, 1881-01-21

CAGnIfT. AND LET ,ID0SEs
Special Dusalth IN Jhs Chicago Tribune.
WlAsIuSaT>oS, u. G., Jan. 90.-Wasaiington
police circlcs haye been more thnn usually
g1lsh "confitcncen n,Nll Inns been doing \
large stroke Ut bstafness lIcrc wlt!,ti tic past
few days. This mp0st0r Inns beea a'opcrating
hugely I'll New York since last Mnrcil, md
represents himself as Cllarlcs Albert Ashley,
n scion Of tl!o distinguished English family
Ut that nn,nc. liz ulso ,ifects n singular
style ut wearing Ills hair n1,tl beard. copying
closely, It Is sai,l, tito pictures 1T our
Savior. III drcss~ise Is rather 1ashy,
rs he displays All Unusual Qlla,l-
tity of .>jGwelry. Ills gamc is to
borrow money I'll collaterals represented 10
he Of fabulous value, a,ut belonging tn tho
Ashley fn1nily, fur which lie IL careful to
take receipts, promising to redeem them By n
certain date.
1fE WAS A1s1,ESTEp TO-DAY,
at which he progcsscd great Indignation.
Seated Mt hca,lql,artcrsin III tho reccpt!on-roonl,
he maintained n .llgni'ictt SILENCE. occas!on-
ally picking up n newspaper which lie pre-
tended to reatt, hut It ,sas observed TINT Ills
eyes were scanning every ono who entered
over tho top of Ills Dapcr. During tlle
process of searching him liz was highly
Ahittl&tlh1 AtlA5IllilE AHG
of exhibiting tho contents Of his )Gckrt,
When lie WINS asked If lle WINS Iot ashamed
to p!ay Ills swindting g1lnes, Ashley replied
tl,ut liz thanked God that he latl superior
hrAt,t, by which he could get gu0.l living.
ana II he could make Ills victims believe that
a cobbiestoiic WAS diamond 1t only
s'10wi:n Its T..I1Sr.
That WIS business If, In trying to get tho
Mst NJ him In business pursuits, his cnstuIl-
ers lind themselves worstctl, It WIS
their luufout. These wrru liked b.,si-
NESS i!aXfns Of Ills, nllll no one
hatl II right to complain. lie professed to be
II thoroughly competent dealer In precious
n!ol,cs. n.nl. II lla cnuid make ,lasl tl1l;
lasi;sI.stoue WIS tlEanlnHlt, 1t ni,sy slInwc,l
his superlns business qualities. Ashley las
also assumed tho ,rt1tu Ut preacher Mt l,alti-
,hore ail,t .1!.cr places, IN which g,Ese he was
eaablcsl to get Into tho Eoad gruccs Ut son!o
very respectable pcnNle.. .>e' 81
WHEN coSrinSrEt, WIrn THE s1t7DEScEa
HF MS W1cKE1,SESs,
Ashley conlyrcpll@t tlmt,' II his gifts enabled
l1lm tn draw tears fr1m Ills audience,
some good Ind leen dnnc This morn.
Ing n p0pnAr tc,n1myl.nct advocate
applied to pnltcc headquarters and told his
experience will This man, stn.iitg, II, II ncry-
Gus manner. thHt l,e hail Invested ;;so7U--,.iI
tho money ke hui. lis stnry WIS tint. scclng
tho advertisement In the papers, lie called
upon tho geiitlen,nlt, mud WIS Informed tlult
he desired Il temporary loan of u,ulcy,. aud
would Ktyo collateral ptIwt-ttcket, whte!.
he held for advances 1tRsia by II l,,lwll.brOker
OH some diamonds allA jrwclry ut grrut
value. TltS young min c0lrludstl tl1at It
WAS
A 1'EnFECrtY sAFE INVESTMENT
Tho young mail felt TINT lle Mlto Il sect,ru
Investment; nor wero his suspicious arnls,.tl
until reading tho nccunt In tho paper t,l the
arrest. III the face OF thcsa evidences Of rus.
entity 1t las boon fnu1al tint Ashley lIas mt
actually ylolated tho law, md 80 lle ills bce,
set at liberty, Il search by thu pultcu of lEs
room Mt tho NAtlmlai llotel brought tn Wow
aquart OF "sni.io" ttinmDiitls nild "1!ast u
iHwelry Of nIt sorts