The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-05
CITY ANDSTATENEWS.
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Miscellaneous Matter. % Be found On
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ARREST Oh A "CoNFIDENCE" NAN
Chas. NJ. Gordon alias T. 7. Morton was
arrested by our city police on charge
of receiving money under false pretences,
From what. we can learn of the affair, it
seems that Gordon came here about the
18th of March and put mp at the Grant
House. He rented lock box No SO at
the postoffice, and commenced opera
tions. Under the assumed name Oft I.
MOrten he sent letters to different pOr-
lions of the country informing various
parties that packages were in his bands
which would be forwarded upon the re-
oeipt of q given sum, varying from one
dollar to two dollars and half Partic-
ularly was the State Of Missouri favored
by these letters Soon lock box No. 62
was OVERLOOKING with letters, and it was
emptied of its contents either late in the
evening or early in the morning-at least
none of the employees of the Postoffice
saw anybody take the mail matter from
the box A week or two since number
of letters were received in this city in
forming the persons to whom they were
sent of the supposed swindle that was
being carried on. A large number of let
tiers were taken from the Office by the
police and postofice officials and exam
iued, and but four were allowed to re-
main as trap for the swindler. Night
before last about dark, just before the
outer doors of the postoffice were closed,
Mr.. Britt, one of the clerks of the Office
saw lock box 62 being opened, and he
ran around to the front of the building
to see who it was that had taken out the
mail. As soon as the man had secured
the mail, he locked the box and started
up street. He came up Market street as
far Quincy, down Quincy to Main, up
Main to Monroe, up Monroe to Fourth,
up Fourth to Union, down Union to
Main, and up Main street to the Grant
House. Mr. Britt informed the Mayor
of tne affair, and Us soon as possible the
police were dispatched to the hotel. 1t
was found that the man had registered
himself on the hotel book as &C. NJ. Cor
don" When the proprietor of the hotel en-
tered his room and informed him that he
was wanted down stairs, Gordon ap-
peared to be much confused, and asked
who wanted to see him, and for what
purpose. Upon examination the sigma
lures of the four letters were found in
possession of the man, and he acknowl-
edged that he had received four letters
that evening, and had destroyed the let
tiers, keeping only the signaturesand the
money they contained Gordon was
questioned closely, and stated that he
had been in the Iarmy for the past three
years; could not or would not state from
what place he hailed; being asked about
the letter business, he said he had met
an agent of al oil company ia this city
several weeks ago, who had requested
him to take the mail matter from lock
box 62, destroy the letters, and retain
the signatures aud the money they
might contain.
Gordon alias Mortin was placed in Jail,
and yesterday afternoon he was brought
before Mayor Sweeney for hearing.
The prisoner asked that the case might
be continued ss some important witness
ca tor the defence could DO here by the
latter part ofthe week. The trial Of the
case was therefore postponed until Sat
urdsy morning. >