Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
j. H. Marshall, with Several
Aliases Now Confined in Chit
tenden County Jail.
D. /. KINDS CO. VICTIMS
Nan Engaged as Travelling Salesman
and 1t Is Alleged Secured Cash I'M
der False Pretenscs and sold
Goods to Fictitious Firms
Pleads Innocence.

One of the cleverest swindlers and con-
hdence men in the county is now safely
behind the walls OF Chittendcn county
Jail, where he was brought from Now
York and turned over by Sheriff Barney
Il. Kelley of st. Adams on Saturday The
matter was placed in the hands of Sher-
III Horton and Marshall was located in
st. Louis Sheriff Horton was unable to
go there on account of county court and
SheriH Kelley arranged to go. Before he
started, however. word was received that
Marshall had left the city. He was To-
Gated in New York and was arrested by
the police Sheriff Kelley went there last
week and requisiton was secured, Mar
shall being brought here Saturday. He
has secured counsel and will fight the
charges.
The crime for which this man. who rep
resented himself as being Joseph II. Mar
shall of Atlantic. Ia, was wanted was Tor
swinding the o. l.. Kinds company OF
Burlington out of about $500 in cash ana
samples.
Last August the o. l.. Kinds company
inserted advertisements in some of the
papers of the larger cities of the country
for travelling statesmen, who knew the
genera. clothing trade in certain of the
Western States and on August Is replies
came in, one of which was from man
who signed himeslf as j. H. Marshall of
1902, Seventh avenue, New York city. ON
back and asked Marshal for further refer
ences as TO his antecedents, etc, and re-
ceiVed reply on August %, in which
Marshall personated one Joseph Marshall
of Atlantic Iowa, and referred to II. q.
Dun Co, to substantiate his claim.
The references appeared to be all right
and on September q in response to re-
quest of the Kinds company, Marshall APP
peared in Burlington and was engaged to
represent the company in Missouri and
Kansas territory. He was advanced Slle
for travelling expenses and sample trunk
and line of samples valued at about
another hundred was turned over to him.
On the following day. Marshal left Bur
lington with expressed determination of
going to New York and from there to st.
Louis, where he was to establish his
headquarters for a short time. On Sep
TENDER % he sent the company a postal
card from New York, saying that he
would leave for St. Louis on the follow
Ing day. The next communication received
from him was post marked at ST. Louis
in which he stated that he had taken
sample rooms at the Lindell hotel and re-
ported a large order from "the Hudson
Clothing company" Ga fictitious concernJ
which order he would forward as soon
as the busy buyer of the concern
could give him the various sizes Of goods
required. He also asked, incidentally
that the company send HIM a New York
draft for another 500, giving his address
as care of the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis
On October a New York draft, drawr
by the Howard National bank, was mail
ed him at St. Louis and here all direct
communication with Marshall suddenly
ceased. but on October II a letter was
received by the company signed by e. K
Chalmers, NJ. d." stating that Mr. J. II
Marshall was quite i'll with malarial fever
and that he had requested that notice l.
this effect be sent to the company anC
giving his address a the Hotel Rozier,
St Louis
In a short time after the Kinds com
pany had received this large order fol
goods to be shipped to THE Hudson
Clothing company" the standing of tn,
house was looked up through mere antu,
agencies and it was learned that no sucl
firm existed and the Kinds company con
cluded that they We're being swndled an,
ordered payment of the draft stopped