The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
SON OF A VETERAN
Gives a RaSping to the Borrower Of
His Widowed Mothers Money.

May %, 1901
To The EDITOR oF THE GLOBE:
DEAR SIR: Your fearless sheet has
the reputation of showing up under
hand rascality Departmental as well
as outsideJ, and hope that you may
/ find space in your columns for the fol
/ lowing:
A certain ex-builder and speculator
. has m times past been given to lh,
I practice of borrowing money hon
soldiers widows and other uusus
pecuug women for the purpose 0
Iurtherlng hls own spcCu. inter
/ ests. Several yculs back the gen
tleman CD in question borrowed five
hundred dollars of a soldiers widow
. residing in the vicinity, giving a So
called deed in fee as security. This
document was given upon property al
ready covered with mortgage, and, of
course, the valuable security CD thus
given by this clean thief was worth
less. 1t was but a question Of time
when the property in question (bona
tide security ) CD was sold, and the
widow lady was left. After a year OF
more had elapsed the lady, needing
her money, made bold to ask for some
Of the interest accruing from the above
transaction but obtained not a red
cent. Later the lady, being in still
greater need, again asked for some of
the interest C per cent per annum)
but was very shortly and curtly ref
fused and was ordered from the said
gentleman's CD door when she became
persistent for her dues and just rights.
The gentleman (?) very brusquely re-
fused to pay anything at all, and
also refused to renew his note, thus en-
deavoring to disown the (his) indebt-
edness. The swindled lady was told
that If she dared TO ever set foot upon
his doorstep-well he would have the
police lock her up, and when the son
/ Of the swindled threatened rough
/ handling 10 the thief, the latter claim.
/ ed that the said son was a dangerous
man and ought to be sent TO St. Eliza.
/ beth's. Yes, indeed If widow-swind
/ ling clean thieves like the above men.
toned were West Of the Missouri
we'll they would speedily find halters
around their necks or else be called
out at fifty PAGES and given a chance
/ to uphold their nefarious practices at
/ the end Of Colt. Certain parts Of the
United States we are pleased to say
are signally free from low-grade
rogues We wish, however, that we
could say, honestly say, the same of
Washington.
The above mentioned gentleman CD,
/ i'm making the loan of the lady, claimed
that he would pay as soon as the sec.
ond story was finished upon certain Of
/ his buildings The buildings were sold
/ however, as well as finished, yet the
/ builder never showed up with any re.
mittance. The property, for which the
/ lady held the deed in fee security, was
sold unbeknown to her, and no chance
was given her 70 have parties look af.
ter her own interests.
Undoubtedly though, it will be but
question of time when he falls i'm
with the flash Department clique and
gets a boost into the service, classi.
fed CD without even a messengers ex-
animation.
What large and magnanimous
schemes certain of our citizens, most
respectable (?) citizens, are engaged
iu. anyhow Going around swindling
unprotected widows of their substance
and then, when pushed by those whom
they have swindled, running after pO.
lice protection We would venture TO
say. however, that Washington laws
Hdeavor ro protect thieves under The
/ bankruptcy laws, and coerce and bully
free press at the same time Well
they may need 10 call upon the Ma.
tional Guard 10 prevent riOting. The
gentleman (?D Of money borrowing
| swindling tendencies, might do well TO
move into property which he HAS turn.
ed into his wife's name (to prevent
attachment by creditors) and leave the
vicinity where his presence is heartily
disiked. Again the gentleman C2) in
/ question i5 said TO- have stated to the
effect that ne would like to get a Gov
eminent position, paying about $4,000
per year We would advise him. how
/ ever. 10 90 first before the Civil Ser
/ vice Commission and try his ability on
/ tho plain clerk examination without
any auyiliaries
Soy or \ VETERAN.