The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-10
HOW THE AMELIA FARMER WAS
SWINDLED.
THE WHOLE MYSTERY UNVEILED
AND SOME ASTONISHING
STATEMENTS MADE.
THE ACCUSED SENT ON TO THE
GRAND JURY.
DULL AND KEIsEL COMMITTED To
JAIL: DUKE ADMITTED
TO BAIL.

to the courtroom an unusual number Of
spectators yesterday morning. The space
reserved for visitors was crowded, and so
was every other inch in the room available
for seeing or hearing. The prisoners were
brought down from the Second poice.sta.
tion-house about 10 O'Clock, and were at
once conducted to the box, which was al
ready pretty well filled with petty violators of
the law. After one or two cases having prece-
dence had been disposed Of, and one or two
witnesses who were wanted had been sent
for, Messrs. Dull, keisel, and Duke were
called before his Honor. Captain George d.
Wise appeared as the counsel for MeSsrs.
Dull and Duke, and Mr.. E. G. Cabell, Com
monwealth's attorney, was present to look
after the interests Of the Commonwealth.
The LOTTERY AGENTS HOUSE.
Captain Wise said he understood that
Mr.. A. D. Williams had been summoned to
prove that Mr.. Dull was the renter of the
house No. "a Thirteenth. street, southwest
corner of Franklin. Mr.. Williams had
urgent business matters to attend to, and
desired to leave the court; and to allow him
to do SO, the counsel for the defence would
admit the fact that Mr.. Dull was the renter
Of the house In question. Mr.. Cabell sig.
nifed his assent, and MIR. Williams was
allowed to depart.
THE INJURED PARTY.
Mr.. Fowlkes was the flrst witness called
on behalf of the Commonwealth. He is an
| intelligent, honest-lookiDg, sedate country
gentleman of about tifty-tive years of age,
and no one who heard his statement for 4
moment doubted its truth. He was so earn
est and emphatic in some of his expressions
as to excite considerable merriment, but
| had bis wits about him all the time, aud
| never failed to give prompt and decisive re-
sponses to oil questions propounded.
Mr.. FowLKEs's NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
His account of making the acquaintance
| of his supposed countyman, Keisel, varied but
| very little from that published in this paper
Yesterday. When he got to the lottery office
his friend drew $100 on his ticket, and bad
| given him an extra ticket for 81, with which
he drew $40 and two extra tickets. One of
these he gave Mir. Fowlkes Sin gratitude
for his Kindness" Then the lottery agent
and Mr.. FoWlkes's "friend" persuaded him
| to draw the amount called for by bis ticket.
! To do this they told him that by the rules Of
| the lottery he would have to deposit $40 for
| the privilege of anticipating the drawing,
| which properly would come of some months
| hence. This deposit he made, and subse.
Guently like one of 800. He drew some
| extra tickets each time, and then they told
him that to get back his 500 and the prizes
called for by his tickets he must put up $47O.
He said he had been called "green }"
because he had been deceived by these fel-
lows, but he assured the court that "a
preacher would have gone there under the
circumstances" especially to help friend.
When the demand was made upon him for
! - q fr.;n haI
about six or seven hundred dollars, aud be
was told that if he would put up the last
named amount be might draw ten or twenty
thousand dollars, and at any rate would re-
| ceive the amount already won.
TIE TEMPTATION.
| He resisted the temptation as long as pos.
[ sible, but bis "friend" " was so anxious, and
| the lottery agent so insisting, that ne con-
sented to make the venture. Not haViDg
the money with him, he went down to his
commission merchant to get it. lie founo
| that that gentleman had gone to dinner, ana
| 50 he went in next door to Harvey O. Jones>s
and borrowed the sum needed from Mr. Ao'
ner Harvey, and told Mr. Harvey what ne was
| going to do with It.. Mr.. Harvey urged MIN
| to be cautious, and then he invited Mr. daf'
vey to 60 up with him and see that tae trans.
action was fair. He never would have asked
his friend Harvey. who was Christian and
an elder in the Baptist church, to go uE
there if he had had any idea that it was
oambling-place, or if he had seen any cards
or other evidences of gaming there. Mt
Harvey could not leave his store, and Mr'
Fowlkes got the check for S47O and went
alone. The lotterymen would not receive
the check. The law said they should take
! nothing but money, and they would obey
the law though the heavens might fall. Then
| MIR. FoWlkes went to the bank and got the
check cashed, and returned to No. "a anc
| placed his money upon the table, alter again
satisfying himself that things were as The
men represented
"No RETURN FROM THAT DRAWER.
Hardly had the money touched the table
when it was raked into the cashiers drawer,
and the cashier in response to his remon'
strances said "there is no return from tna
| drawer" In answer to his indignant pro-
test he was shown the door, though, he re,
marked to the Court, no could very wen
have found it himself.
AN APPEAL TO TIE POLICE.
From No. "a he ran back to Mr.. Harvey's
and told the story of his loss. Mr. Harvey
cs,Ied in Policeman Toler, and the case was
mt in the hands of Detectives KNOX ano
Wren. Some effort was made by Wren, but
the narties were not secured. Later in the
evening Detective Wren brought Mr. Dull
70 him at the ST. Charles Hotel; Mr.. Rage
was there with MIR. FoWlkes. Nothing den
mite was said about compromise. A war
rant was secured that evening for the arrest
of the offenders, but MIR. Page, who was
managing the case very well, did not have IL
executed. because he kEeW that to 90 50
would certainly cause the loss OF all the
money.
ssEo USE TO BOTHER ABOUT THE MEN"
! Thursday morning, by appointment, Mr
| Fo,ylkes and friend (Mr. Philip Johnson
went TO see Major Poe. Mr.. Knox was
present, and told him thai there was no use
| TO bother about the men any more--tha'
they had gone to New YORK.
The circumstances OF the compromise and
the payment to him Of $3.50 by MI. Wlse
| were then related.
MIR. Fo@lkes declared that thr0ughou Mr'
| psDe had acted as a true friend, and he was
Greatly obliged and indebted TO bim, and
had offered him fee, which ne had TEL Iuseo e
! to receive, saying that he made no chafge. s
| MIR. Cabell stated that Mr. Page haa IN
| formed him OF the whole afair before ths
| compromise. !.
In answer to questions Of counsel and ol
the Police Justice, Mr.. FoWlkes SAID Mr.
Page handed the warrant back Ebursday,
and ne gave it TO Mr. Cabell, who caused u
| M he executed, He told Mr.. Cabell fhat ne
| felt under obligations not 20 show the war
rant but MIR. EabeIi insisted that the law