Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-26
GONE UP.
n. Combs, IT., Plays the Confidence Game.
He is Caught and Sent to Jail.

NJ. Combs, Jr., has come to grief. A
day or two ago Mr.. Combs went to the
barroom Of Mr.. Capdeville, on the corner
Of Beal and Second streets, and drank
Mr.. C.fs whisky to the extent of n dol
lar and fifteen cents worth. To pay for
this, he presented a check on the Citizens
Bank for SIS, r%emarking that it was after
banking hours, and he would like a little
change. Mr.. Capdeville gave him the
change and Combs departed, but the next
morning on presenting the check at the
bank IL was not honored-Mr. Combs hav-
ing forgotten the little formality Of de-
posting funds there to meet 1t.
C~apdeville went Immediately to Squire
Grifath's ofloe, and got out a warrant for
Combs on charge Of obtaining money
under false pretenses," but the latter
heard of the warrant before it was served,
and hurried down to him and paid the
money, explaining the circumstance of
the protest by saying that be had bor-
rowed the check from some one, and
having forgotten to look to see what bank
it was on before issuing it, had given it on
the wrong bank. MI. Capdeville accepted
the apology and withdrew the suit.
Combs, however, only stepped out of
one scrape into another. Yesterday a Mr..
@. E. Baleman, an ex-Federal soldier from
Paducah, KY, who three years ago had
left his claims for bounty and pay with
him to collect, came to the city to look
after his money. On calling and asking
for the sum due him, Combs replied that
it had not yet been collected, and pnt
Bateman off with some specious excuse,
which satisfied him.
As Bateman was about leaving tho
office, Combs asked him to lend him $50
on a check on the Citizens Bank, telling
him that be could cash the same as he
went down to h steamer, on which he
was about to return to Paducah. MI.
Bsteman, without hesitation, advanced
the SUN required n took the check. On
calling at the bank, sOmeh hours afterward,
be was informed that Mr.. Combs had
money there, but had instructed them
not to pay that particular check, as /" the
consideration for which it had been given
had failedl"
Mr.. Bateman on hearing this returned
to the office to hunt Combs and get an
PLANTATION, but did not find him. Learn
ing of the recent trick TO Capdeville, he
went to Squire Millard's and got out a
warrant for Combs arrest On the same old
charge of Obtaining money under false
~pretenses." The gay LOthariO was i'm
mediately arrested, and on trial was sent
to the Criminal Cour under two thousand
dollars bail. Visits to the various SCALA
ways and others of his acquaintance
around town, failed TO find the requisite
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bride Mr.. Arats (the officer in charge OF
HIM to let him stay in his own room last
night, Combs was obliged to go to Jail.
On arriving at the gate of this institu-
ton to which he has helped to oonsign
numerous parties, and of which, If public
opinion be any criterion, he ought long
since to nave been an inmate, he set up a
SWIVEL about being the first of the Combs
family ever jagged, and acted as if he
wanted to break and run. Mr.. Arata
soon convinced him hat such an attempt
would not be healthy, and he was in
duced, though reluctantly, to enter those
dark and gloomy portals"
His name was registered and he was
about being escorted TO his quarters when
he made d bolt for the gate, but could not
get out, being brought back and consigned
to close quarters. $40 transit. Some of
the checks" hat he lavished on certain
individuals 1--WE won't say of which sex
last winter would NJ doubt be very sc-
ceptable at present.