Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16

10 the stations az Petersburg and
Moscow i'm Gil her, addressing IT. to
the clerk who happened 10 be in their
service He looked out for these par
tiCular crates. an easy task. as he knew
the name OF the sender and the day
they would come. and made out bills
Of lading. which he gave 10 the firm s
representative. The crates went into
the storehouse TO await the time OF
departure.
Then the expedition clerk made out
another invoice like the one he had
given 20 the merchant. and sent IL TO
the band agent az Moscow. making 10
in the name Of a station "a few miles
from Moscow, on the Petersburg side
I'm an other respects the paper was
Identical with the other Then, with
a couple more accomphccs. ne went
To the station warehouse. had the
crates exactly copied. put stones or
dirt into the sham ones. which were
addressed 10 Moscow itself. while the
real ones We're re-addressed 10 tho
little station before Moscow. By this
means the thieves were enabled TO
claim their crates before tho faxed
ones reached the station al Moscow.
n necessary. the accompliccs there
would Doe advised. by wire. 10 make
difficulties about forwarding the sham
NIHifN TOT "a NHN OF Two,
or course when the man at Moscow
found that he had got stones Instead
of the goods he had ordered. ne went
10 the station and demanded COM
ponsatiou. but as tho bills were an i'm
order and tho numbers Tailed. he did
not get g. For wears complaints wero
made about this and last spring an
the papers were fun Of indignant lot-
ters from merchants who had been
robbed. ono openly accused tho ship
ping clerks Of robbery This cpistle was
answered shortly in the samc paper
bv a clerk from Wilno, who wrote
thus.
CANDID CONFESSION.
Dear Mr. Editor. your reader X.
accuses us shipping clerks OF having
"a hand ZOO tho robhcrics that GO ON in
the various railways. or courc uc steal
/ not only admit but am proud OF No..
And what is more. Wo shall go ON
stealing until our chiefs grow honest
ana we are paid living wage for our
hard work Az tp ~ ~ ne likes to
know. ! had hand iu getting his
last consignment turned into stones.
I win tcll him how 4 did 3D. Do ne
wants 20 know
Yours truly
"a SHIPPING CLERK ATT WuNO"
Some people thought this Joke.
hut b. turned ont Afterwards that n
was true. aud thanks to This mpu-
dent piece Of "chcok.' the police wore
able 90 hnd out vino sent il. and tnus
discovered Some of the band. though
$50 moro Hrc atIn 600 liberty
when there Was unt time to make
now crates. Tho goods wore simply
takou out of those tu ho sent which
were thou 0llCd with stones. or somc-
Times only Iapcr This method had ono
great disadyHutagc. and that was that
tho crates often bore MARKS of have
ing been opened When the goods
reached tho various thicyo' reposI-
stories va new consignment was ad-
ycruscd in fhc local papers aud thef
were sold almost at once. The agents
bon charge Of these were experienced
Warohouscmon ana vendors. and large
numbers OF office books supposed to
contain accounts of transactions with
various hlF arms. We're found hy the
police These were shown 40 customers.
to prove that tine goods came from
reliable houses Sok0loW and
Pietrenko, The original organizers of
the band travelled about 90 the various
depOts and stations ana kept "a faithful
account OF an the transactions. As they
insI eCtod the railways for the goNern-
mcnt nobody Was surprised 10 see