An extensive swindle
--We have the particulars of an extensive swindle which was perpetrated in this city over a month ago, and which we are now permitted to make public, the victims having kept the matter quiet, in the hope of bringing the swindler to justice.
F. Cue, a Spanish importer of
Havana cigars and produce, having his office at No. 10 Gravier street--a man who had done business in this city some two years, and acquired the confidence of many of our business men — is the swindler.
Our information is, that upon the recommendation of parties in
Cuba, and of some business men here, as to his respectability and validity, and upon his pretence that he had taken a heavy contract to erect a railroad depot, and to furnish railroad supplies, provisions for laborers, etc., on a nearly completed railroad in
Cuba, he obtained all he wanted, paying for the same with notes at ninety days.
He purchased a schooner here and loaded it with supplies of different kinds, and by like bargains here had lumber, bricks, &c., shipped direct from
Pensacola and other places to
Cuba, as is supposed.
His operations began in April or May, and all these things were sent off before the blockade was instituted — As early as the 20th June, his victims had discovered how they were cheated, and combining together, and subscribing money for detective purposes, kept the thing quiet, in the hope of catching Mr. ‘"
F. Cue, importer of cigars and
Havana produce, No. 10 Gravier street,"’ as the directory sets him forth.
A writ of seizure was taken out for the contents of the store, but nothing was found that could be seized; one of the sufferers was sent to New York, to go thence to
Havana in quest of the swindler, but this man returned, having been unable to get off.
The meetings of the creditors of
Mr. Cue have led to the discovery that their joint loss is about $60,000. We cannot give the full list, but are able to state that
Thomas,
Murray & Co., Glennon,
Coleman, & Co.,
H. D. Seaman &Co.,
J. M. Laborde and
F. M. Fisk are among the principal sufferers — the rascal having purchased large quantities of lumber, brick, patent roofing, cotton-seed oil, groceries, produce, etc., not to mention the schooner which carried the valuable cargo from this city.
Should any one suppose that the blockade may have prevented
Mr. Cue from returning and paying his notes, we have only to state that the losers have thoroughly investigated the matter, and come to the conclusion, upon good and satisfactory evidence that the said Cue is as adroit and splendid a swindler as ever afflicted this city.
We may add that several business men now in this city, who vouched for Cue, necessarily stand in an exceedingly mortifying predicament.--
N. O. Bulletin. 
