The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . made free useof the paper issued by Jacobs Chicago Loan and TrustCompany. He was an attorney and his was the mas-ter mind which furnished the expert and technicalknowledge necessary to operate the elaborate systemof wildcatting then in vogue. The records of CookCounty show that Deacon Lowell, single-handed,wrecked twenty-three insurance companies during hiscareer. The Deacon was perfidious to an extended was charged by all with whom he came in contactthat he had given them the double cross and left themto hold the sack while h
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . made free useof the paper issued by Jacobs Chicago Loan and TrustCompany. He was an attorney and his was the mas-ter mind which furnished the expert and technicalknowledge necessary to operate the elaborate systemof wildcatting then in vogue. The records of CookCounty show that Deacon Lowell, single-handed,wrecked twenty-three insurance companies during hiscareer. The Deacon was perfidious to an extended was charged by all with whom he came in contactthat he had given them the double cross and left themto hold the sack while he enjoyed the fruits of theirdealings. Even his brother and brother-in-law re-ported themselves to the police as among his victims,the former declaring he had lost $25,000 through hisbrother. DR. JACOBS A WONDER IN MORE WAYSTHAN ONE. As might be supposed from the magnitude of hisundertakings, Dr. Stephen Wesley Jacobs is no ordi-nary man. On the contrary, he is a man of variedattainments and is blessed by nature with faculties 58 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK. 8. W. Jacobs, President. OF A DETECTIVE 59 which make for business success far above the aver-age. In the opinion of Detective-Sergeant Wool-driclge, who ran him to earth, Dr. Jacobs would haverivaled the greatest financiers of the day had he ap-plied his talents along the lines of legitimate endeavor. Jacobs was the king pin, the center pole whenceradiated the blighting shafts of humbuggery. He wasthe evil genius who injected the virus of fraud intothe ambitious breasts of impecunious business menwho saw in him a savior; who asked not whether thearm of strength held forth to them was black or white,and who fluttered as moths to the fascinating glimmerof his personality. What if that which he offered thembe not gold so it passed for gold? Even honest mensaw an opportunity to get their feet under them, andeach trusted to the great Good Luck that his premiumswould exceed the amount of his losses. Conscienceswere for the moment st
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