The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-04-12
MERRILL BARLOW,
Quartermaster General.

ARREST or A "CONFIDENCE" MAN.
Ihas. NJ. Gordon alas T, L. Morton, was
lrresteG by our city police on a charge of
money under false preteHces.-
From what we can learn OF the affair, 1t seems
hat Gordon came here about the 10th OF
March and put up at the Grant House. He
.ented lock box No G2 at the post Office, and
commenced operations. Under the assumed
lame of 7. T. Morton he sent letters 10 diff
brent poItious of the country informing va
ious parties that packages were in his hands
shich would be forwarded upon the receipt
" given sum, varying from ono dollar to
;wo dollars aud half. Particularly was
he State of .issoum favored by these let
'crs. Soon lock box No. 62 was overflow
sng with letters, and it was empticd Of its
.,ontonts either late in the evening or early
h the morning--at least none OF the en-
bloyees Of the P9st-Office saw any body take
The mail matter from the box. A week or
wo since Il number OF letters were received
In this city informing the perso rs to whom
hay were sent of the supposed swindle
ehat was being carried on. y large number
Df letters were taken from the Office by the
police and poSt-offce officials AMI examined,
Ind but four were allowed to remain as a
hap for the swindler. Night before last a
bout dark. just before the outer doors Of
he post-ot1ica were closed, Mr.. Britt, one
bf the clerks of the Office saw lock box 62
being opened, and he ran around to the
lront of the building to see who it was taken
but the mail As soon as the man had Sc
lued the NAL, he locked the box and, start
kd up street. He came up Market street as
ear as Quincy, down Quincy to Main, up
sIain to Monroe, up Monroe to Fourth, up
Fourth to Union, down Union TO Main, and
Ip Main street TO the Grant House. NJ
Britt informed the Mayor Of the affair, ano
Is soon as pessible the police were dispatch
a to the hotel. 1t was found that the man
lad registered him elf on the hotel book as
&C. NJ. Gordon" When the proprietor of
he hotel entered his room and informed
fm that he vas wanted down stairs, Cor
pn appeared to be much confused, and ask
M who wanted to see him, and for what
imrose. Upon examination the signatures
( the four letters were found in possession Of
b he man, and he acknowledged that he had
s8ceivcd four letters that evening, and had
$stroyed the letters, keeping only the sig
Y aturas and the money they confirmed.
NGur(lon was questioned ,loscly, and stated
lat he had been in the army for three
aars; could not or would not state from
Elat place he hailed; being asked about the
/. ter business, he said he had met an agent
sN an oil company in this city several weeks
&o, who had requested him to take the
Nail matter from lock box G2, destroy the
! n terS, and retain the signatures aud the
Aoney they might contain.
TGordon alias Mortin was placed in JAIL
Id yesterday al l;ernoon he was bought be-
'e Mayor Sweeney for a hearing. The
Eisoner asked that the case might be con
! @ued as some important witnesses for the
stcuse could be here by the latter part o
Ne week The trial Of the case was there.
: Re postponed until Saturday morning. -
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