Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-15
MONEY UNDER FALSE PRErrNsrs.
Serious Charge Against Nashville
Defeetive-JnO. ChamberIIn's state

Serious Charge Against Nashville
Deteetive-JnO. ChamberIin's state
ment.
On yesterday, in the court Of Justice
w. II. Wilkinson, John Chamberlin, a
former employe of the Nashville and
| Northwestern railroad, was arraigned for
obtaining money, board and washing under
false pretenses, from one Mrs. Jones. The
easewas argued at considerable length, and
Justice Wilkinson decided by binding him
over 10 the Criminal Court under bond OF
$500.
The following is the statement relative to
The case made by ChamberIin before the
court Of Justice WiIkinsoe:
/, Jno. Chamberlin, in this case exer-
cising a statutory right beg 70 make the
following statement in writing before the
Committing court, (Esq. Wilkinson's)
touching the illegal and improper proceed
ings in which am now arraigned:
justly the proseCutrix, Mrs. Jones,
SS3 80, for which gave her an order on
the Nashville and Northwestern railroad.
This about ihe both or 22d Of last June.
The order was not presented as l suppose,
fact which did not know until after
was arrested. On giving the order told
her it was all ! could do then, as l could
get no more work from the Nashville and
Northwestern railroad at that time, but
that if she did not get the money
from the said road / would send il to her
from my wages out Of my earnings as
engineer on the Mobile and Ohio Fails /
road, from which have not yet drawn
nay wages. The Nashville and North.
western railroad at the time gave said or
der was several hundred dollars in my
debt, as thought, between $500 and $500.
Having been notified ia July that could
get my money, returned from my home
10 Memphis, where / was engaged as en-
giaeer on the Mempkis and Chic railroad.
and on application was paid S248 90. |
FhisWas some three or four weeks after the |
date Of said order, and not knowing the |
amount due me, did not think Of ft at the |
time, as supposed il had been presented. |
for did not know the amount due me and |
even if rot paid, had the money due me |
from the Memphis and Ohio railroad 10 |
pay il with. left my wife serions1v an |
and expecting TO be eon6ned eyery bonr,
and hence left on the return train for Mem. !
phis. heard no more of it natif arrested /
the first of this month BY one 10. Chealban
who called himself an officer. He sisted |
he had a warrant for me from Nashville, I
for having obtained money under false |
pretenses. l demanded to be permitted 10 |
see counsel; Cheatham refused ,but said he |
would let me of for one hundred and ffty /
dollars. ! refused, telling him / did not /
intend TO be robbed in any such way, as l /
only owed Mrs. Jones S83 so. He said be 1
would take one hundred and forty dollars, if I
| would take him free TO the State line. /
Seeing that it was an attempt to |
levy black mail upon me, / declined, /
and was taken to police headquarters, |
where, on my application, Col. Beaumont |
ordered that l be permitted to see such |
counsel as | desired. Cheatham instead of |
carrying me to lawyer took me to the |
Stationhouse and had me locked up until |
an hour before the train started, when he |
took me under guard TO the depot to bring |
me TO Nashville. When my brother hear |
ing of it procured the services of my |
lawyer, Col. Gaut, who took me from him |
by writ of habeas corpus, about five minutes |
before the train started. | gave bail 10 ap- |
pear here as / and nay securities under |
stood, Wednesday, the 18th Of August, and |
am here to show that have committed no
otfense against the laws of the land. The
railroad where ] am at work owes me more
than twice the amount of $S3 So which |
| owe TO Mrs. Jones, and this is all the
debt owe, except a few small running
accounts for daily supplies TO my family
where ! live, and where l have plenty of
credit. / demand an investigation, and
that the said Joe. Chealham be dealt with
by the officers of the law. My remedy if
such have, as am informed against Mr..
j., is civil one--all of which is respect
fully submitted.
| further wish 60 say TO the honorable
court that the said Toe. Cheatham has APP
preached NE since / have been in Nash
vile TO answer this charge, that ii would
not have him arrested for what he did, but
would have the cold Lady" arrested, that
he would be the best witness for me.
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN.
Nashville, August IA, 1868.