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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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On Nov. 10 in Liverpool, four men (Seller, Weldon, Preston, Evans) and two women (Sellar, Poole) were arrested for frauds using fake American firms to obtain goods worth thousands of pounds from 150 manufacturers, which were pawned or auctioned.
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LIVERPOOL. NOV. 10.-Four men named Seller, Weldon, Preston and Evans, and two women named Sellar and Poole, have been arrested here, charged with being concerned in gigantic frauds perpetrated upon manufacturers and others. The prisoners claimed to do business under two firm names-Sellar, Weldon & Co. and J. C. Preston & Co.-both said to be American merchants and exporters. By means of mutual references the people referred to are said to have secured goods from 150 firms under the pretense that the goods were intended for the American market. The merchandise secured is said to be of every variety, and to be worth thousands of pounds. It was all pawned in Liverpool or sold by auction in other towns.
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Liverpool
Event Date
Nov. 10
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six individuals arrested; goods worth thousands of pounds pawned in liverpool or sold by auction in other towns
Event Details
Four men named Seller, Weldon, Preston and Evans, and two women named Sellar and Poole, have been arrested in Liverpool, charged with being concerned in gigantic frauds perpetrated upon manufacturers and others. The prisoners claimed to do business under two firm names-Sellar, Weldon & Co. and J. C. Preston & Co.-both said to be American merchants and exporters. By means of mutual references they secured goods from 150 firms under the pretense that the goods were intended for the American market. The merchandise secured is said to be of every variety.