Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-10-02
Operations Of a Spurious Eng
Iish Lord.
[From corre.ponllent q the ChIeago TribnneI

From correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune.J
Some time last spring, q somewhat
eccentric individual, calling himself
" m Walker. but VINO Is more famil-
ia-ly known here as Lord Walker, "
came to Kankakee City, and repre-
sented that he had recently fallen
heir to vast amount of wealth, reach
ing into the mil lions, in England, pro-
| ducing papers, letters. &c., to prove
his assertions. And, upon these pa
| pers and representations, he obtained
money to the amount Of several humid
reds Of dollars, and :. considerable
| amount of property besides. lie
united himself to the Methodist
| Church here, and was taken under the
! loving charge Of some of the wealth.
/ est leading members and men who
| claim to be safe, sure ana sharp IN all
| their business transactions ; but visions
! of the fabulous wealth that the Eng
| lish lord was soon to come in posses
| sion Of, proved to much for their here
/ tOfore extreme caution. so that the
| possibilities of handling big pile y
of the goOd-natured and benevolent
vance large sums If money, and OBJ
| tain for him any amount Of credit,
| indulgence and toadving, on the part
| Of the would be recipients Of his
"lordship's" favors aud bounty, as
soon as his funds arrived, which Is
said to be about the first Of the com
ing October. Mr. Walker has also
made some princclv donations, IN
prospect, to divers churches, religious
and literary institutions, thereby gain
ing the reputation of very benevolent
individual abroad, and going to set NJ
in business any amount of worthy
individuals here at home.
As matter of course, the presence
of such notable parsonage would
create no small amount of seusation-
gossip and jealousy, and big game
was being played, in which small
stakes were being advanced with the
expectation of golden returns in an
hundred fold in the future. Time
passed on. and his lordship hourished
I like a green bay tree, drove his fast
team and put himself on the outside
Of untold glasses Of lager etc, and
had a good time genealIv.
\ few days ago, IN company with
his wife, he left kaukakee for visit
to Chicago. Evanston, and other To-
calities. but not returning as soon as
his :. keepers" had expected, suspicious
were aroused IN the minds Of his en-
dorscrs, and, amid the laugh aud jeers
of the outsiders. a warrant was
issued for my lord and lady on the
charge of obtaining money under
false pretences."
On Monday Of this week they We're
arrested at one of the hotels in Chica-
90 bv the Sheriff Of this county, and
in chains were brought to this city on
last evening This (TueSdav) morning
they were brought before Justice
Whipple for a hearing: lawyers Moore
and Bon6eld for the prosecution. and
Lake, Pltter and Decker for the
defence There being an error in the
returned writ relative to the name Of
Mrs Walker on motion of attorney
Lake, she was forthwith discharged.
The case was then continued until
Saturday. the 2Sth instant. owing to
the feeble health Of the main counsel
for the defence.
The affair IS creating no little excite
ment in our quiet little city, and rich
Developments are promised in the fur
ther hearing of the case.