The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-03
Police Arrest Man Who Made
Dupes of Many Produce
Farmers.
MAY BE BISMAN WANTED
BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
Bought Eggs at High Prices,
Sold at Low, and Paid
Nobody.

In the arrest of II. III. Hendrlckson,
alias G.. M. Woods, who was taken into
custody by Motorcycle Pntrolman Dan
Grundyig shortly before clock Tues
day night, charged with falsely repre-
senting himself rs n partner of John
Hollcy, well. known local commission
man. the police believe that they have
the B. S. Bisman, for whom the gov
crnmcnt authorities are looking for u.s.
ing the United States mails to defraud
farmers of this and neighboring states.
B. S. Bisman, as tho head of the
" Bisman Produce company which
was supposed to be located at 1925
South State street, last spring de-
frauded the farmers of this and neigh
boring states out of about $4,000 by
means of the United States mails.
He did this by mailing orders for eggs,
butter and poultry, which he is sup
posed TO have received and disposed of,
and then skipped out without paying
his bills when the officials began to
Hget wise.' His actions caused some
what of sensation in the city at the
time, but nothing has been heard of
son Tuesday night furnished something
Of clue.
Mr.. Holley recently learned, through
q mlsshlpment Of eggs consigned to the
firm "IIolley & Wood. 1921 East Third
South street." that Hendrickson. OF
Wood, was representing himself as
Houey's partner. The address of the
firm, which is vacant lot, is outside
of the delivery limits of the express
company, but instead of the eggs being
retained at the express office, according
to Hendrickson s plans, they were sent
to the John Holley Produce company.
They were sent by j. L, Snow of Provo
bench, with whom Mr.. Holley does con
siderable dealing
Caught When Receiving Check.
Upon the receipt OF the eggs Mr.,
Holley discovered that Hendrickson
was using his name. and Immediately
set out TO investigate the matter. Co
ing to the express Office, Mr.. Holley
learned that Hendrickson, through the
same firm name, was supplying Nelson
& Kicks, another Salt Lake produce
company, with eggs. He also learned
thar Hendrickson, or Wood. was not de"
hvering his goods personally, but upon
finding a customer for them would send
an expressman to the express company's 's
office with instructions as to where to
take them. Having thus disposed Of
his goods, he would telephone TO his
would be ready, and having ascertaincd
this, would then send messengier boy
for the check
Upon learning that Nelson & Ricks
were dealing with Hendrlckson, Mr.
Holley notified Chief of Police Samuel
M. Barlow, and when he discovered that
a messenger boy was going to Nelson &
Kicks Tuesday afternoon about s
o'clock, he arranged with Chief Bar
low to have an officer follow the mes
senger boy and catch Hcndrickson.
Patrolman Grundvig was put on the
case, and, following the messenger boy
to q point on South State street, caught
Hendrickson when the check was de-
hvered to him, and placed him under
arrest.
Bisman's Name Occurs
When taken to the police station
Hendrickson admitted that he had
made three crooked deals, but asserted
that these were all. However, in
his possession was foupd a notebook
which in several places contained the
name of g b. S. Bisman, dealer in eggs
butter and poultry and "The Bisman
Produce company" This leads the
police to the theory that HendricksoB
is the B, S. Bisman whom the federal
aulnOTlllcS want Tor using Cne united
States mails for fraudulent practices
last spring. Postoflice Inspector Nelson
will be notified of the matter Wednes
day, and an investigation will be had.
Employed Queer Methods.
Hendrickson S plan, so far as the po-
lice were able to learn Tuesday
night, was to bargain for the purchase
of eggs at figure much higher than
the dealers ordinarily pay. and then sell
them at lower figure. OF course, he
collected the money when the sales
were made, but whether or not he paid
the producers is a matter of conjecture
He is said to have contracted for eggs
from the Mapleton Cooperative Mer-
camille company at Mapleton for $50
a case and sold them in this city for
S6,25 case.
MIR. Holley is in possession of the
knowledge that he got one consignment
from the j, l.. Snow company Of Provo
bench and one from the Mapleton Co,
operative Mercantile company. Another
shipment from the latter company, it
is said, should have arrived Tuesday,
but did not
Hendrckson seems to be smooth
proposition, and the police believe that
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