Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-14
COLONEL.
Tne Man WhO stole 0vsrcoa1a frOm
Edite = sud wee Played the Hea.
then Chtnes GsneraIIy.

Tne HAN WhO S'O,e 0~vsrcOasa from
Edite = sud wso Played the Hea.
thsh Chines GsneraIiy.
Some days since a weathsr.beaten
looking individual who called himself
]. q SinOnton, or simondson, who
claimed to hail from Georgetown, South
Carolina, and who also claimed to belosg
to five different churches and had the
papers to prove Il. thereby showing that
he was a combination Christian Of the
improved and patent style, visited the
LEDGER editorial room and played the
conhdeDc- game upon our leading editor
in the hsAthen Chinee style. He insisted
that be had been sent to the Albany, New
York, penitentiary for six years or the
charge Of Ku Kluxing in South Carolina,
and that on being released a few months
since be returned to South Carolina
just in time to avsnge an outrage eom-
mitted upon his niece by four or Eve
men Of the colored race, and for commit
ting this act of justice he became a fugi-
tive and had a reward Of three thousand
dollars offered for his arrest. He wanted
to 20 to New Orleans and was on the beg
or borrow. he had a score Of letters
from leading c~lergymen in tie Southern
States indorsing him as a member of
their respective churches and an exen-
plary Christian, but the trouble was that
his letters had him somewhat mixed az
to what particular or peculiar denomina-
ton he belonged to. He wore a faded
suit,and walked 10 and out OF the LEDGER
editorial rooms with the s~oftness and
stealthiness of a cat. He was VERY
confederate" and he discussed the poli.
tics of the day in a fervid and gushing
manner from q Democratic standpoint.
Last Friday he paid a visit TO the editorial
rooms and not seeing any Of the LEDGER
staff in he enveloped himself in the fine
overcoat Of our leading man and walked
out. This created a commotiou in the
newspaper world, and much profanity
was INDUCED in BY all hands. Later in
the day he again visited. the LEDGER
rooms and carried off the overcoat Of
our river editor, and it is asserted that he
again returned to capture the overeoat
of the city editor, but that worthy kept his
coat or, and as he generally sleeps in
it, it was o difficult matter to pilfer the
same. On Saturday S~imondson returned
and entertained the LEDGER staff with a
long lecture or disquisition on the vice
and v%illainy Of the world at the present
day. Nothing was said to him about
the loss Of the Beujamins," but when
he LETT the Office he was Swallowed"
and his hauuts we're noted.
On yesterday Simondson was on the
streets, masquerading, as it we're, in the
overcoat Of our river editor, and that
gentleman met him in front of the Court
Square stand on Main street. He " col.
Jared" him Immediately, and walked
him OF to the ststion-house. On being
searched, a pair of gloves and a lot of
letters belonging TO our leading man w1re
found in the pockets Of the coat. He
WAS Intercepted as to what he did with
the other overcoat, but he refused to an.
swer, and will not throw any light upon
that subject. Yesterday morning he was
bound over in the sum Of $1,000 on the
charge Of stealing the overccat Of our
leading editor, and in the sum Of $1,000
for stealing the overcoat of our river edi-
tor. He will go to the Nashville peni-
Tertiary for a term Of years, it being the
fixed determination Of the LEDGER staff
to prosecute him to the extent Of the
law.