Putnam patriot., 1917-09-14
SNIDE GAME
WORKED BY SNYDER
Gets Sl1ll Change From Worthless
$500 Check at Ballard & Clark'S Store
Bought Paint. OILS, varnishes, Lead aud
Paint Brushes to Improve His Property

There is no such word ms "snidee TO
be found between the covers of our
Webster. There is no such man as
Snider in Putnam. just the same
there is Snider and he worked snide
game; it might have been n snider
game II his bill for paints, varnishes,
oils and white lead had not amounted
10 so much. Snider bought bill Of
the foregoing commodities at the store
of Ballard 4 Clark and gave a check
signed and endorsed, "H Snider.f
The bill amounted TO S77 SO and change
to the amount of S22 II was given. The
firm now has an order ON its books,
aud check only good as souvenir,
while Snider's snide game enriche d
him in the amount OF cash given in
change.
The game Snider worked is as old as
the hills. At least 1t is AS old MS the
monetary system of using checks. But
II can still be worked and is worked
with success. Shrewd business men
get 'stung by the method all the time.
\ man who can make good impress
sion end app ear TO be honest can get
away with 1t once In while and
there is little wonder, when ninety-nine
lines out of hundred when n
check Is given and change returned IL
is all right.
Snider was the hundredth man. He
appeared at the store on Main street
just about closing time. He wanted
10 buy paints and oils To improve
property he said he bought six months
ago Mt p Providence street. He was
careful In his selections, haggIed over
prices and put the clerk on his best
sslesmanship merits to satisfy ham
and make the snle. From paints he
went To rolls, from oils TO sarnishes
and then white lead and brushes With
which TO apply the purchases. When
he had enough he told where To send
the goods, just where TO put them and
WIS there with detailed story that
t3uih INV ittf tbt ihf Bt'S' viz e'tt'7
man that all was rs represented.
The list completed 1t came time TO
pay. Snider produced the hundred
dollar check signed and, endorsed by
himself and rendered IL. The clerk
told him the safe was locked and 1t
would be inconvenient To get the cash
for change. Snider should worry. Tile
satd he had some other purchases TO
make and needed the cash but II the
clerk couldn't make the change he
could charge the goods and he, Snider,
would get the check cashed else where.
He asked If the clerk knew iof anyone
who would be apt to buy Packard
automobile. He had one for sale AZ he
intended TO buy new model. lie was
fast climbing into the millionaire class
in conversation and the clerk decided
that he would give him the change
and retain the good graces of rich
customer. Once he had the S22.l2 in
and with this exit there entered the
mind OF the clerk doubt rs TO whether
things were as they seemed. He de
cided To do some telephoning. The
man of whom Snlder said he pur-
chased his property was called up. He
had never heard OF Snider, An official
of the bank was located at his home.
Snider had never had an account AT
the bank. This WAS enough 10 corr
vince the clerk that Snider was snide
and the police were informed. The
street was watched all the evening
but Snider was not found.
The man is described as a short,
slight man of middle age wearing a
black suit and straw hat. In all prob
ability he Is far away from Putnam
but sometime. somewhere he will get
into trap and then he will appear at
the other end OF film fam story.