The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-24

don't Know tnat eNel %" o'> ~ -,
70 be more anxious to OBTAIN an souca.iou,
and / believe should he never DC plessc.
9Th oduration he will greatly improve
whatever OF talents bis Master has given
him He closed the meeting Monday night.
Gullibiiity of Americans.
Al: ENGLISH swINDLER IN THE UNITED
sTarss-IASD SURVEYING AND LlFE-lA-
sr,pA ScE CoMPANlES-INTERESTlNG DE'EL-
opHESTS IN A LONDON POLICE COURT.
Al the London Bow-Strect Police Court
an Sentembcr LIST Edwin Murray was placed
on the witnesS-stand to testify against
certain Scotland Yard detectives, charged
with having conspired together to defeat
rhe ends of Justice, &c. He was cross-eA-
amined by Mr. Lewis, as follows:
What was the next office? don't re-,
member any other. went to America ana
started as a land.survcyor there. +,
4 what: \ land-surveyor. lLauShtcT. J
But YOU went TO Scotland? les; was
asked BY Walters and Murray TO go anu get
some offices there. While was away wal
tiers Joined with Kurr, and bengal EMMY
with Ku,r at the time, they started society
at Gresham street.-the Montague niin'
You then went to America! dld.
Rv what name did you pass there? James
Henry or Harvey.
How long we're YOU there? l have been
there three times.
But on that particular visit? From July
~ December, | started with Walters, who
aDDeared as an English gentleman supply
ing capital to Americans respecting the pur-
chase OF lands. [Laughter.] was lano-
surveyor. used to 90 and survey their
land to see if it was proper security 1of the
..Enelish gentleman" as Walters was called,
10 lend his money upon. Laughter. AZ
the same time used to give the Americans
10 understand that if my hand was properly
weighted with money I could send in a
proper report to him. Laughter L led
them to understand that / was perfectly
open to bribery. [Laughter.]
What was he called? He was Mr.. LEY.
wood, an English money-lender, and had
a plate on my door with - Land-Surveyor
and Insurance Agent" on it. [Laushter.]
Did you find the American people plia-
BILE? Yes; they were pretty good. Laugh
teri l found as rule they were people
who would have yictimiZed the "poor Eng
fish gentleman " if they could. always ma
that people are more easily duped when they
are laying themselves open 10 dupe others,
such as those people who were prepared to
yictimize English gentlemen. II l saw 4
piece Of mud with :: stick only In the md
die OF it I should represent it as fine piece
OF property, and my report SATISFIED the
Americans. [Laughter.] You know
How much money did you make by that
Well, we found it very easy and lucrative
business. We used to make about S40O, or
ESQ day. It did not, however, last long.
After had done with the clients | passed
them on to Walters, and as second security
he used to get them to insure their lives.
[Laughter.]
They used to come to you 20 pay the pre-
miums, suppose? Yes; l had an arrange
ment with one OF the best societies IN New
York. The Office, however, would not let
me give them their policies without having
4 reference, so used to give them my card
in order that the business might be done
expeditiously; then they used to mana IN
their money.
What did Walters say when the people
were passed on to him? lie used TO tel
them that the report received from MI.
Henry was perfectly satisfactory. Laugh
teri But as an additional security he, TOO,
wished them to insure their lives; he would
say that in many instances he had found
that people to whom he had lent his money
had died, and their creditors had to sell OH
their property, leaving their families dcsti.
tute: he being kind-hearted Individual
Tlauehter1, wished them to insure their
lives. so that, il anything happened, al
they had to do was to take their insurance
nolicy down to the Office and receive The
money. (Langhter.]
Then you used 10 receive commission
from the insurance company? On, yes, Ioi
sending the people down. =a.
When they had bribed you and insured
their lives, did they get an advance? l may
say that our clients were required TO 1lnC
two friends to depositsa certain amount at {
bank [laughterl, and il they did not 20 sc
the thing fell to the ground:
How long did that continue! About
month.
months? We got into mess: Laughter.
/ we were arrested for smuggling. Walters
got in with judge or two [laughterJ III
Jersey City, and they got drinking and
niaying cards together. More laughter
Walters told him how he had been done on,
OF diamond ring, and the judge did not
approve of it, and would write out war
rant for the il he wished it. Laugh
teri I tried to advise Walters not to have
ANYTHING to do with it, but warrant was
issued and man was arrested. The man
held q decent position, and he got up q
charge against Walters Of smuggling jewels
into the country.
Was Walters arrested? Yes. and l was
arrested, too; but we were bailed out in
about a fortnight.
What became OF the charge? We were
tried for two days, and then came out OF II
triumphantly.
You were acquitted? Yes, without q
stain upon our character. laughter
Isuppose the trial was all regular! We
did not know anybody there to do anything
wrong. We had to stand it.. Laughter
What did you do after that? / think ]
started pocket-book firm. represented
that bad bought million OF such books
for the purpose OF selling them to the Anne
ricans at dollar apiece, and told them
they would have part OF the dollar in sort
Of lottery. [Laughter.]
What became OF that? 1t was stopped by
the post-offlce because OF the lottery.
Did you make money out OF it? No; but
the post-ofdce did.
Then you returned to England? did.
A Scotch clergyman who was hard Ia.
borer on his glebe, and, when occupied in