Ellis H. Elias

Ellis H. Elias was an American con-artist, notorious in his time for running mail-order "sawdust" swindles, engaging in the sale of fraudulent goods and nostrums, and other scam operations out of Cincinnati and New York City.

[XXX] & Co. (and Other Swindles)

 * The Great "Geneva Watch" Company
 * Mason, Morgan, & Co. (No. 18 Bond St., New York)
 * Emigrant Protectory Association
 * Russell & Co.
 * Silver Mountain Mining Company

The Nostrum Trade
In addition to his sundry mail-order enterprises, Elias was also associated with firms selling medical medallions, including Sagendorph's Battery and Boyd's Battery; and his brother, William M. Elias, even patented one of his own. Further, Elias was reported to have once speculated in the patent medicine trade, producing "The Great Parisian Blood Producer" from the "French Academy of Medicine", which he sold through his "Dollar Store".