The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-09
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.,,on FRAUD-On Tuesday inoin
Mfr A. E. Line, wholesale tobacco
,aaler of Cincinnati, arrived in tins Guy
..arcb of a lot of tobacco when nao
nasn fraudulently obtained from DIS e',
."hIisb,uent in that city. A shor. 'inns .
nar his arrival in this city, Mr.. L. 1ounu
aortiop of his tobacco and cigars AT INC
tobacco warehouse of MessFS, b0vaf s,a IT,
'0O 100 street The gentlemen claim
on thsy had purchased aud paid FOR the
,acco at Columbus, Ohio, and OF course
S"cIiped giving it mp. Mr.. L, obtained a
u, warrant, seized the tobacco and
;rars and had Bovar & Co. arrested
TS~ case came up for hearing yester-
hofore Aldermen Dulty and Johnson
han Mfr Line testified that abont the
;IJIe of February yonng man came
II. store in Cincinnati and presented
Man. with thecard of Messrs. A.C, BROOKS
r., of Columbus, Ohio. A few days
aru,ards he received an order from A.
:, prooks & Co. for lot of tobacco, said
arm requesting him to draw upon him'
~ 1ovs at the First National Bank
: Columbus, through the Fourth Ma
.;,n,l Rank of Cincinnati. The tobac-
70 and cigars were shipped and upon
orssenting the note in bank on Saturday
lar Mfr l.. discovered he had been I'M
n,sed upon. He took the train on Sun
day evening for Columbus, and upon ar
.;rino there ascertained at the Express
ofice that there was no such a firm as A.
" Brooks & Co, as the establishment
n,rnorting to be represented by that
srm had been closed He also learned
.hat the tobacco had been received ana
f,r,varded by au unknown person who
cl,imed to be connected with Brooks q
70 70 Messrs. S. S Bovar & Co, ofthls city
orohar Of that firm being in Column
80. +ho+ time Line took the train
Cor this city, and upon calling upon Bo-
,,or & Co found portion OF his tobac-
90 and cigars. which the house refused to
1o,irsr as they had purchased it from
sarties in Columbus.
Mr. Line also testified that on Tuesday
morning at nine o'clock, Bovar sent sew
eral boxes of the tocacco and cigars to
Bridgeport, to be shipped to firm in
New York; when he first asked Bovar
about the goods he (B) declined giving
any particulars or satisfactory account
of them; hence he brought suit.
Officer Ponder was sworn and testified
that he had executed the search-warrant
aud seized the tobacco and cigars. Ho
also stated that about week or ten days
400 he had seized chest of tea at Bo-
vars store which was claimed bya Balti-
more merchant
Mr. Henry o. OFT testified that in De
cember last he had sold his establishment
to Messrs. s. s Bovar & Co; did not
know where the members of the firm
came from, as they had spoken of so
many different cities never asked them
where they came from.
Mr. Alex Laughlin testified that afew
weeks ago Mr. Bower offered to sell him
barrel Of lard oil below market prices;
declined buying the oil, and few days
afterwards learned that a Pittsbnrg
house had been swindled out of lot OF
oil 10y man purporting to be the agent
of Messrs. Elbridge 4 Co., of Wheeling
Mr.. Powell, drayman, testified that on
Tuesday he hauled lot of tobacco from
Bovar's store to the Bridgeport depot as
he had often done before; did not recog
uize any marks on the boxes.
The case was argued several hours 10y
&C. Chandler, Esq, for the plaintiff
and NJ c. Good, Esq, for the defendants
The counsel for the plaintiff claimed
the tobacco, and signitied willingness
to cease prosecution upon its being civ
en- up Mr. Good claimed that as his
clients had purchased the tobacco from
party TO whom it had been regularly
sold by the Cincinnati house. they had a
right to hold it
After the argument was closed the AL
derman stated that decision in the case
would be rendered this morning at elev-
en- o'clock.
OUR MARKETS In his annual message