The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-07
SOAP GAME
ALSO WORKED
ELSEWHERE
PEOPLE IN THIS VICINITY
not ONLY ONES sVlNDlfD
GAME GAME WORKED AT JACK.
soNvlLLE AND sWINoLER is
SAID TO HAVE BEEN AR.
RESTED AT LAKELAND.

A local man. one of the persons
alleged TO have been swfndled by a
Representative of FICTITIOUS soap
company, has received letter from
the Jacksonville branch office of a
big packing concern, In which it is
stated that wire Just received from
the company in Chicago says the
swindaing soap salesman has been
arrested at Lakeland.
That the people in the vicinity Of
Daybona were not the only ones
taken in by the smooth dispenser of
promises and collector of paid in ad-
vance orders for soap, as the follow
ing from Jacksonville paper Will ait
test:
| An old swindle is being worked in
Jacksonville and vicinity by a man
who took away with him 1926 re
kceiyed by bogus soap orders. The
"ArmourSwift Soap Company, Lin.
ited." He works unter the names
of e Smith," -. Nelson and other
aliases. If any of our readers are
approached by this man they should
Immediately notify Armour & Co. OF
Swift & Co. or Sheriff Bowden.
1t is thought that Smith is one OF
am organized gang. Similar opera
tions have recently been heard o.
in Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio
New York and New England
Smith operates in various ways
Usually he introduces himself by pre-
senting card reading thus: ''Ths
AEmour-Swif Soap Co, Ltd, New
: York, Boston, Philadelphia. Specia
Agents for Laurent Fills ct Gle, Paris
France" He then offers his victim
an aauring bargain in toilet and lauu
: dry soap. w 18th am order amountin:
j. to $1,000 is the scrawtbed receipt an'
the choice of valuable premNms-caI
|. pets, rugs, sideboaris, etc In con
: sSderation of cash payment. an extr
premium is promised, lamp or cbocl
or something similar Often tn
salesman" will personally deliver
few cakes of the tollet seSp at tn
time of taking the order. The prs
mium and balance of soap are to b
delivered from the branch house
! of the company.
Within about a week follow ing til
= departure of the swimdler the Wis
tim viii receive a better purpoltia
= to be from The Armour-Swift Con
! pany, Limited" stating that ''on az
! count of a s,aght fire in our storag
,, warehouse We will be about ten day
, or two weeks behind in our delivery,
: After patient and expectant wal
ing the IluckbeSs housewife awake
to the fact that she has been mos
cruelty Swindled; that ai she ge.
: for her $10.50 is the sTawled r.
z pt of the vanished smith {
Nelson"
! Smith is described as a man {
: about 45, tail, weighing $50 to Is
3 pounds; smooth face, heavy jaw, E,o
y gray hair; teeth contain a numbt
2 of gold filings
) A number of women have been vi
Z tmnized by this cheap conf .denC
= game. The Armour-Swift Soap c
: Ltd" does not exist. To WIN the co
! fbence and play upon the credulii
. of his intended victims the crimin
! has stolen two names whAch staI
< high IN the commercial world. Gre
2 harm has been done the business
! Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. ;
= the result of the fraudulent CONNIE
Q tion of their names with this prepc
: ferrous affair These companies Al
z keealy interested in the apprehenSit
3 of all connected with the operation
& If caught, the offending parties W
< be vigorously prosecuted.