Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1869 — Swindlers. [ARTICLE]

Swindlers.

Slit-riff Ykomax informs us of the operations of a precious gang of ! scoundrels having their licadquar- j tet-s Ht Hebron, in Porter county. — : The* names of those whose transactions have come under his observamm are lliiitm'XK, whose father rc*j sides in Nebraska, Junks and ; I'ai.mkk. Neither of them own i property that can be reached by or-j dinary process of law. Their plan j ol business is to go out through the j country where they are not known j •m l buy up horses at high figures 1 payuiga small per cent, cash and! Trading spurious cheeks on .eastern ! hunks, stocks of exploded insurance i m panics, or bonds issued by flash organizations known in the market .is “fancy” for the balance. An'M ier method is for one of them to d; ft a promissory note made pavn- >• .e to his pal bearing large interest ..ltd.on which one or two install-! rants are credited, this sham note ii then largely discount oil and with j a small pel' cent in cash given tor a valitable horse. When the note is presented for pnvincnt the victim finds the drawers and endorsers are nut worth anything and does no mure about the matter. As soon as these fellows gather up three four horses they are put uti the ears in charge ot confederates and shipped west and out of the way. It is known they have operated quite largely in Jasper county this season, buying not less than two thousand dollars worth of property for which it is not known they have paid Ht reality above one hundred dultass. They are a keen, shrewd, smoothspoken set aud it would be well l'or farmers to be on their guard. As a rule it is best to take nothing but cash down when trading with sfrangcra. In the northern portion ol the county it is said the feeling is decidedly bitter against these fellows and it 'would not surprise us to hoar or their being shot if fouud venturing too near the Kankakee i ■«irr+ —. . T Tile recent election in Maine gave a republican majority. The temnerance faction was scarcely felt.

Now that Indianapolis 'ha* told us she does not fa ant onr cattle, grain, or iron oro— *-that she .dogs ; not cam whether wc buy our mcr- ! e handise ot her dealers pr go elsewhere for our pmeha'-es, it is time 1 we look about fora market iu which : to dispose of our surplus, and tor tradesmen who want our patroni •‘•Cc. *s _ • J If the I nijiannpolis, I)e)pll'i*. fliiiL . Chicago route is not feasible,, let*, j us find one that, can be made so.~- ! Last spring, both Logunsport to the east ami Kankakee City to the west ul us, were represented by ; gentlemen who called upon our business men and urged the consider* , stion i f a projected route to eon- | i iiect our rapidly growing neighbors, j At the lime ot their Visit, theeottn- , ty was engaged in considering the Indiana] ohs and Chicago proposition—a canvass was being made upon the question of a tax of £4:.’, 000 iu its aid, and il was thought by them not to no advisable just then to i agitate the proposition ol" our east ! ami west neighbors. The result ol that cant as.- proved the wisdom ol the men who conducted it. Now we have leisure, are not engaged with other enterprises and have ; time to listen to the propositions ; of our friends. j Can not the project of an cast i and west communication he again | opened up? Agitation may lead to I something of benefit. Who will ; lead in this important matter? | The vote on the railroad proposij lion at Indianapolis, last Monday,was just as'Ml’owg a hint that tin* 1 trade of the "counties along the line of the proposed 1., L>. & ('. railroad, is not wanted., as the business men of that city could give, ami the citizens of those counties should so consider it.