The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-16
A prococ1ous scoundrel.

Un Saturday evening Leutelano n.,=
the Detective force, was visited by I'LL. .Hooo,1N
of STREET BRoruEns 4 Co., who notified MN .ila.
party calling himself by different names' ''"u
been to their establishment and had endeaYoleu
to obtain money under false pretences Lleuo' L.
Immediately detailed officers FARRELL al'' ooA1-..
to find and arrest the individual. There was very
little information given, and the officers haa ~
rplv m their own powers. After searching around
the city for some time, the game was tracked ano
soon brought to bay. After beng taken - - 'no
cell he gave the following account ol nlhi0o.l
THAT he was Virginian, and had run the olocK-
ado. was arrested in New York by the united
States Marshal as spy, and confined 1or TWO
months. when he made his escape; went to Rlch-
mond. and then returned to the enemys lines' he
waa afterwards re.arrested at Norfolk by zen.
NAc1E. through orders of Gen. BUTLER, ana was
;mnrisoned at Fort Norfolk until those Generals
we're relieved, when proceedings against hlm were
storped, and he was released. Alter tne suiien-
der he went to New York, and was empioyeo ny
HART. WfGa1Ns & Co. On the Attn OF Octopof= he
went to Boston and put up ut the fremont House,
registering himself as WILLIAM WILSON, ecolnB
the name of E. O. PERRY at the Parher house
as hailing from Charleston, ne founo lln o'e anu
introduced himself as WILLIAM WHITE, from ltock-
Vile York District. and represented that he was
going to Charleston. PERRY apparently LOOK
great interest in him, gave him money To pay LIS
board, and took him to his own hotel. 10y FERRY
! he was introduced to the firm OF Wh1. NASH, NO.
80 Comtaercial-street, Boston. 10 return the
money advanced by PERRY, WHITE forged draft
on Messrs. LEWIS N. AVER q Co, OF this city, Tor
twenty dollars, which was to be sent to STREET
BnoruERs & Co. for collection. Ho LETT the next
day for this port, and forged another draft for
thirty dollars on the samo parties, to be collected
at Mr.. j. SALINAS office.
On his arrival here he stopped at the Charleston
Hotel. registered as War WHITE, and soon after
called on STREET Bros & Co., presented letters
from Perry, who claimed to have shipped to that
; firm s. large quantity of -four, fish and apples.
He produced bills Of lading and invoices for these
articles, and wished them to honor g draft OF $50
on PERRY As the firm had no letters from PERRY
beyond what WHITE brought, they declined the
honor. Ho represented himself to them as WM.
MORRISON, an employee Of WM. NASH, of Boston.
After his failure to obtain funds i'll this direction,
WHITE went around the city and appealed to the
sympathies of our Northern merchants, by repre-
senting himself as a Northern syn>pathiser, who
had suffered by the rebels. From his account he
he did not make much money this way, and
only succeeded in euchGring few.
Fearing detection, and wishing to leaye the
city, he wrote q long letter to General SCOTT, re-
presenting himself as being imprisoned until
forced into our service, and being assigned as q
ID to the Libby p si-taa l.olanel
STREIaHT and his raiders to escape that he escap-
cd with them, was recaptured, and again escaped,
and was now like JApHET in search Of hisparents.
That he had been to New Orleans, and hearing
that they were in Washington, had como this far,
when his funds were exhausted. Ho referred to
Generals HANCOCK, NEAL Dow and others to con-
firm his statement. General SCOTT, moved by his
doleful tale, granted him the required transpor-
tation, but unfortunately he was not able to use
it before he was nabbed On his arrest a number
of letters and papers were found on him, some of
which he had written here, representing himself
rs the travelling agent Of tho Planters Hotel,
forging the names of the proprictors for that pur-
pose. These letters were directed to hotels in
Savannah. Raleigh and Charlotte. He also had
letter of introduction to the H)n. S. FRANK PER-
RY, Of this city ~. This was given to him by his
friend, E. O. PERRY, of Boston, who represented
himself as the son of the Go'ernor, but he pro-
badly had been away from hsfather so long that
he had forgotten his right initials.
WHITE was captured in ompany with man
calling himself H1aHTowEn Nothing, however,
could be proved against hin, but that ne was q
suspicious character, and hal not paid his board
He wac shipped, with an Injunction not to return.
WHITE confessed all of his lstleeds. When arrest
ed, no money or any thingbut papers was found
on him. BE is quite youg, about 90, but is an
old villain. He was no'quite sharp enough,
though for this place, as Is various aliases alone
would have excited suspjion. Officers FARRELL
and COATES deserve grea credit for this arrest
as it Was undertaken VIII scarcely any clue or
description Of the suspected party. They only
knew that he was boating ut The Charleston
Hotel under the alias VIM. WHITE, but they
soon got on his track, al by l O'Clock the same
night he was Gagged. Te Charleston Detectives
must be keener than teir Boston brethren, or
1 WHITES confreres the, PERRY and Others
would not have escaped|etection.
The United Staes District Court.
The Court met at 10. NJ, Judge BRYAN, Dis
trct Judge, presiding The Grand and Petit Ju-