Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29

in securing goods from certain bust
U ness houses
The postmaster general has signed
- fraud order depriving Francis 4
Miiapo. Ross. Milano. II. Rogers. J
Rogers and Rose Rogers OF Passaic,
New Jersey, further use Of the mails.
Ii was discovered by the inspector in
Icharge NJ this case that Frsncis a.
Afilano and his wife. Rose Milano.
ldolng business under the above anne
are now confined in the Jersey City
Jail. These individuals were engaged
in obtaining goods through the mails
from various business houses without
any intention Of paying for them. but
Intending to sell such goods aud APP
propriate the proceeds to their own
use. Their method Of operation was
10 answer magazine advertisements
representing themselves as residing in
p~assaie. New Jersey, for several years
and ordering such goods as they could
readily convert into cash. when goods
were ordered under any one ot the
| abovs names. the other ficticious
names were given as references. The
communications from the business
houses asking for the standing Of
| Milano was received By him and ans
Wered by a communication always Civ
ing the standing as excellent"
A greater portion Of the goods were
obtained from installment houses In
the west, principally in Chicago. In
some eases they paid the first INSTALL
s..,s wwa 81 ,.uaf,s. ,fB.ra No uyr.sufg l
We're made at all one firm In Dos
ton selling an excellent grade OF sill
verware on the weekly installment
plan shipped the Milanos an a~ssort-
ment with the understanding that
they would be allowed the privilege
Of a ton days trial When payment was
not made promptly a representative
of this Boston firm called at Passaic
where ne secured "a warrant for the
arrest of MilanO and his wife and they
We're taken into custody on October
IS. 1903 A search Of the promises J
revealed 20 pawn tickets ana an ad- /
mission was obtained from Mrs.
Milano that five Of these tickets were
received for silverware shipped bv the 4
Boston firm. 4 few days later the
grand jury returned an Indictment !
parties ana they were remanded !
% the passaic county Jail at Paterson, !
NeN Jersey, in the sum Of $500 bail l
was later furnished and they
IRE awaiting trlal in the county courts. u
In Oklahoma the sale Of intoxieat- u
ng liquors Is prohibited by law and =
much Of the liquor consumed in that ID
tate Is supposed TO come from cities =
n the adjoining states that do not
ave such laws. Most Of the liquor @
from thcae nearby cities is p
Understood to be ordered n paid ~
or through the mails. g
Postmaster General Hitchcock Is in
eccipt Of a letter from the postmas- ?
ar at Miami, Oklahoma. with which 81
enclosed an application for domestic Il
Ioncy order received at hat office a
application was filled out in such T
msnne as 10 give the impression h
nat the rcmitter desired no other Al
IAN a quantity Of the cred liquor. III
he money order was made out pay 81
to a concern In Kansas CITY, Mis- ~
,uri, and in the amount space was pi
lserted "16 quarts and In the dollar a.
"$5 so" An expert on the quail III
y Of old Dour bon states that the APP "
was certainly more particular Of
the quantity than the quality. tN