Show GREEN GOODS SWINDLERS CAPTURED THE announce announcement men which appeared in the eastern dispatches that a notorious green goods man had been neatly trapped and captured in chicago will be highly satisfactory to honest people ane green goods swindle has been fully exposed many times in this and other public journals yet there are hundreds of people who consider themselves more than ordinarily shrewd that become a prey to the shar pers who pretend to be dealers in undetectable counterfeit green backs the plan of operation of these scoundrels may be seen from the annexed letter which was received by a gentle man in a country town of this territory who sent it to us wondering how the shar pers obtained obtain ea his name and address dear sir 1 am in possession of a good thing and with your confidential and friendly operation cooperation co I 1 can make you yon independently rich and at the same time benefit my own condition the enclosure herewith gives all the information that could be desired and explains itself theres no reason why you should be a slave and toil all of your we life for nothing the op opportunity in ia here for VII you u to switch off from poverty and benefit yourself in a substantial way dont be flo foolish olish enough to let conscientious scruples interfere with your aim in life few men ever obtain riches honestly others have grown rich around you on no one knows how why not you A kint hint to tn the wise is sufficient clent you will see from fam the sketch that my goods are not what the law can claw class a real counterfeits inasmuch as they were printed from genuine ine plates plater and can easily be passed in your section ot at the country with impunity this is serious and highly important food for though tl your sober and earnest attention should be given to every word in this letter A person without this the universal rudder the almighty dollar is thought but little of and is looked upon as of no im importance artance to the world this truet true know I 1 know whereof I 1 speak in former years I 1 have drank from the bitter cup myself if you have not the money to buy my goods I 1 would consent to your taking some confidential friend in with you who has haa provided of course he is trustworthy and could keep the secret you could both then come on together and make the deal however you would be ver very y foolish to take any one in with you if you could raise enough money yourself if my business should suit you it will be absolutely necessary for you to come on here and see me in ii person I 1 only deal face to face with my customers experience lias has taught me that this its in the safest and most satisfactory way for both by your you r coming on here you tou see what you on are b buying and I 1 see am who lam dealing ing with consequently everything is on the level and w we both feel better satisfied 1 I know it is quite bite a journey tor for you to make but ye go gods 1 a J just think of the gold mine in store for you in the way of profits furthermore I 1 always make a liberal allowance in goods to cover the expenses makeup make up your mind to come on I 1 know you will always be thankful for your visit to me you will find me a dware and honorable white man in every particular when you arrive here I 1 will show you my entire stock from which you can make your own selections then if my goods are not all that I 1 1 claim for them and are not as fine as the enclosure speaks of I 1 will make you yon a present of one thousand dollars in gold and also cheerfully pay all expenditures incurred upon your journey journe v fair enough it my prices are as follows gets three thousand shoo gets live five thousand gets ten thousand 1000 gets geta thirty th thousand the more P you it invest the cheaper you get the goods the he sizes run from one to twenty worth of my goods wa is positively ively the very smallest amount I 1 will sell under any circumstances if you yon will invest or more I 1 will agree to give e you the exclusive state right now should huld you wish to do business with me you must obey the following instructions and do only as I 1 tell yon first dont as long as you live ever write a letter to me until I 1 give you permission if you do it will be refused see I 1 mean exactly what I 1 say and furthermore all business relations between us will end second if you wish to come on here and a see me send the following telegram remember telegram ONLY will be received and simply say SEND instructions rions 1 then sign your name as per 6 pass word and number given you third on receipt of your telegram I 1 will send you full instructions how to meet me and where to stop then no mistakes will be made in finding one another in conclusion I 1 wish to say if you cannot come on here or have not to invest and you yon think favorably of my business send the following telegram what is market prices fa I 1 T I 1 will then make you another proposition now kindly allow me to caution you again not to write letters be patient and be guided by in my ois advice if you yon do you will be sure of success no such thing as fail act square be true and honorable do me no harm and you will never regret it as long as you live you can make money faster and easier by dealing in my goods than you ever dreamed of before in your life wont you try it CAUTION no other person is authorized by me to correspond on this subject do not be deceived by shoddy imitations I 1 am the sole owner and proprietor of this enterprise communications from others offering similar goods for sale are absolutely unreliable and positively worthless pay no attention to them auf ced 11 the latter part of a similar letter was published in these columns a little more than a week ago others have been received in different dif terent parts of whether anybody here has been foolish and erratic enough to respond to this fraud we do not know the usual trick when this bait is taken by some hungry gudgeon is to show him genuine money or give him a chance to pass some to prove that thac it cannot be detected and then make up a package which appears to be composed of greenbacks green backs but which when opened after being paid for is found to be nothing but waste paper the capture of the leader of a gang which operates in new york and some of the larger western cities was effected by stratagem one of his partners named tylor was trapped by a detective who acted as a county sofi bead anxious to leny jeny the green goods and thomas thom alias moore who appeared to give ball bail for the arrested swindler was spotted by a person who had been previously swindled by him in new york from abo particulars gleaned it is evident the letters we have reproduced came from the same gang it is in true that every person who I 1 is cheated out of his bis money by this disreputable means deserves the punish ment he receives for his folly if he were not dishonest himself he would not bite at the tempting bait held out to catch him little sympathy can be felt for such a crooked simpleton but nevertheless it is a matter of congratulation when the operators of this scheme of robbery are detected and placed on trial for their villainy it is to be hoped that these captured rascals will receive the full penalty for their of fence and that easily tempted people le everywhere will take warning byro by aki this 8 new exposure and save themselves from both robbery and disgrace |