The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-09
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A large, Rne looking gentleman with
Hyperion locks and flowing m1stache
arrived in Cheyenne ON Sunday and
took up q arteTs at q Of our hotels.
The mzn has . history mot uncOanected
with crime. And yet be is linked with
officers VI the law In such u mysterious
way as 10 make him appear somewhat
legal, or, II guilty, tie said officers Of
the law are nost seriously eompro-
missed.
The mans name Is C. c. Joy. To
begin our recital properly, We must go
back TO the fall OF 10. At that time n
man named WIN. J. H1dley, alias Sc
vile, Showed up In st. Louis with large
amouuisof cash. He was accompanied
by a handsome young wife, and e
couple enjoyed themselves To, the full
bent OF their desires regardless Of ex.
penses. A Denver gambler named
Bull. got ION to" uadley's racket and
.,shook" him for "a QUO in gambling.
HAdiey. his wife and Bull went TO Dem
yer soon afterwards, aud there Bull
gave away" Hadiey 10 the Rocky
mountain detective association. lie
told The detectives that Hadley had q
lot Of cleverly forged drafts on a Lon
don bank and experienced no difficulty
In getting them eAshed ut the banks.
This 10 where G. C. Joy M on the
scene. He was a penniless man, Of
good address, and suave manners. So
he was engaged by the detectives to
''play" Hadley, ostensibly for the pur-
pose Of discovering him guilty Of utter
Ing forged drafts so that they might mr.
rest him. Joy entered upon his duty at
once. and Hadlry received him TO his
bosom as u boon companion.
II was some time before Hadiey and
Joy run short OF funds and finally, leav-
ing Mrs. Hadley In Denver, the two
came 10 Cheyenne aud registered at
Dyer's hotel as {. c. and d. Joy. In
day or so they repaired To the bank Of
stebbins. Post & Co., and offered sone
OF the drafts to bs cashed. The drafts
were carefully inspected and accepted,
$40 in cash being paid v the u
terSto c. c. Joy by the assistant CASH
Ter.
From Cheyenne Hadley and Joy went
TO Salt Lake. Joy seemed to be over
joyed ut the success of the draft racket
and forgot all about his being a detec.
tive. lie had found lIudley In the act
Of uttering and passing the forged drafts,
yet, instead Of having him arrested, re-
ceived tile money himself. So Joy wasn't
much on the detect. At Salt Lake.
the pair succeeded in passing more Of
the drafts and they repaiied to San
Francisco. There they went into bu-
siness big. They began negotiations
with Mr.. Baldwin, at the Baldwin
house, for the disposal Of $50, 600 worth
" drafts.
While the business was being talked
over n New York detective came on
the scene and he wanted" Hadley very
much. He collared joy, also, but the
latter told his detective racket, and re-
ferred to the Rocky mountain detective
association. lie vas released with the
INDUCTION TO report ut police headquar-
tiers next day But instead, he took
the emigrahs train that night and came
eastward. That was the last seen or
heard Of Joy In Frisco.
Hadley, however, was taken east,
tried and found guilty OF forgery. We
are informed that lie is now serving
out his sentence In Sing Sing.
Joy went hack to Denver, and
thence TO Leadville. AT the beginning
Of 10, he wasn't worth u cent, as lias
been proved by witnesses. Now lie
counts his wealth ut $4,000, and UT
lie never invested In n mine. He maze
his pile In some manner outside Of
mines. However, that Is not now un-
der investigation.
During last week the whereabouts
Of joy became known to the persons In
ShelthhS Who ndhttu hin anu iNQuF
sition papers were made out aud placed
in the hands Of Deputy Sheriff Martin.
Of Cheyenne, WHO went TO Denver for
his man. Mr.. Martin experienced OPP
position TO his errand. The governor
of Colorado spoke Of joys great wealth
in LeadYille. and OF his respectable COLI
nection with the Rocky mountain de
tective association, etc. The papers
were examined, and re-examined, and
finally Mr.. Patterson was engaged 10
see to the case. As n result, JOY
agreed to come to Cheyenne and sur
render himself. He arrived on Sunday
afternoon in company with Detective
Joe Arnold, OF Denver.
Mr.. Joy surrendered himself, as lie
agreed, and was released, on giving
$1,000 bail, for a hearing.
The above facts we obtain from trust
worthy authority. We publish 1t us
being u Of the queerest cases in the
annals Of detective life that we have
heard Of for n long time, and also rs
being Of local interest. Possibly some
persons will feel aggrieved at the re-
Elections cast upon them by the facts
as related, but we can't help that.
The statement given Is from n reliable