Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-22
ALL DONE WITH A CHECK BOOK.
Ingenius SwindlinE on a Very Linz
tied Banked Capital.

| ALL DONE WITH A CHECK BOOK.
| Ingenius SwindlinE on Very Linz
tied Banked Capital.
1T is to laugh" when one learns the
method by which a well-dressed man
and woman have been swindling st.
Louis merchants. Even the victims
cannot repress a smile. For all the
closely guarded business systems, there
are thinkers and schemers, crafty,
shrewd men and women who have
plenty Of gray inside as well as out
side their heads. and who used 1t just
to demonstrate 1t to the satisfaction Of
their pocketbooks that these safe
guards can be overcome.
A well-dressed lady and gentleman
enter a business house and look over
the articles on sale. Perchance they
go to a well-known tailor's place of
business and the gentleman orders a
suit. Very likely he wants a high
priced suit; most clever men do. He
asks what deposit Is required and
writes cheekfor the amount demand
ed. Then he goes away with his lady
companion. The check Is rushed oft
to the bank before work is commenced
on the suit. 1t Is found to be a per-
fectly good check. In the. course Of
time the gentleman returns to get his
suit, and again his Swell female
friend is with him. The suit Is proper
ly done up in a neat pasteboar1 box,
as all good tailors-made suits should be-,
and the gentleman remarks that II his
memory serves him right the balance
due on the suit is a certain amount.
He draws forth his check book and
writes q check for the balance. The
check in on the same bank on which
the first check was drawn. The first
paper was good and the tailor. urgu-
ing that this must be also and that he
has probably won new customer, po-
litely refrains from calling up the
bank by telephone until after the Gus
toner has departed. When he does
send the check to the bank he Is in
formed in the due course Of time that
the second paper was exactly like the
first one with one exception. The first
was good: the second was not. The
man and woman and the suit have dis
appeared and the tailor has lost his
new clothes brush which he threw In.
Then 1t Is that he smiles sickly smile
and tells his troubles to policeman.
Or, perhaps the man enters a jewelry
store. He has a unique watchcase. He
says 1t is a family heirloom and the
appearance Of the thing bears out his
statement. There are all sorts Of hap
py memories wrapped up in that
watchcase and all sorts Of family MIS-
tory. The man wants the very best
works in the establishment put in that
case He buys few trinkets AMI then
remembers that he Is not known In the
jewelry store. He suggests paying for
the work in advance. The Jeweler, Of
course, is willing. Again he draws
forth his check book and writes o'at Il
check covering the bill. If the check
Is not large enough he Wm pay the
difference when he returns for the
watch. In the meapt1me he expects to
leave the city, bat will be back within
| 10 or 10 days. He keeps his promise.
but the Jrk has-pot been ce@a!stea.~
TbaAkrk is glad he came in, however,
| for there is some little mistake about
the check which he gave in payment for
his bill. The man does not understand
this. The check certainly must be
good. He had whole lot Of money In
the bank when he issued the check and
he has not had occasion to withdraw
any Of it. When he thinks the matter
over for a few minutes he becomes real
Indignant Would the clerk mind per-
mitting him to look at the check? The
clerk would not; he gets the worthless
piece Of paper. The man takes 1t; he
looks at it from all sides, and his In
dignation rises. He notes the indorse-
ment of the firm, put on the check when
they sent it to the bank. That Is what
he wanted-that Endorsement. He will
see about this, and rushes out Ito see."
He drops his hat and hurriedly enters
nearby store, where he tells the pro-
prietor that Mr.. -, the jeweler,
would be much Obliged If the check
were cashed for him. The proprietor
notices that the check has been in
dorsed by the big jewelry firm and
cashes it. The man skips out. Then
he invents a new scheme.
A game Of this kind has come to the
notice Of the police Of late. man and
woman played their little game on the
M. E. Croaks Tailoring company, where
they passed a check for $2S drawn on
the Merchants Laclede Bank. Werner
Bros, were defrauded out Of $25 IN 81
similar manner by man and woman
answering the description Of the pair
who called on the Croaks establishment.
Others reports are coming IN with
regularity that is startling as well as
lamusing.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
KNEW IT ALL THE TIME.-A gentle
man from one Of the near by states who