The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
PATRONS DUPED.
TO TIE TUNE OF THREE MILL
ION DOLLARS.

The sou. b and ths Middle West G.
Said to Be the Chief Bases OF
Their Operation.
The New York American says "
j. Sage & Co., the biggest endles
chain Of pucket shops that ever ha
been wo: :ke1 In tnis country, and Q
which al" Adams, the former con
vict Policy King" has been th'
chief baeker since his release from
Sing Sing prison, where he was com
nitted as ths "meanest gambler
in New York" vert to the Wal
on Wednesd y. The liabilities are es
timsted to be close to the SO, 1000, 00(
mark, and the assets nothing othe'
than the furniture OF the New York
Office at No. 81 Broadway and the
cn;e in the Fuller Building in Jsrss;
City.
The American says 1t Is lsarne1
that Adams has quit the game
a heaVy winner, although Of late
bis losses have been very heavy
This Is due to the fact that during
the last six months Adams reape6 a
golden b .ryest at the expense Of
Thousands Of dupss In all OF the South
ern and Middle West cities. In all CT
its final doicgs the detunt firm seems
to have repeated all Of the final acts
Of Labarree & Co., Of lamented mem.
ory, which went to the wall in 1903,
owing nearly $1,000 900 to its dupes.
Thousands Of victims e the latest
swindle are mourning losses today
that mean to many OF them their all
The Old Wall Street axiom that "a
sucker is born every minute has beer
proved again. Following are th.
names Of the members Of the firm
many Of them having figured In many
a similar "failu1e:' e. L. Bradbury
OF the Astor House. New York City
G. W. Cannon, Of R.d Bank, N. J..
and M. J. Sage, OF Brooklyn. Sage al
one time was connected with CHARLES
Head s. 90. Cannon vas interested II
The famous Di. E w. Woodenc
scheme, while Bradbury was connect
ed with the Hadden Rodie Company
Of Milwaukee.
The firm had it's mai. flces in Jer
sey City, in the Fuller Building. whert
It daily had work for twenty. iye tele.
graph operators and nearly as man,
selephone girls. From this centre, O;
qeb OF ''Hi:h Finance" there va,
pun series OF telegraph wires that
.1te1ded into the West an1 South
accomplishing all Of the large cities
and in many cases having terminals
In small towns in Csrada. The mum
Ger Of so called correspondents Is sale
TO be 155; these are the sub brokers
Beyond them are ranged Thousands o.
customers the lambs that wer,
shoIn.
All Of the brokers are heavy losers
The lamts have not escaped with {
cent that Adams and bis gang coulc
coax OF ca jole from their pockets. The
total l2sses will amount to millions
but at this writing how thoroughly
the public have been feeced is nos
positively known. For the purpas:
Of creating public opinion in bis ia
vor, and to make 1t seem that he sui
tered as much as his dupes, 1t was an
uo2nced that "Al' adams had los
about 80, 600, 600 In money.
AS Adam is away in New Mex.c
attending to bis copper mines, thh
tory lacked verifcation, IN TACT, il
vas denounced as utterly false bv thos'
Eho were versed In the situation. L
IS known that Adams about 81
months agJ began to cut loose from
5he men who were in partnership
with him. It is charged that he CO.
wind OF a deal by which certain Or
ange, n. J man and q certain mem
ber OF the firm were to defrsud him
The gambler thereupon pulled U;
stakes and left his son, young "Al,
still in the f N. It was understood
however, that the youpgster woulC
get out as soon as conditions warrant
eG such a move.
The straw that broke the bucket
shop camel came at quarter aftel
three o'clock Thursday afternoon
when it was found that upon one o
their sheets OF $4,000 the losses hat
been $4,000. Young Adams criet
quits. BE said be was through witt
the game, and that he had hat
enough OF 1t and was not anxious a
to what might become OF the firm.
BE was begged to remain. 1t va
shown to him that II he quit b
4ould be dragged through the pres
# the country as mau no bette
than his father. Ha stuck to bis de
cislon and then the firm sent thi
message to all Of it's correspondents
We regret to inform you that ou
hacker has declined to advance US an
more money. And although We haV
brought evsry ir rtllence to bear upor
,in, be will not lecede from his posi-
sion. This leaves Us bat one alterna
tive and that is to notify you that "
can no longer continue business.
This course is a total surprise t
US, and no one can regret 1t NOR
than we do. M. }. SAGE q 90.
This caused the utmost c0nsterre
tion In all Of the cf1ces into which
Was sent. There were hurried mes
sages to the Nsw York aid Jsrse
City Offices, demanding explanation
Graves Washed Up.
At Kansas City Mo-, the washir
out Of graves at E:mwood cemeter
oy torrental rains Thursday expose
nearly 200 bodies to view. The csmt
tery grounds, which are five mile
from the business center Of the CITY