Evening journal., 1901-05-06
ANOTHER FRAUD
IS UNMASKED
Animal World Under Post
Office Inspection
WILMINGTONIAN'S CLEVER RUSE
Mr.. Taylor Orders Pair Of AngOraS
But Has Strong String to
His Money
WILMIKCTONIAN'S CLEVER RUSE

It takes a clever swindler to dafraud
or trick wide-awabe Delawarean,
and William H. Taylor, Of No. 12l1
King street, has succeeded in exposing
a scheme whereby thousands of the
citizens Of the United States have been
caught The Animal World" IS the
scheme that has been exposed by Mr.
IaylOr's clever work, and he has sue
ceeded admirably in showing up Man
2ger E. c.. Wick, of New York, and his
partners in fraud.
1.-THE Animal World" Is "a paper devoted
to the interests of animals and how to
properly raise them, especially domestic
animals, and as a special inducement to
obtain subscribers the firm sends out cir
culars in which it IS set forth that a
male and female bird. cat. monkey or any
other pair of rare pets VIII be sent to
every new subscriber for the paper upon
receipt Of 81.
Mr.. Taylor. who was deslrous of OBJ
tanning "a pair of Angora cats. answered
the advertisementand enclosed ST. Having
once in his life been connected with the
United States Secret Service. Mr.. Taylor
had a string on his dollar. so TO speak
and the string saved him his money and
he has received the following communi-
cation from Postonice Inspector George
NJ Sutton. Of the New York Postonice
Department:
Numerous complaints against "ThC
Animal World" No 2iS West Twenty
third street, New York (of which E O.
Wick IS the manager and treasurer hay
ing Leen received by the Postoffice De.
partment. an investigation of their bust
ness and methods was made by me under
the direction of the department. These
complaints were carefully and fully inves
igated, and after consideration OF tn,
| report submitted thereon. the honorabl,
assistant Encouragement for the Post
| office Department, under date of Febru
ary l6, 1901, directed that mail addresse,
10 this firm be withheld from deliver.
pending further consideration and fina
decision on the question as 10 whethe
the said "The Animal World" has beer
using the United States mail IN the fur
therance OF a scheme TO defraud
Under date of February q. 1901. tn
honorable assistant attorney-general sub
mitted his decision IN the case, which f.
as follows;
| Subject: "The Animal World" Of New
York city. All mail now held at the post
office in New York city, and which ma.
come TO that address for an indonnit
time, shall be delivered to Mr. Wick onl.
in the presence of an inspector for tn
Postoffice Department (Air. Sutton pre-
ferred, inasmuch as he heretofore has in
vestigated the case and IS familiar wit
the facts relating thereto). IN whose pres
ence ii must an be opened, and an maj
containing money shall be returned to tn
writers, with the following exception.
viz:
/. Letters containing orders for renewa
Of subscriptions to "The Animal World,
and letters containing orders for animal
at prices quoted on price list and cata
logue, and when II is clearly indicate
that the money Is to cover the purchas
of animals and has no connection whai
ever with the scheme for obtaining an
mails free
Being satisfied that you have been mil
led and deceived by the circular matte
received from "rhe Animal World" you
letter and remittance TO said firm al
herewith returned I'm accordance with th
above instructions.
Very respectfully,