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Show THE FKAtDttLST HELMBOLDS. ' How tiie Genaine Helm bold Protects Hi. Cn, tamer and the Public Again! Pl.ates. Ir. Henry T. H- '.-.'eli. ..:' New j York City, has been ou: on tie f a: path recently, ani the ci of L.s vj -r-ador.3 has been the city of Chlcug. . lr. Ueimbe.i U wiaely known :h.- ju-n-oui this country in connection with toe ce.ebrated "Buehu." said to be aa el-caeious el-caeious remecy for maoy of ti.e h. which fiesh is heir to The great demand de-mand lor this preparation lei cer'atn j unprincipled ptn-jas to get up a spurious spuri-ous article of the kiuu. and to trade upon the Puctur's reputation. I: ap ! P'cars that six months ago I'r. Ile.m-! Ile.m-! bo.d learned that counterfeiters were 1 at work, and that the market ws being Hooded with spurious articles bearing his name. The manuiacioty of the oogus article was hna..y tuuu i to be located at the rear of No. P.M Washington street, Chicago. The counterfeiter was a fotmer specialist, and now engaged in the manufacture of spring beds. His piratical adveu ture was suggested to him by the names of two Germans, George and Fritz Helmbuid, which he louud in the city uirectory- They weie bo.h poor, unsophisticated men, one of tin m a mere boy, ignorant even of the English Eng-lish language. Whituermade a wm-ten wm-ten contract with them, whereby he agreed to pay them $l,OlKl) per annum for their labor in making sprin-K-d frames, and the additional sum of c-iO per month for the use of their name in the making of medicinal preparations. prepara-tions. Having thus provided himself with a good name, hittler proceeded to issue a preparation cahed "liclm-bold "liclm-bold s Iiuehu," with wrappers and labels closely resembling those of the genuine article. The real Helmbold i . L.J f -1.. i .. 1 i. ... soou ueaiu ui uic ji.iuu, auu uc ai once made a descent upon the enemy. Whittier found himself enjoined by Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit Court from proccvuing further in the fraud. An action was also commenced against him dn the same Court, in which damages were ' laid at iii.tux), while proceedings were said to be in contemplation for his indictment in-dictment for conspiracy. .Sworn aih-davits aih-davits of George F and Fritz Helm-bold Helm-bold were placed in the hands of lh Helmbold a attorneys, disclosing the manner in which their names had been obtained. Under these ehcunistunecs Whittier resolved upou an uncut, ditional surrender. He delivered up the key of his laboratory, aud handed over his lithograph atones, electro types, plates, dies, stamps, aud all the material and equipments of his business, busi-ness, with a list of all parties who had purchased his spuiious preparations, and the names of those to whom it had been consigned, or who were in any way Connected with his nefarious business. He also gave a bond in f2U,0LHJ that he would abstain from similar trespasses in the future. Dr. llehnbold's object in thus promptly checking the operations of the Chicago counterfeiter was less wiih a view to punish the pirate than to secure the public against any si nilar frauds that may be attempted. Having Hav-ing expended immense sums of money in advertising his extracts and remedies, reme-dies, and bringing home to the people a knowledge of their merits, he has determined to adopt such measures as will prevent anything but the genuine article from being foisted upon purchasers. pur-chasers. Chicago Tribune, Jnn. '6. |