The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-31
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Charles III. PTutt aenYps Atinatn SUd-
denly --Niciiedness and Romance.
LAtlnnta IIcrald, Lulv 2G.l

There il much excitement in bust
ness circles in Atlanta in consequence
of the sudden departure of Mr.. Charles
II. Plat, II clerk of platt & Co. On
making inquiry rs to the cause Of his
sudden disappearance, we find that he
owed many debts in the city which he
was unable TO meet, and that there
We're three warrants out for his arrest
Our reporter called on Justice Butt
for the purpose of aseertaining the na-
ture Of the warrants issued, and found
that Robert Dohme, jcweler, had
sworn out a warrant against Charles
Platt ON the ground that he had obtain
ed goods under false pretenses, and
that Messrs. Haynes 4 Gulmarin had
also sworn out warrants for the arrest
of the aforesaid Platt, for larceny after
trust.
Our reporter then called on Mr.. Rob
crt Dohne, and discovered that Platt
had bought divers goods from Dohme,
representing himself to be partner
in the house of Plat & Co., and that
$50 of the bill was still unpaid; that
he had taken out this warrant and was
making every effort TO have Plat ar
rested; had telegraphcdt to many points,
but had no satisfactory clue as to his
whereabouts.
MIR. GUS HAYNES TALE.
ThereporterneXt visited Mr.. Haynes,
the jewelcf, and heard his account Of
his transactions with Mr.. Charles
Pratt. He says that Pratt was intro
duced to him by II friend, and recon-
mended as u gentleman worthy Of
trust; that soon after this Plat came
into his store for the purpose of buying
a ring to present to his wife, according
to his statement.
After examnging n very handsome
solitaire diamond ring, valued at 800,
he gained reluctant consent from Mr..
HAYNES to carry it home, to see If it
would please his wife, stating that his
wife was too ulwell to venture out.
He said if his wife was pleased with
and liked the ring he would buy it; if
not he would return il next day. Two
or three days after this NJ. Haynes met
him on the street, and inquil ed wheth-
err he had determinedto keep the ring or
not. Mr.. p. answered that on account
of a letter he had received from his ia
ther in Augusta, observation-disclosures
regarding The eX,reme Illness of his
daughter, he had not preached the sub
ject of the ring to his wife; would 90 so
certainly that night, and either give
him check for the price of the ringer
return it next day.
Things continued this way for sever
al days, 2. making different excuses for
not returning the ring.
On Saturday, Haynes saw him and
told him that he had waited long
enough. and that he must return it,
Platt left him, stating lie would go
straight home and return Immediately
with the ring. Since then he has not
been heard Of We then called on Mr.
II. j. Gumarin to ascertain his losses
and the character of his case. Ilesays
that Plat admired watch in his shop
for repairs, and reque ed him 20 see
the party owning the watch and i'll
ouire if il could be bought, andat what
fignrc. He did as desired, and reported
the watch for sale at Sl25. Plat asked
permission to carry the watch home to
consult his wife about the purchase be-
fore the trade was c0nsummated. MIR.
G. gnve ready consent, when he re-
tired with the watch, and was not seen
again.
THE MEANEST ACT OF ALL.
We learn that Platt took some jew
elrv belonging to his wife, who was
confined to sick bed, from child
beth, and pawned said jewels without
her knowledge or consent, and appro-
priated the money thus gained to him.
self.
Messrs. Haynes and Guimarin both
say that Plat represented himself aS
being partner of platt X Co. Much
telegraphing has been done, and detect
ives are Mt work, butup to thetime of
writing, the only reliable information
gained regarding his movements, is
that he left town on Saturday night
and stayed at East Point until Monday
at 10 O'clock; thence went, no one
knows where.
MIR. PIATT's FAMILY CONNECTIONS.
Mr.. Charles II. Plat is SON of Mr..
Charles a. Platt, of Augusta, a man OF
large means and fine business qualifi-
cations, who stands very high both in
social and business circles. We learn
that Mr.. Plat had no connection with
the firm of Plat & Co., save as a sal
aired clerk, on exactly the same footing