The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23

mistake. This draft was on a bank
which did not exist In Chicago. enc
We had our men there to arrest him.
lie Is now serving a term in the peni-
ter tiary.
Side Lights on the Wireless.
1T is impossible to know how wide
~ these fraud schemes extend" said
Inspector Sharp. They swallow un
the savings of army officers, the in
surance money of widows and the saw
srEMent clerks. Take the Wireless
IeleSraph Company. 1t has cost the
9eorle millions. One OF the first evil
shortly after I came to Washington.
we had already begun TO draw our
nets around II and the Washington
head saving that the scheme was Il
fraud and would be investigated at
That time 1 was living in a quiet
r boarding ding house here. and wqs eating
vas delivered. An old lady sitting
next to me took the Post and held
1t close to her eyes. She. then drop
pea II and put her hands over her
a.! wish the government wouIa stop
needing with legitimate business.
less Telegraph Company. and they win
hurt the stock. l have $1,000 invested
in it
AT the same time young girl on
the opposite side of the table, a clerk
In. the Treasury. said: I hope so, too
have got $50 in Wireless. I took it
as flyer
These people thought was n clerk
in the Post-Office Department, ana they
had no idea that I was connected with
the prosecution. They lost their money
OF course and that like thousands OF
others who invested in this stock.
SNindlinE by Mall.
Can you give me some idea of the
| swindles carried on through the
| mails? ?" ! asked.
| Their name is legion We have
farm option swindles. mail order swim
| dies and rubber plant men. we have
fraudulent employment bureaus. fake
| ent agents. We have swindles run by
individuals and swindles by corpora
lions. and. in short, all sorts of swim
dies under the sun. AS it is now we
| hope to wipe out great part OF the
| business. We have a score or more OF
| schemes which are being carried on
! all over the country. some of which
| We are rapidly eliminating. We have
| the swindler syndicate by which the
| schemers try to induce the unsuspect
| ing to buy green goods or gold bricks.
| We have swindlers who pretend to
| hard dollars give the would-be rascals
| green paper or sawdust instead We
have diamond ring swindlers who
+, pick up diamond rings near jewelry
| so changing the ring that the victims
| gets only a cheap imitation.
We have also swindling loan agents
and swindling real estate dealers.
! Hillman, OF Seattle, who made about
100000 in land schemes and town
lot schemes. often selling land to
which he had no title at all. He laid
out towns and published pictures OF
| the improvements. including railroads
! and factories, which had no existence.
| He was considered one of the largest
real estate operators on the Pacific
coast. but we exposed his fraudulent
methods and he is now in the peni--
tertiary for over two years"
Fake Prize Fighters.
How about the fake prize lighting
schemes. Mr.. Inspector"
! "They are among the singular frauds
carried on through the mails" was the
men who pretend to be millionaires
and their victims try to make money by
swindlins the swindlers Take Ma
bray. who. together with his organi-
out of that game. His victims came
from all parts OF the country, and each
was robbed of from $1,000 to $4,000
| In these cases the victim was ap-
ates. who confidentialIy told the man
that he was secretary of q company OF
| milllonaires who had q prize flghter
with them whom thew were matching
at the various places in such way
that the result was dead sure thing.
the confederate claimed to have charge
Of the bets, and he got the victim to
bet some money for him, and at the
Same time he put In a lot OF his own
money on the fight. During the fight
some unforeseen thing always hap
pened, and the money was lost. In
some cases one OF the prize fighters
in his hand. which burst as he struck
his opponent. giving claim to the
statement that the man had hemor-
image. and was. therefore. defeated.
We convicted Mabray and nine OF his