Mr. Peter Kiolbassa has asked us to publish a warning against a certain swindler who is taking advantage of the Poles.

This person is James B. Leckie, who, advertising himself as the manager of the Chicago Merchants' Police, has extracted from the people various sums deposits for jobs as night watchmen.

This Leckie is a first-class swindler, who has already served a few jail sentences for similar crimes. His office is at 921 Monroe Street.

Mr. Kiolbassa advises the Poles not to have any business dealings with this man Leckie or his office, if they don't wish to be losers.

Leckie is so infamous that he has even attempted to advertise his Merchants' Police in our paper. As soon as we discovered the kind of man behind the 2company, we, of course, canceled his advertisement at once.

One of those swindled by Leckie is a Pole, Mr. John Kowalski of 38 Sloan Street.

He gave Leckie one hundred and fifty dollars as a deposit and it is doubtful whether he will get his money back. We have examined the contract given to Kowalski and found it was prepared in a very tricky way.

We therefore warn our Polish citizens not to deposit any money without first considering the matter carefully, and especially without some sort of guarantee or bond insuring them against swindlers.