New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-15
A. Accomplished s,vsndIss Arressssl.

- = - 1870 = =
From the Charleston aereury Of Menday ne .ex-
tract the folIowing
Detective Hicks with great address arrested
yesterday Ban calling himself Josiah Aastfn Gee,
0ids Ghee, who has been doing business ID Charles
ton for abont month as the firm Of Ghee, Wilson
= Co., or Wilson Co., bankers and agents for
ioanlng money, on behalf Of different British banks.
9ee operated in this wise He advertised at
Columbia, !. G.. Savannah aud Atlanta, Ca, and
ProOaply other interior points. the following card,
or one substantially the same:
CHEZ wIIIsoE co,
ees gssss9Ss ss'lss fssypooi a1sa EsIss
Sight drafts for sale on The asiss as, ese
ssooo up 10 saee1. ~ 4 =, an'o'P' i'on'
in response to this announcements h s,,,,s;sa.
how many letters he received. sixty one Being now
in the hands Of thS police. He kept box at the
Charleston post-offlce, No. III. WheneyeF he re-
ceived letter, he replied. stating that bis terms
and q half per cent was also charged ~ a bonus
for the first year, and an additional half Of one
per cent, to pay fees for Investigating titles, etc.
He then required afui description Of the security,
with true statement OF alI membranes, which
he desired TO examine. Everything should be
strictly confidential and Of the highest business
character. The last half per cent. ef his commits
sion he did not exact but left chat 10 the generos
ity of the borrower, and, strange 70 say, never
failed to get it. Possessing fall inventory Of the
borrowers property, he would send him word that
ne wond advance the money at certain period,
generally July a, but that his Commissions were
payable forthwith, when he would send his agent
70 70 examine the property pledged, and to obtain
self. sSsS Il &s7>s8
He has undoubtedly succeeded in negotiating
about $50 600, for which he would receive $1,000,
and in most instances from gentlemen of good busi
ness cnarac,eE 81 and position Y is indeed aurpris
to gentlemen in Columbia, Sumter. hbbeyiIs and
Greenyille in this State Savannah, Atlanta, Deca-
1 tur and other towns in Georgia.
Gee is pale sic KY looking man, ah09t fsys and
q half feet, Of elegant manners and pleasing adj
dress, and may be surely identified bya cofk 1eE,
| which he wears. He arrived in Charleston May
/ 9th, and stopped at the Charleston Hotel. After
remaining there short time, he took board in an
| estimable private family, who are excessively
/ chagrined at tho dex0ueaNent, and demeaned him
self in most exemplary manner, going regularly
to church and being truly polite and agreeable to
the ladies. As he was reported to be Of immense
wealth. of course there was no bar to his progress
/ Officer Hicks had spotted Gee when at the
Charleston Hotel, and conversed with him repeat
4 edy and learned his business but his suspicious
4 were unconfrIned by any complaints nniil last
/ Thursday, when gentleman from Columbia Wis
tied Charleston To inquire about this banker, 10
4 whom be had paid considerable advance for q
| promised loan on July 4th. Gee had left town on
Il collecting tour through the State, and it was
/ feared had flown. He had, however, left d trunk,
which officer Hicks concluded be would come for.
4 On Saturday Gee came back from Grcenye, but,
fearing that the Columbia officers might be on the
lookout for him, he crossed from Ninety Six to An
gusta by stage and Seturned to Charleston by the
early Augusta train yesterday morning. He Was
allowed to revisit the post-ofiee, the family with
whom he boarded and the church where he Wor-
shipped. On his return from church be was ar
rested and carried to the main guard-house.
On searching him sixty yone letters we're fonnd,
all Of business character, not single private let
ter being in his possession. He had fine revolver,
q bunch Of twenty-five skeleton keys, nrpers,
/ screw driver, hammer, jimmy, ETC., comprising 9
complete burglars outfit. No finer collection oi
such implements has ever been obtained in
Charleston. He had about him nearly two hun
dred dollars in money, and watches and silserware
to value Of six hundred dollars, daguerreotypef
of beautiful women, etc.
Gee always represents himself as gentleman
and the son Of very wealthy English gentleman
He says he arrived in this country April II, 1859
!, and that he has been spending his time {and b
!, course operating) in New York, New Orleans and
Charleston. He is nnquestionably an accomplished
cracksman, and officer Hicks deserves great credi
for his skill in bringing him to justice 1t il to bt
hoped that his victims will not decline to prose
cute him, that he may receive his just deserts.