The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-11-14

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'sI'vs juIt had my sa~t' sxpisriSnce
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N Hoeye, apostaastsr, OF Perry,
|reoaantly, 'ahd, strange to ~
I have com, out . dollar ahead d
the szms. ":Hers Mr.. Hoeys2head
up, a brand new Z, bill. cot oourse
II know a whole lot hes been
published about tho operations 81
tho green goods manipalators, bit
there were some pnasas Of tho
business that hadn't fully impress-
ed themselves ON me until I had
a direct personal experience.
I'm the first place l received
a type written letter marked con Fl
dentiaP on the 4th day Of Oct.
In some way. l don't know how,
the party working the scheme
had got my name. The letter was
signed, w.th a rubber stamp, with
the name of J. R. Hunter, Mineola
|P. O., North Carolina. The
writer went on to say my name
had been sent him by his son, bis
travelling representative, that ! had
been represented az sh,ewed
reliable and trustworthy man. who
could safely be eo-operated with,
and that therefore he would take
/ the liberty Of proposingra schsafe
that ninety nine out Of a hundred
men wopld gladely grasp If they
could examine the work and CON
vince themselves Of its absolute
safety. With this prefact. MI; Hunter
% he. signed himself, proceeded to
say that he was an expert engraver,
having for afsen years been emptsy-
ed in tho bureau Of engraving OF
Washington D. c., and foa: ton years
was superintendent OF one: OF. the
largest bank,note coaapanies in the
country. He said that during his
leisure be-, had taken mp Of q side
Issue tho .dppliaaon. Of ,ones two,
favss and tens and a. these were
the denonin nations be lid worked
on he was enabled to make them
perfect.
IN the next paragraph Mr.: Hunter
asked ma to lay aside any prejaice
might have against the propositat-
Jon; andsloek> at it: from a business.
standpoint. He disclaimed con-
nection with tho irresponsible people
who represented they could furn:
ish just such goods as he was
offering They annoyed him, he
said. His was only genuine artical
and he wanted to know If I would
cooperate with him in the disposal
Of the goods, If he could prove
beyond all doubt they were all
he claimed for them and could
not be told from the genuine, even
by experts. He said he did not
want me to invest a dollar until
1 had examined his entire stock aud
compared the gods with the genu-
me. An investment Of $500 would
give me a return that q lifetime
of toll would not, and this was
without injuring my friends, neigh
bors or fellow man. Then: the letter
wound up a. follows:
ITO convince you Of the satety
Of the business will, upon receipt
of telegram az per enclosed note,
send you sample Of my work and
will also appoint . place to meet
you so you can personally examine
my entire stock. You can afford
to raise money at any sacrifice,
and can pay any rate of interest, as
you can turn my stock into cash
Immediately on your return home
and settle up any and all indebted
ness. If for any reason you decide
not to Cooperate with me, I trust
as an honora bic man you will
honor the.protectjon that the world
confidential" insures to all COM
municatons, and not be SO heartlesas
to destroy my life's work, SO kindly
burn this and let the matter drop.
"Well, just to see what there was
in the scheme [ wrote a letter t.
Mineola as directed. October Is |