FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



BEWARE OF GEORGE WINEGAR. 

 He lives at St. Anthony, Idaho, and poses 

 as a guide. In fact, he was, some years 

 ago, a good guide, but it appears he is no 

 longer fit to be trusted in that or any other 

 capacity. Read the following letters: 



My dear Mr. Shields — I ask your help in 

 the following matter : 



About 2 years ago I was offered by Geo. 

 Winegar, of St. Anthony, Idaho, a number 

 of specimens, amounting to $400. Winegar 

 asked me to send him $250 in advance, so 

 he could buy the goods. I sent him a check 

 for $200. The next day I became uneasy 

 about my check and stopped payment on it 

 by wire. The bank of St. Anthony claimed 

 they did not receive the dispatch in time, 

 and the money was paid to Winegar before 

 my dispatch arrived. The goods Winegar 

 should have sent never arrived. The bank 

 of St. Anthony then asked me for evi- 

 dence to get Winegar arrested. I furnished 

 them such evidence. I had some corre- 

 spondence about the matter with the bank, 

 and they finally reported they could not 

 get anything from Winegar ; that he had 

 spent the money in the saloon there, etc. 

 I heard nothing further from the bank. 

 About Christmas time, 1899, that check of 

 $200 was suddenly presented here to me 

 for payment and a suit was filed against 

 me. Judgment was obtained against me, 

 and the whole will cost me over $275. 



I therefore ask you to take Winegar's 

 nalme off your list of guides, and warn in- 

 quirers to have no dealings with him. 



Please find letters enclosed from the 

 Pank of St. Anthony in re case of Wine- 

 gar. 



Gus. Stainsky, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Mr. Gus Stainsky: 



Dear Sir — We received a check of yours, 

 on El Paso County Bank, in favor of Geo. 

 Winegar, for $200, dated August 13, which 

 has been returned to us,"Payment stopped." 

 We beg to inquire on what grounds, and if 

 there be any chance of its being paid. We 

 took 2 of those checks on collection pre- 

 viously and they were promptly paid. On 

 this one we did not exercise the caution 

 used in the other cases, but took it on de- 

 posit and allowed him to check it out in a 

 few days. 



Any information you can give us will be 

 thankfully received and any help given us 

 in the collection of this check will be highly 

 appreciated. A. M. Slatery, 



Cashier Bank of St. Anthony. 



Mp. Gus Stainsky. 



Dear Sir — We have seen Mr. Winegar 

 and he showed us your letter of 19th inst. 



in regard to check on El Paso County 

 Bank. We got a sight draft from him upon 

 you, which we will hold until advised of 

 shipment of goods. 



He states there is a balance due him from 

 you of $35 or $39. I did not see in his let- 

 ters where such amount was due, but if 

 you make any remittance to him you would 

 confer a great favor on us by sending them 

 through this bank until we get even with 

 him. A. M. Slatery, 



Cashier Bank of St. Anthony. 



Filed in the County Court, of El Paso 

 County, Colo., March 14, 1900. D. A. 

 Thomas, Clerk. 



Mr. Gus Stainsky. 



Dear Sir — Yours of 10th inst. to hand, 

 and contents noted. We have made care- 

 ful inquiry in regard to George Winegar 

 and feel convinced that he has not those 

 goods and never had. 



We believe the goods are in existence, 

 owned by another party, and that Winegar 

 could have got them with the money. 



Instead of that he is around the saloons 

 here every day, and will do nothing as long 

 as the money lasts. He never could have 

 got the check cashed here, but that others 

 of yours were paid after being taken on col- 

 lection, and we never for one moment 

 doubted the check was in payment of goods 

 delivered. 



The only way we can get anything out of 

 him is by getting some evidence of ship- 

 ments that would give us a leverage to 

 make him get those goods to market or do 

 time. We are confident he could ship 

 those goods within a week if he were so 

 disposed, but he has his money now and 

 that is all he cares. 



A. M. Slatery, 

 Cashier Bank of St. Anthony. 



Mr. Gus Stainsky. 



Dear Sir — Your favor of 25th inst. to 

 hand. Mr. Winegar is absolutely no good. 

 We had a talk with him and he acknowl- 

 edged he can not get those goods. He pre- 

 tends now that he is trying to get the 

 money in order to return it. 



A. M. Slatery, Cashier. 



Prof. Gus Stainsky. 



Dear Sir — We have been able to do noth- 

 ing as yet. Winegar still promises to make 

 good the $200. If he does not do something 

 soon we will try what the law will do in 

 the case. I fear it will be a complete loss, 

 as he has nothing; but we will try to put 

 him where he belongs. 



Bank of St. Anthony. 



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