The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

$5. When the bonding company had received all the $5 remittances it was likely to get it disappeared, as likewise did the mercantile agency.
 Pure Nerve
 But for simon pure unadulterated nerve I think that bright young 1nan who was employed by a medicine com pany is entitled to first prize. As a poorly paid clerk in the offices of the medical concern he saw his opportu- nifty. This medical concern was no- torious for its elinging to a victim until every penny that it was possible to get had been mill1ed out of him.
 Now where the bright young man comes in is just after the victim had shown the white flag as far as sending any more money was concerned. This young man made a list of all of these, and when the medical concern had milled them absolutely dry what he did was to milk the millSed.
 He opened up d fake law office and got in communication with the medical concerns victims and told them he had sufficient evidence against the concern to make them disgorge their ill gotten gains, and if the victim would send him S5 to cover the cost of drawing up the legal papers he would get him his money back from the medical com pany
 "I don't know how much this youn E man made out of his scheme, but while his graft lasted l saw him wearing a high silk hat on weekdays and drink ing champagne every morning for breakfast.
 Tt would be impossible now for any one to work similar swindles to those have described because the postoffice inspectors are more alert and have more authority than formerly. There are other swindles too that are not worked now because the country has passed its pioneer stage, and such a swindle as the philanthropcJ Jand game wouldn't find an operator who had the money or the perseverance of old man Jones' who was the one who con- ducted it.
 Family Rescued
 This scheme Was to rescue a man and his family from the very depths of poverty and misfortune and when the victims thoughts were more of do- ing away with himself than anything else. Old man Jones used Arkansas as his fertile field of operation after the victim was in his clutches and some of the best paying farms in that state to- day were made so by his victims
 Shortly after the civil war land in Arkansas was almost given away, and old man Jones obtained 10000 or 50,- 900 acres at about S1 an acre. He cut this up into S0-acre lots and on these embryo farms put men and their fam lilies at work improving the land
 These men were selected from the unemployed in large cities and had all but given way to despair because of their unfortunate circumstances. Just when the wife was i'll, the husband out of work. the children hungry and the landlord threatening to turn them out in the cold for non pa yment of rent old Jones appeared with a cheery man. ner and a well filled pocketbood The rent was paid, medicine was obtained for the wife and food aplenty for all When the happy family, no longer cold or hungry. gathered around to hear what the old swlndler had to propose they showed a willingness to do what ever he wanted them to do.
 "Es said that the father had spent his younger days on d farm the city was no place for him and that he would send him and the wife and chill dren to one of his farms in Arkansas and provide him with food, money, live stock and everything else needed to start him off right. The husband and father jumped at the chance and in a few days they were off to Arkansas with a letter to old Jones' agent
 ''The old swindler had now expend- ed, say about s200 in actual cash ana his victim was given credit at the gen. eral store for $500 more. He was also furnished with two mules. two cows, a few pigs and chickens ara lumber suf. ticient to put up a comfortable cabin and a shed for his stock
 The terms We're very simple and evidently comparatively easy. There had been $500 cash advanced and the so acres of land, the lumber and the live stock were put in at $500 more. It was true that at this period claim