The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-23

iealuIeo III the literature as a man of !
singular ability and great scientific |
attainment in the medical profession. |
who had spent years in the study of |
the particular ailments which he ad- |
VerlSed to treat and who had made !
wonderful discoveries of remedies
which would cure the diseases repre- |
sented by a number Of symptoms list
ed IN the advertisements.
1t was represented that such doe
tor and his alleged corps Of assistants
would give personal attention to each
case, and that they would prescribe
such remedies they should find by
their superior facilities and experience
were needed in the treatlnut of any of
the diseases they advertised to cure
| Even In those instances where a doc
| to or doctors were connected with the
| business this was solely for the pur-
pose of lending color to their fraud
| nlent representations and the dag
| noSing and prescribing were nearly
| always made by mere clerks.
| Stock Selling SWindlcrs.
or the stock-selling swindlers those
| who have netted the largest amount
are those who have dealt with mining
and Nl properties, although big sums
| have also been coaxed out of pockets
of the guileless by the golden promises
OF fortunes to be made from buying
stock in land companies and even in
industrial companies
| One Of tile features Of The
StockSelling schemes is that it is large
ly those who can least afford TO lose
who buy the worthless securities In
the gray old Federal Building Of New
. York there have, within the last three
years, been told stories on the witness
stand by dupes which might We'll leave,
. a perpetual blush Of shame on the ia ce
of any man guilty of such contempt
BILE SWindleS.
4 In one trial, for instance a poor
little music teacher told how, after
saving for eigh yea s, she had ma n
aged to accumulate S40O. She had
then read one OF the prospectuses o1
| the sWindlerS who were sitting at the
r. counsel table Il few feet from he1
when she was giving her evidence
| This prospectus had told her that heI
. $40o would make her rich for life j.
= she would only forward it at once foI
n stock III the astounding gold mins
/ which the SWindlerS owned. She
= wrote To the company, stating hcr po
II sition and how much of self-sacrific.
e the $500 meant to her, and received
+ back "a lovely letter from the prcsi
1, dent, telling her how interested h
S was in her case, and how certain h
was that she would soon be able t,
5. give up teaching music if she wOult
only forward the s4OO right away
And the little teacher sent the money
half-fainted as she finished her stor.
in the witness chair.
e DC Luxe Book Fake.
)t one OF the few mail 6WindleS Vhicl
Ie touched the wealthy classes exclusive
.e ly was the so-called de luxe boo
al swindle by which volumes worth 81
s, or $40 were sold to rich and ignoran
l. book collectors for prices running u
ee to many hundreds.
le Among other swindles carried o
ce through the mails are inducing bettin
IS. on fake horse races and athleti
Ill contests, selling worthless good
De through misrcpresentations, obtainin
n commissions on Fraudulent order
is selling diYining rods for locating D1iI
re ! erals, guaranteeing stocks and bond
mt using forged bills of ladiDS in cOttO
On deals. brokerage fra udS, obtaining nlt
st ney by impersonating other person
obtaining goods under false pretense
ds selling State rights and eStahHShiI
ne fictitious agencies, selling unfair gan
rs bling devices, using ''no-fund' check
n matrimonial schemes, selling canCelt
ck postage stamps and Mexican none
by obtaining expense money on prOInl
We to sell stocks, collecting fees for ina
Ier mary positions, selling right to q p
or tent many times in the same State, 5
is curing advance payments on goods II
p- delivered, obtaining payment fro
nd relatives Of deceased persons for goo
he supposed to have been ordered befO
ost death. obtaining money from alleg
he heirs TO estates, obtaining money
he assist in securing ficuOuS Ill herItanc
he sales Of sham recipes, trading IN gre
,p- goods, obtaining subscriptions for 30
th- existent charitable institutions, III
ming sham employment bureaus, Sc
ing interests in non-existent mOvin
for picture theatres, selling diplomas f
which no study is required, failing
Il a JiSiT mo ~
the for by contract, and black1nall.
DDS In 1914 more fraud orders were
Bile sued than has been the case for sol
to time In 1910 the POStoffice authO
Of ties began TO issue fewer fraud
iif- ders than had been customary in I
pc. belief that It would be better 10 pros
eSe cute criminaily those operating Iral
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