Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-24

supper TO be ready at o'clock. Each man
OF whom had borrowed was to find beneath
his plate twice the sum in grseubacks had
borrowed Of him? AIae this delightful air
castle Ii knocked into cooked hatl That infer
nal detective"
"WOnld itnOt have been 50 knocked il you
had not been arrestedp'
81 think it would, d,"-He smiled as he said |
this |
81 intended 10 ptaU for New York with the
engineer as soon as the vessel reached her |
wharf"
While this conversation took place, there as |
q buzz Of discOOtented voices upon the other I
side OF the door, and whenever the latter Opeu- |
ed, the aperture was filled with fFOwning faces |
aud glislening eyes When the door closed !
again there came a timid knock 1t was |
young and pretty woman, Ellen -. who had |
taken passage IN the sieeFage. Her face Wss ~ |
white as snow. and in The centre Of each cheek |
was a touch Of carmine
Frank" she whispered.
no, Ellen, cant aee you. GOOd-byew and
the door was closed upon her, loo.
The young adventurer put his hand 10
hiS face and remained silent for some time.
Then he simply said. promised to marry her
She was too Rond girl foF such CaglostrO as
J."
As the weasel neared the wharf he asked
TO West Chester a
"The devllp' he resp .ndsd. "C1aldn't YOU
take me somewhere else? There isn't u
man or weMan there Nho does not know
me-"
When he found there was 10 alternative he
said, in whining voice, The worst is come"
and then. Frightening up, "fVe eaten the cake
| and goTged myself with stolen sweets, but can
stand the pain. They will be Ind that can
be braye under adversely.
When landed he Was placed in carriage and
driven TO the Central Station, and thence to the
West Chester depot Arrived in West Chester,
he was taken before Justice Of the Peace and
committed IN default Of $1,000 bail, upon the
charge Of obtaining $50 under false pretenses.
This is only one Of hundred charges that will
pour in upon him.
His ArFatgnmentR West ChssteF.
WEST CHEsrER Dec %, 1873.
This morning at go he was arraigued be-
fore Alderman Whitehead In the office of the
County Prison, Messrs. Pennypacker, and
Newton WYNN, Commonwealth Vs. Lord
Massey. Charge, receiving money under false
plttense.
Caleb Cope afirmed-I made arrangements
at one time TO sell my place o The defendant
sometime about The middle Of July; there vas
no written agreement between us; he said he
was a stranger in the country, he said he Colld
give me no security except a character that
never had been impeached there was one spot
be veneraIed above all other, which was his
mothers grave and il he was at that moment
kneeling on it he would there declare that he
was as certain Of receiving S35, 600 as he would
be Of receiving five cents from me if he ask ed
for it, another time he said he had telegraphed
through the British Consul and had received q
reply by the telegraph that the money would
be at the E.!h ehIds, 10 New York-lhe SS5-
900 before spoken of-on or before the 18th day
of August next ensuing; went to see the Brit
i4h Consdl afterwards, whose name was Charlie:
X. KoTtwrighi; saw the Deputy Consul
hooks; no transaction appeareal on The books ia
any shape; I examined the proper dates ant
spent $40 In preliminary transactions TO Hon
! Washington Townsend tor brief OF title and prC
! fe4sioual services. spent the money from lhi
4 information and representation ~ his wealth
9 and for no ether reason. He represented d
n property Of his own through nis mother
: which yielded aa iuconls OF $4,000 per an
P num-
d ItEas about The time the representation va
: made loaned him the money; he worked 70
y y me, and did not appear to have money, di'
general farm work; L paid him fifteen dollar
4 per month; the income l understood wa
h payable 10 gold, never saw him have an
Y gold.
5 mmonwealth vs. Lord Massey. Charg
V False pretense; obtaining q gold Walc
Is frocl Frances Single under false pretense.
/ c. Cope Affirmed Single was bTough
II up by me; brought up With our family; live
3 there now, che lived IN the family ct the tim
. this was alleged, it was a gold watch, he got
I about the time Of ihs other transaction
rs think some time ID the early part Of last il
ID ly.
n Miss Single refused to appear, and wiIhou
IN her testimony the Alderman decided the cas-
E. not made out He discharged the Lord. Nj
Cope extended an invitation to his Lordshi
v to accompany him to the farm he had in day
Is gone by 20 fancied, vas accepted, and the w,
Mr.. Cope and "I4ord Massey" leil the Priso
"a together.
. Lord Massey IL now resling quietly upc
n. the farm Of Caleb Cope. Where or no
81 he will next Wn up remains for us TO
or seen.
ae A reporter Of the News further writes
is a good looking young man, and il highly ed
no Gated His manner vas decidedly neIVou
bat whether this Was the result Of his past el
cessiVs drinking or through fear ofthe iAue
n. stake we could not determine. He Is Z mo
- pleasant convefsibaaiisss and We do not WOnd,
/ / at his having been 'tlionn among the Peop
/ generally wherever he has chosen to play
deceptive art. We already admit ourselv
as captured by his winning ways, and We frank
at express our FegEets that be is not Lord
Q every acceptalion Of tho term and lille.
As above stated, the Lord has been rsleSs
y, and hence is evidently again ready TO go
~ the war path for such susceptible (emininily
II are continually Oh the lookout fOr "men OF Al
Qh degree" ~
te- -----------'---- - 81
re, Oakley Hall, ex-MayOr Of New York, ant
in prOmInsnt member or the old Tammany RiI