Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-13
A DEAD BEAT.
Career Of "a Professional News
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The Exploits Of I'd. Carter, Agent" Of
Else Home Journal. western Gem
IaerciaI Gazette, ~. Louis
Republican, eEe.

@AkAANE AhAA5GaA ~ ~ ~
respondent OF the EcsteTn Commercial
Gazette, the 81. Louis Republican and
Louis Home J0WTRGE We have since
beer inf3rmed that cur statements,
white correct "a to the affair al EN-
wood, were in error as TO some points in
the history Of Carter, and have been put
II possession Of the main points OF nis
which show him to be not only 8
first cless dead beat, but q convicted
criminal, 3 penitentisry convict, and 3
most Infamous character generally.
HIS HISTORY
ia onesuccession Of swindies and " beats"
and shows him TO be . man o. no Ordi-
talents-talents which, il directed
20 worthy and honorable pursuits, would
have made him fame and fortune, in
stead Of c~0nsiguing him 50 q feloa3s cell
10 the pe~nitentiary before be was of age.
The following are the outlines OF his ca
reer:
HE name Is J. E. Carter he is about
twenty-five ysars old, and is a native OF
Va. His father died when
ne was quits ysUog, leaving him some
little property in charge and guardian
ship Of q gentleman who Is now in the
city. This gentleman informs us that on
ACCOUNT Of his numerous thefts and
forgeries he was compelled to have him
arrested in Richmond some years ago.
he was tried, found guilty and sentenced,
and served cut a term Ia the peniten-
tfsrv. Carter, with the brazsu-faeed
impndeuce that c~harscter;Z his every
tells everywhere that he served
= term in prison for killing q man in 3
duel, or honorable difficulty Of some sorts
at the close Of the war be made his
to Cincinnati, where be represented
himself ss the son Of the Hon. Hill Car
OF Virginia. BY g forged tele graphic
he there obtained q considerable
sun Of money on 3 draft on Hill Carter,
of course was never aonoTed. he
hen sl0Dsd ard same to Memphis,
he msGe tse acquaintance OF q
young Lady whose name we Hnl me desc
by connecting i5 with that OF such
Ed ingrsined rogue. Her father being
dead, heT mother not liking his suit for
Jade him the house, and the young Lady
him claDdestlneIy, in which manner
they were inslly married.
The bridal tour was protracted until
al OF his Wife's baggage had gone piece.
meal for board bills. He left a trunk at
.5uisgiiie, another at Evansville, and
% OF. Al the latter place he left q board
bill of Sis
He nexs turns up at VieksbuFg where
he same story IL repeated. He obtains
money under various false preteases, and
finally getz Gus OF town just Ia time to
escape arrest, and leaving behind MIN
unpaid board bills. He is next heard OF
Galveston, Texas, plying thesame cid
anne OF swindiing, and we are reliably
AE~-nuaa that he nuaand rFhnr M tGsa
han twenty aliases in Texas. IL order
% get out Of Galveston when be found
.hipg5 getting too hot for him, he drew
! draft On his Wite's mother sad got the
On Il.
There is not 8 iyst-ciass hotel from the
potomac to She 30 Grande tast he has
Tot "biIked, " TO say nothing OF the pri-
sate b0arding houses. steamboats, were
as legitimate pregsand d~sadheadlng On
>.rateEt and anotaer, from st. Louis
tSs mountains, or to New Orleans was
~ ordinary ~ bG8t,n Last summer ne
nsde several deadhead trips up ana
the river representing himself as
he first clerk Of ths steamer Great y =
then laid up st Mound cry III.
de is s!wsy5 vel dressed, bus never
sorks-goipg it on bic snaps and LAle1is,
he rs has been heard 10 say Of himself.
BIS EXPLOITS sERE
somewhat OF the usual s~tereOtyped
.tvia. varied and spiced with the little
Al Etn."aaod. He srrived here
"a the steamer thai brou2St the Illinois
Press CODvsqa@p. The Hon. EcsstuS
lyman, OF NV YORK, vas one Of the
.,ssseusers, and TO han cue hero wac In
reduced. He wss, as usUsi, well supplied
gith cards bearing the list Of tbs news
which hs represented, or was sup
seed to represent, and NJ. Lyman being
81 elegant, heightened gentleman, slow
suspect wrong OF suy one, recsived
i'm cordially and kindly, and invited
i'm 70 psTtake of refreshments an the
,bspe Of Johnny Hawkins best 10 his
taterO0m. Tbs Ess ss g0Oa an opening
Is the dead beat wanted, and he wac not
10 improve il, and sOon mSde him.
eOmpistely at home with MIR. Ly-
nan, not only helping himself to the
.foresaid refresh Easnta very literally, but
inviting his friends and acquaintance
% DO the same thing.
On arriving at Memphis, Mr.. Lyman
gent 70 the Peabody, and Carter accom-
lGnied hin, taking him completely
snder his protection and cbaperOnang,
making himself extensively CffioiOus.
his stey be was unFemttting an
troublesome attentions, aud Wol'd no
loubt have bled Mr. Lyman freely had
{ lot been for his servant, q bright mu-
alto, who has always been Il gentle
mans body servant and i~nstin0dvely
.aW the { dead beat" sticking ous, as he
Expressed il, ali over Carter. Hs warned
as master, aud persisted in his warn
ags, 10 euch q manner that forestslted
ny chance of Carriers striking hfm
Or any amount. The bar, cigaFstaBd
md barber-saOp were pat under contri-
Every gentleman Of any dia-
that cams to the hokel wss
Immediately seized upon By him Hnd fol-
owed around in SUCH an adf0it manner
% to leave the Impression upon sll who
him with them that they were his
Id and intimate friends. Col Mann, OF
he Mobile LEICESTER, Gen. BuckBer, and
theirs were thus c~haperoned around.
But he never foreook Mr.. Lyman, He got
% very intimate with hat gentleman (ac-
TO his W account that he spoke
f him 10 conversation IS his friend
(instead of-EsGstus.)
Tho 6oy bsfoTe the oso0pdde st Elm
yaod, tae mother OF mis- wife re-
,eived q letter from her telling in
,esrt-rending words OF how be had
again abandoned her aud her infant
.nd pleading, in q that would
bring tears 20 the eyes Of q mar not
wholly lost to sentiments OF pity and
,yD1pathy, with her mother not TO spurn
and cast her of, bub TO allow her to
to her. The mother Oh receiving
{ photographed to the cruelty wronged
and deserted wife to come home. She
lid not know that Carter was in the city,
and was fist apprised OF the fact Wheo,
he saw MIN sc EimwOod. With the
pleading, imploring words, the bitter
sorrows Of her dear child in her heart.
her whole soul re yOlted az the deed and
4 vir,uoUs and righteous indignation
.mpeIled her to treas him IS he deserved,
and as related by US.
But We are ~pTotractiIg this notice
than we had Intended. AS soon as
the villain was thus ~contrOBted, and
after reading the APPEALS account OF
The sffsir, he concluded his time was
short here. The second pubilca-
don, giving his name, strengthened this
idea, and that morning be sioped-leav-
ing the Peabody minus.
Since he left, in0umerable little calls
have been made for bim-some by par
ties for money loaned, others for bills,