Smyrna times., 1866-08-08
STATE AND LOCALS

rrI-I, -, - - nv L h-AO D.-1HE EORGER A NA.
eGlyed Intelligence through the dail non"rs mu ie
ftihiladelphla that fraud to the am6nnf ] ~ ~
9oO'oOO had been perpetrated uDon thn Goy
GPh9eht' q RM IN that city, by man claning to bo
H. w. Alien, a Purser in the Navy. but whose
real name was William II. Conner Un ,U"
arrested at the Philadelphia, Wilminrton" "'t' &.
a!I Daillhore Depot, on the above-named J,v
mhllSC on wedding tour to Europe. he hav;Hc =
peeh married that morning in Baltimore 70 .
tespectaple M and reported wealthy lady, ,dau@b-
roi VI d clerH IN IN one of the Government De-
M par'LIentS at ashington. Nearly all the mo-
no3v"rtoa 1S was I?und upon his person, he having
was, after hearing, taken to Moyamcns;n1'c, i1c
prison. where he is now confined On Satmrs
gay ia last ne had further hearing before II :
facts from the testimony. '>0 'ii0 ioilo"lhS
mr. McAlichael, cashier of the First Not;o,
al Pank OF that city, testified that on the 3Ith
VI JuIy cooper came TO him in the hank anJ
S'Itcu Hmo tlaf he was Assistant Paymaster r w
Anell' OF the Navy, and that he desired to onon
all account with the bank. After some conl con"
Tr,.i"t tlle cashier became satisfied with hi,
iIScHtd1lohS' and referred him to the rc
es draft on the U. s. Treasurer in Pb;ioJdtI b;GiUJItII
pnia Tor $4,000 and $1,000 in moncy' Which
Wa Piaced TO Cooper credit in the bank On
tHe 2otn he returned to the bank and nro,o,,4
Gu MS chccE for So, 900, which was nro,n,,+;
P4ld after he had endorsed the mama ro!Ii' nf =
W. Allen on the back of said check Mr. Aua,'
i tne man personated by Cooper, testified tL"t
uiic uIalC was genuine, but that his signature
upon 1t was forgery. How Cooper obtainnd
I,' thn Ia; u;@It Is mystery At the conclusion of
b;", CO. CO. SGcohG charge was brought against
u.nh pni.; Ior uciraudlng Paymaster Fairfield. oil
$4,000. III Cne sum OF
-iIter perpetrating the fraud Coopcr camo
70 'hlS town, on visit to his mother rama;r
ns untli Monday 30th ult lie informed biy n
,;o'ner |; oI MS proposed marriage; representnJ
lIS Intended wife to be worth S6o dn6. 4L't
2he sue was an orphan; that she had two brotbort
l'eu III Baltimore, etc. He also made arra,,,,o
nents :.I lor ms mother to take trip to Nia~ars
'I.H W.T." C'iC UNDERSTANDING that be was to.meGt
F1 !er ~ view York city, previous to saiIinr far
au4 R on an extended bridal, tour. IFS ar.
oI'rCa on rIRiuay laSt GGheek-mated his plans of
n this town for several davssbut 1a",ion "Gls
ied their search. He proceeded to RlIt,nauf viu
i9h here' where he executed his rf,ns ~,
oove stated, up to the time of his arrest 8
Cooper is the son Of Mrs. Ann + Toe
widow lady of this TOWN a.
:. needless to state that she has the svnnatb;a'
'LG ne entlrc community Being in vprJ fnIJo
e"i'h' her aftlictlon is all the more n9ionant t
!. - - ABOUT - years OF age; is a y0unG mam I
lnc personal appearance, agreeable mannnrs v
G,,n :. "D','IGSH ana possessed Of more than =
u,alhly ,lhIeIlectual force From early youth d
,oII ii'Gi"lS ho nave 1een at fault. When unite
nan he was caught extracting the fiinJ, fa'rc f.
e money-drawcr of confectioner in ,a,,' i,uli {
~ ~ rom that time to the present has been % dn la
'tc4 III various petty thefts. Several ,oan. "
'ce nc ana his brother were apprehcndcJ fan
extraction OF $500 from the safn nf W. !
il!i'iosc' Oh this town.. but the evidence S.
- not suilicIGht to convict them Thnv wnro y,
wever' aadJ4dged guilty by the public WI m
III Il; was discharged from lIorstman's, pb;ia
G;iSnoleTty. lie obtained the positinn ~
r'r,' % ,h ~ tHc Navy about eighteen month. Dc
r,,r.a e.to cio@e OF inc war (sudlcnly becomnr a
'iti3n he seems to have been nro'notoI %nltl a ID
II OF purSer, according to the tt st,tcmo,'. 70
; daily papers '''''''lchtS III
fo,toaSlns an uncomfortable pride and pro,+ - -
esteem fondncss for fast livinr anj ~ J th thv
III D a'.: :lH'Il'ry means Of 0btainino mon,,,
''' satisfy the demand on his ni,rIo ''oITy ny
;o"'"hce ana manners justified him =, i''' a sec
lug ~ 70 nearly my positi0n-a lender i; j" INC
i;nn i;a ONO r m the military, an ADAM. 70 GU
lldles and rcpi e,entat;yo 81 ~ 1huohi5 To on
nd. o'on'atlVe to the Gcau viii
~ LIS STlde G is the daughter of Hon Mr. Do say
= = Superintendent of Public I1. Print;nD VT De
He was procecding ;;n'mg IN n.y. IN IN tur
E e when arrested. '0Ui'ls In grand hnC
~ ~ - Th most respectfully connected in hi, all
m ine court IN which he is to bn tr;nJ rd,i pol
Gn1Gs nn On the third Monday in this IN month u tha
= DAVID Paul Brown has hna" ''io ont;. month Chi
attorney. 10" Ooeh acting as ed
elective Tagyart states that a. ooo Lo wht
! recovered also that na,'or SDn,ooo nave hon
ing to the suppOsition that bo "o "v,e nouhu lady
another forgery for S75 0on r',1.. pa pa nun
IS his wardrobe az corooo,:. ,;.ss ucs- the