Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1875 — A Heartless Swindle. [ARTICLE]

A Heartless Swindle.

A few days ago an advertisement in a Boston paper for a clerk who wanted a good situation and could deposit SSOO as surety for his honesty, integrity, etc., or words to that effect, caught the eye of a young man in this city, and, there being something very attractive either about depositing the money or the promised situation, he went to Boston with the requisite amount of money in his pocket. He visited the office of “ Henry Howard & C 0.,” the advertisers, and made known his business. After some conversation and a recital of what his duties were to be (which, by the way, were to be extremely light), he announced his intention of accepting the and making the deposit. Just here there was a slight hitch, toe gentlemanly proprietor informing him that there was a possibility that his partner, who he said was in the city, might have secured a young man, and he would, before taking the money, telegraph to him to make sure about it. Such candor and fairness of course had its effect upon the young man, and he was all the more anxious for a position with so upright a man. A dispatch was sent to the partner, directed to the City Hotel here, and in due time an answer, or what purported to be an answer, was received, saying the place was not filled. The bargain was then closed, and the young man deposited foe money. The proprietor took it, and in a careless manner apparently put it into the money-drawer, and locking the drawer he gave toe key to his new clerk, telling him he was going out for a short time on business, and he might begin his work at once. The clerk waited for his return for a long time, but at first thought nothing of it; for wasn’t the money safe in toe drawer, and wasn’t toe drawer locked, and didn’t he have the key? Finally, however, his suspicion or his curiosity got the best of him, and he examined the drawer. Imagine his surprise and consternation at finding therein but a package of worthless paper, and the trick flashed upon his mind. An effort was made to find his partner in the city, but the dispatch spoken of above hasn’t reached him yet, and probably never will. —Providence Journal.

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