The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-30
BAIT OF $4,000
CAUGHT AN M. C.
Gullible Representative From
the West Wanted Heir
ess' Cash.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-As a means
of exposing the gullible the matri-
monial agency has been a joy forever,
along with the gold brick and green
goods games, but it isn't often a rep
resentative in Washington is caught.
That was done, however, through one
of the alluring circulars sent out by
William c. Furlong, alias Walter Fur
Maid, of No. 60 Wall street He had
posed there as a broker doing business
under the name of the r. Z. Simpson
estate, and received hundreds of let
ters in response to an alluring offer OF
marriage. He said a woman was anx-
iOuS to settle $4,000 on some man who
would marry her and never see her
after the ceremony. He asked each
sutton to send 81 with his answer.
Money was coming in hand over fist,
along with a lot of letters, when Fur
long was arrested. Magistrate Crane
discharged him yesterday, but Furlon3,
Furnald, ScuddeF, or whatever his
name, was rearrested at once and
taken before Commissioner Shields on
the charge of misuse of the mails TIE
hearing was adjourned until next
Tuesday, and the matrimonial man
went to Ludlow street jail.
Federal agents spent much of the
afternoon going over his mail, and
made interesting discoveries.
One of the applicants for the hand
VI lIlS EIlSlISu H6lIGSS SdlQ, lie WAS
an inventor. He had great discovery
and wanted to push it along. He also
offered to bride the trustee" if he
would arrange the marriage.
But probably the best of the lot was
the Opaque representative in Washing
ton from a certain Western state. He
told how beautiful he was in person
and enlarged on his magnificance as
an orator. With his brain and pros
poets and an easy constituency he
believed there was no office within the
gift of the people to which he could
not aspire if he had that $4,000 be-
hind him.
1T is not improbable that you" he
said (meaning the tabled "trustee'),
one of these days will be interested in
legislation, and a friend seated in the
halls of congress might not be a bad
thing to cling to, now that the OPP
poftunlty is given"
The legislators name was signed to
this amazing letter
Another letter was from a CORE
spondent in Norfolk, Va, who didn't
seem to take much stock in the scheme.
Why, he asked with reason,
SHOULD pay 81 for the photograph
of the lady if I am to marry her, then
leave her and get a divorce in a West
eFn state? What would l care how
she looked if I looked not upon her?
NO, Mr.. Trustee, the only thing that
would appeal to me and the other U.s.
OOO FOOLISH gentlemen who have enter
ed the lists as you so diplomaticaIIy
express it, and incidentally separated
themselves from that dollar, is the al
legged 10000. You are correct in as
Stunning 1 have a dollar, but not to ex-
change for 6% cent photograph of a
beautiful young heiress. But if, per-
chance, you really need some bright
young man to wed the lady, and there
by save for her this vast and mysteri-
GUS estate in England, you can call on
me with perfect assurance that 1 will
wed her at any old place and at any
old time. But if it is essential that
produce that dollar, permit me here
with to resign in favor of the 24,999
other young and handsome gentlemen
who have entered the lists"
A particularly business-like letter
came from Denver, Col, apparently
from a man who made it an object to
answer all correspondence, no matter
what the purpose of the writer He
dictated the following by typewriter:
Mana ging Trustee Robert T. Simp-
son Estate, Limited-Dear Sir: Count
me out Yours truly,
-"Elgar T. Stevens,
No. 324 Larimer Street"
AS a rule, however, the letters were
In serious vein, and the writer's went to
great length in extolling their charms
OF person and ambitions in life when
backed with 1000. Some were ex-
tremely sorry for the English heiress
who must part with them immediately
on marriage, but said they would bear
UP and never try to learn her identity
These resigned suitors usually sent
their photographs. and a great MANY
of these resembled the picture of q
dyspeptic country drug clerk.