The sun., 1919-05-29
SENDS GOOD MONEY
AFTER BAD IN OIL
Public Stenographer in Up
town Hotel Victimized Over
and Over Again.
filters IN AERO SHARES
When She Has Evidence They
Take It From Her With
Worthless Check.

JUST as a poker player, after serving
notice on his companions that he would
Quit the game at IL p. NJ, is detected by
the dawn's early light still throwing good
money after bad in an effort to make I'D
his losses. woman who Is n public
stenographer in q famous uptown hotel
has been sinking her savings in one
stock swindle after another for several
years always In the hope that the new
est venture would erase her previous
mistakes
I'm fool" sho said yesterday, "and
suppose there's no use trying to save
me from myself. but IL you want to print
the story go ahead, as II may help
others. You could use my name too. ex-
cept that my mother doesn't know how
her noble daughter has been buncoed
and don't intend she shall"
Although this woman had been duped
by one get rich quick artist after an
other-"1 know they are crooks n mile
on, but seem unable to resist EN-" she
says-she bought last year from an easy
spoken broker who called at her desk 100
shares OF a skyrocketing oil company
winch Just couldn't help returning a big
pront In a couple of months Although
she had bank account she made no
effort to ask her bank about the COM
pany ana It's prospects.
A week later the broker returned all
out or breath to say the stock had ad-
Vanced faster than he had thought II
would. and he had exactly sixty shares
left which she could have as a special
favor. at the old price. She bought It
total investment $3.50 for 100 shares.
The company's advertising kept report
ing further advances
Electric Wagon 70 the u...u
When the profits seemed suitably
large she tried to sell and couldn't get
$50 cents. BY telephone and letter she
pestered the broker until he called at
the hotel once more. Accounting for
the situation he made an impressive
speech in the jargon of high finance
and wound up with pleasant predictions
for the future.
Fine. my dear SIR said the
stenographer. but how about buying
back that oil stock you sold me?"
Say" he replied. ut Is funny the way
that stock has acted. Wonder IL there's
anything wrong with the company?
Now. know of a stock that would get
all your money back and lot more
besides. It's regular electric wagon.
It's new airplane and very few per-
sons know how good II is. 1t has
cantilever wings and will beat all
records. The Government is having a
secret test made in Dayton, Ohio. to-
morrow. Army officers are In charge of
the field and the military police are keep
Ing everybody else away. On the COM
pany's own trial grounds the plane
simply has made Wright and Curtiss and
the foreign chaps look sick The Gov
eminent will award a contract for thou
sands of them just as soon the for
mality of an official test is completed.
But why talk about 1t? The stock
Na ,ln hn1d hty inci hat
couldn't buy it. Gee. wish had some,
The quoted price now. with no offer
ings, is 81: in three weeks It's a dead
cinch It will be $40"
Hands over Her Liberty Bonds.
-As remarked before" the stenog-
rapher said in telling her story yester-
day, "I am a fool when II comes to the
stock market. Like a ninny I fell for
II when this broker suddenly exclaimed
that, by George, II had just occurred to
him he had a friend who had 100 shares
of this miracle stuff and as the friend
was hard up for cash this minute he
the broker. might be able to get the
100 for me at the days price Of 81
The broker went out and walked around
the block and returned with a certii-
cate he had had in his pocket all the
time. 1 closed my desk. hurried to the
bank, got out of a safe deposit four
800 Liberty Bonds and gave them to
the broker. He handed me the airpiane
stock and, after assuring me that had
struck the bargain of a lifetime. beat It.
Three weeks passed and heard moth
Eng about my electric wagon So
started calling up the broker, who had
and still has an office in lower Broad
way. He said the test had been made,
but he hadn't got the full particulars
yet. One day he'd tell me the test was
made on Long Island, the next day In
Dayton. He couldn't remember from
day to day what yarn he had handed
me the day before.
Finally he said he had great news
for me. The test had been a great sue
cess. but a shocking thing had happened.
The aviator had gone crazy while at a
great height and machine and aviator
had both reached the ground in a more
or less 'dishevelled condition. But the
broker assured me over and over again
that the airplane had proved itself. had
broken all records Just as he said II
rise as high as the cantilever wings had
risen.
OIL Company Comes Back.
"Not hearing anything more and being
unable to find the broker / went down
town to the Office of the airplane COM
pany. 1 had supposed that such a re-
markable company must have whole
floor at least, but found that 1t had desk
room with half a dozen other companies
in a single office. Judging from the atti-
tude OF stenographer. who was the only
occupant OF the airplane company's cell
there was nothing particular doing.
ct wrote and telephoned the broker
again and made an awful fuss until he
came to the hotel My, but he was sorry
for the way things had turned out. HI
confessed that he himself was much dis
appointed In the cantilever airplane
stock He admitted that nothing could
be done with It. but said brightly that
the oil company had struck oil after ali
and ut come sacrifice TO himself he
would be willing TO let me have some
more oil stock IN exchange for the air.
plano certificate By this time wal
able to laugh.
ats trading one worthless stock FOL
another said. and you're a crook; but
I'll make the trade. couldn't do worse.
still have the oil stock II 1t weighed q
pound 1t would be worth a'3ut cents tc
o junk dealer"
The broker has been asked TO visit
Iohn 4. Dooiing, Assistant District At
torney, but It IL doubtful II he can b.
prosecuted, as whatever evidence the
photographer had II no longer In her pos
session.