The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-28
A sHARpER,s TRICK

To Earn Pew Odd uOlIHEs-A SWindIor
PreIends 10 bs Empowered 10 Marry
People, and PeFT1FIns CeremOny-An
Alleged Detectives DOIngs.
LlTTLEToN, W, Va, March "a, 1881.
Eliton InIslligsncsE.
A few weeks ago young couple left
our neighborhood for Greene county, Pa,
for the purpose OF being made happy 10
one. But alter several futile attempts 10
find the proper authority they got in COM
psny with one Francis BArger, who has
made himself notorious in this county
and our neighboring County Greene BY
being implicated in many immoral deeds,
and never having the proper Chastise.
ment OF the law dealt out to him, be
yet sets 1t at defiance, This time seeing
good opportunity to fleece this Young man
out Oi few dollars, telling him that he
was a lawyer and the power was vested In
him to perform the marriage ceremony
Just the same as any clergyman or justice
Of the peace in the State, and that his fees
we're reasonable, the money was paid over,
the ceremony performed, the parties
returned home, and everything moved
on pleasantly until q few days
ago, when 1t became known 10
our citizens the true status OF affairs, and
they made II known to the young couple
and their parents, and explained the
fraud that had been prRCtiCed on them.
The young man became alarmed at the
trouble it was likely TO involve him in.
He went and got the proper official to
perform the ceremony, and also procured
the arrest Of Mr.. Barger, and had him
bound over for his appearance at the next
term oil tho Greene county court for false
personifCalion and receiving money uu.
der false pretensea. This matter has Gre.
ated considerable excitement, not only
here but in our neighboring county, and
IS theGreene county court comes 10 q few
days, the case will be watched with
considerable interest
"News comes to usthRt United States De.
teGtive DIV, Keller" gets himself into con.
siderable trouble and badly used up. There
is an old gentleman living on q branch OF
Fish Greek, near the Marshall County line,
that has been engaged In the manufacture
Of medicine made out Of corn or rye
juice, and he claims that his patients
would be placed to great disadvantage
without this beverage. This detective 10
one OF his patients and has been under
special treatment during the running Of
this factory, and at the time Of the trouble
was completely saturated with the bever.
age, Itappsars that this would.bs detec.
tive demanded certain sum OF money
from the proprietOr's son, which was re.
fused, This 40 enrsged the detective that
be ordered him under arrest, claiming
that he was u United States lIiCer.
But even this failed to brlug the re.
Qulred amonnt, aud general tight en-.
sued, the daughter Of the proprietor using
the poker quite freely over the woud.be
officials head, knocking him into u large
stlll'tub, upsettinR 1t and spilling the Con-
tents, knocking the still down and COM
pletely demollshing II. The official Lost
a brand new suit Of clothes, and the
Government came near having one Of its
force drowned, or at least one who claims
TO belong to the force. 1t Ia high time
such dens should be broken up, and II the
proper authority would take the matter
in hand 1t could find some interesting In
formation, NJ.