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