The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-03
JUGGED FOR a PHoUsAND
"A WeII-knOwn Giles County
Farmer Falls into the
Clutches OF Confidence
Men at Nashville last
nc arrests them in Nashville
and again OverhauIs them
at Pulaski.

Mr.. u. j. Hopkins, who lives in tho
lelghOorhood Of Wales in this connt,,
went TO Nashville last Thursday Mole
ana put up at the Commercial In 60
Ing 10 the hotel he fell in with a connie
pI hlceiy-dressed strangers, with whom
ne conVersed freely, and next morni,,o-
wheh ne came down from his room he
iould them in the office. They AGAIN
leli INTO conversation, and Mr.. Hopkins
80 80, PCeu LheIr lnVitatiOn to take a short
Walk Shortly one of the strsno,ers
pulled a ticket from his pocket and re- :
marked that it had drawn a prize in the
Bible Association Gift Concerts and
proposed they should step around with
nm ana get 1t cashed. They soon found
themselves in the bible concern, and the
man presented his ticket and eot II
Sashed. One Of them then insisted on
MI hopkins taking asticket, assuring
nm that 1t was simply a benevolent con.
Germ, that there was no risk. &c. Mr.
hopkins took a ticket or two and LOST
ana was induced To invest again, but had
no change. He was told that he couId
lay ms money package on the table
SIMPLY as a security for the dollar, and
as he would be certain to win he ran no
risK. The dice were again thrown and
the result was he again lost, when one
, ,O6O, and IN the confusion that ensuCd
retained possession Of it, while Mr.. II.
went for the police. The men were rec
ognlzed on his description as three no
TED gamblers by name w. w. Traylor.
= NJ. Rlckrell and las. Dunn, and they
We're soon arrested and gave bail for
thelf appearance next daY. In the
meantime, Mr.. Hopkins compromised
with the gamblers, they paying him $3.50
IN money and paying his LAWYERS fee
and other expenses. The gamblers were
then held and fined for gaming and re-
leased. On Saturday night Mr. Hopkins
wentto the Chattanooga depot and found
the three men about to take the train.
lie Immediately bought ticket and LETT
With them, and ut Franklin he tele-
to Pulaski and had them ares
ted here and brought up town. They
were held most OF the day Sunday in
charge by Messrs. Hart and Martin but
no case could be made out against them,
and they were released and left on the
north-bOund train Sunday night They
got of this train at Campbell's and took
the south bound train and proceeded on
their way to New Orleans.
These men attracted considerable at
tention Sunday while in Pulaski, nearly
every body calling on them and ques-
tioning them. They do not diselaim be-
ing gamblers, but their story OF the
above affair differs very materially from
Mr.. Hopkins explanation, substantially
related above. They claim that MIR. II.
knew he was gam bling and that he en-
tered into it with all the zest of a pro-
tessional, and that consequently he lost
his money fairly. He cum grdno sails.
Mr.. Hopkins is known throughout this
county as an honest upright man, and
of course his version of the affair is en-
titled to more credit than these men
who Orenly profess themselves gamb-
lcrs. If they did win the money in a
fair game of dice, they paid dearly for
it. They aver and show where they
have paid out more money than they
received from Mr.. II. We are sorry
that Mr.. II. lost his money, but his mis-
fortune will be a lesson TO all this peO-
pie that may possibly save some of us
from falling into the same trap, though
that will not reimburse him.
Some apprehension was felt Sunday
night chat these knights of the dice box
would be interfered with before they
LETT. There was no grounds for this,
though they deemed it best to guard
against any such attempt, and so took
the roundabout trip mentioned above.
They were not running away from
N dSllNlll6- w Z stlW one Ol lilGiT blCkGJS
to New Orleans, and it was bought be-
fore Mr.. II. went to Nashville. Besides,
they had satisfied every accusation that
had been brought against them there,
either by compromise or the payment of
fines. They were well-dressed, good
looking men, and they expressed them
selves much pleased with the treatment
they received from this people. More
sympathy was felt, however, for Mr..
Hopkins, but all saw his case was hope
less. He was on his way to Winchester
to purchase hogs when he met with this