & Clips of
Albany, N. Y. f. H. Saxton & Co. of
Boston and Boyle Brothers of White
River Junction-are out respectively
5000, 800 and $50. It is known that
seven or eight packages of jewelry
were delivered to the swindler or his
associate and it is believed that New
York firms which have not been heard
from were victimized.
In October a good looking, stylishly
dressed young Jew who introduced
himself as Henry w. Marcus rented
the store on South Main street. former
ly occupied by Hackley & Moran. w.
H. Vinton, owner of the building,
would not consider rental for a short
period so Marcus decided to take the
store for a year. 1t was his intention,
he said, to run dry goods and variety
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to him and he took possession, but
made no payment for rent. Marcus
was here only a short time, but a man
who posed as Marcuss employee, one
Goldsmith. was in town a few weeks.
He boarded at Mrs. Gibbs's on Green
street Goldsmith worked apparently
to get the store into condition for oc-
cupancy, putting up shelving and max
ing other improvements. Large dry
goods boxes were received by express
and freight and delivered at the store,
Some of the boxes were opened, and
pasteboard parcels removed and plac-
ed upon the shelves. The new firm
was apparently getting ready for bust
ness, and the dry goods boxes indicat-
ed that a stock of considerable value
had already been deposited in the
store. Seven or eight packages con-
signed to Henry w. Marcus & Co.
came by express from wholesale jew
elry concerns. These were delivered
at the store and receipted for by Gold
smith.
Last week Wednesday a representa-
tive of Harris & Clips of Albany came
to Brattleboro. He consulted with
Lawyer Schwenk He said his firm
had shipped jewelry valued at 5000 to
Marcus. Marcus wrote to Harris &
Clips saying that he intended to open
store in Brattleboro. He gave as ref
erences New York houses, and letters
sent to New York brought to Harris &
Clips the information that Mr.. Marcus
was a reliable business man with
whom the New York houses had eX-
tensive dealings. One firm had had a
bill at one time of $500 against Mar
Gus, but every cent of it had been
paid. Pleased with this favorable re-
port Harris & Clips sent a travelling
salesman here and Marcus gave him
an order for jewelry of total value of
5000.
On Dec Sd Harris & Clips received
typewriter letter from Marcus, dated
Brattleboro in which he said the goods
had arrived and that he had also de-
cided to buy some solid gold rings and
some solid gold ladies' neck chains.
He asked that these goods, more valu-
able than the ones he bought at first,
be sent here at once. Harris & Clips
now took the precaution to send to the
Brattleboro banks for a rating on Mar
Gus, and received a reply that abso-
lutely nothing was known here as to
his responsibility and that he could not
be found at the store. This brought
a representative of Harris & Clips to
Brattleboro at once. After a consulta-
ton with Mr.. Schwenk papers were
made out attaching the goods in the
store here, and they were placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Starkey. Mr..
Vinton felt satisfied that the dry goods
in the store represented much more
than the value of Harris & Gips's- bill,
and the representatives of that con-
Germ returned to Albany thinking the
attachment protected his firm.
In a short time after Mr.. Schwenk
gave Mr.. Starkey the papers for at
tachment in behalf of Harris & Clips
the deputy sheriff received from Law
yer Barber similar papers to protect
e. H. Saxton & Co. of Boston, claim
800, and from Lawyer Gibson, whose
clients, Boyle Brothers of White River
Junction, had a claim of $50. Mr.
Vinton then stepped in and filed at
tachment No. 4, to cover the bill due
for rent.