Ottumwa semi-weekly courier., 1903-08-20
TRY CLEVER BAIT
A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN RE-
cEIvEs "aREEN GOODS"
OFFER.
Mails Used by swindlers to Dispose
of Their Fraudulent Money!. O..
D. Express Package Gives Quick
Gains.
When the q

When the green goods man runs
out of schemes to get customers for
his dangerous wares aud his ingenui
ty fails him in the effort to devise
new ones, he resurrects old ones just
as some of the down east" fellows
have recently done.
"A prominent business man found
in his mail this morning letter with
out date or postmark, but the envel-
ope bearing the stamp Of the New
York Office, in which he is given the
usual dose of f1attery about his
shrewdness, reliability and trustworth-
mess and fit person to cooperate
in pursuing good thing until he has
it securely in his grasp. Then follows
this para graph:
ttOf course you can have no idea of
the quality of my work until you have
seen sample of it; this l propose to
give you chance to do on one condi-
ton; that is, that you are willing to
cooperate with me in the disposal Of
my goods, providing | PROVE TO
YOU BEYOND ALL DOUBT that my
work is all that claim for it. Under
stand, I do not want you to invest one
dollar until you have examined my en-
tire stock, compare them with the gen
uine, and in fact, submit them to any
test you see fit, then after you are
thoroughly satisfied on every point,
you can decide whether you accept
my proposition or not. The fact is,
an investment of $500 will give you
an immediate return that lifetime OF
toll in your present business will not
do; this without injuring your friends,
neighbors or your fellow man. 10
convince you of the safety of the bust
ness, l will, upon receipts of telegram
from you as per enclosed copy, send
you a sample of my work, and will
also appoint place to meet you, so
that you can personally examine my
stock
Minute Directions.
Then follow the directions which the
writer is enioined to carry out minute
Iy. He is not to write but is to send
telegram on a blank form furnished
in the letter to the followinw address:
&c. A. Evans, Att West Gard street,
New York City" The writer then adds
that Mr.. Collier. (whoever he may bel
resides at No. 6S5 The business man
is enjoined to pay his telegram in ad-
vance in order ito assure prompt de-
livery"
The schemer asks some very pertin-
ent questions in the postscript. For In
stance, he wants to know why man
should worry along without any money
nowadays when he can get it so easily
of the writer. For instance he says:
'I hope it is not necessary for me
to call the attention of man of your
intelligence to the fact that person
without money nowadays is of no ac-
count either to himself or any one else,
and he might as well be dead. But let
him have the dollars and oh, my, see
the difference of course We all cannot
be Vanderbilt, Morgan or Rockefeller
yet at the same time there is no use
of shaving ones life away making mon
3Bey for others when offer you chance
to better your condition financially
several thousand of dollars in a very
short time handling my class of goods
as others are now doing in different
parts of the United States and Can
ada y
An Expert Engraver.
The writer claims to be an expert en-
grayer. having been employed for 81
years in the bureau OF engraving at
Washington, d. c. The greatest diff
Guilty has been in getting the silk-fbre
paper, the same as used by the govern
ment, but in this the writer claims he
has succeeded.
A new graft which seems to be in
vulnerable has been discovered by
Grand Forks, N. D., man and within
two months has spread to all parts of
the United States The game is still