The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15
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BosToH, August 1.-THE bold and ludi
crous lafcsncy Of the bark Western SCI
and her valuable cargo has terminated Ii
an unlooksd.for manner. In . collision
of Machias in a fog the vessel sustained 1
good deal oil damage, and the plans Of th'
swindlers TO take her abroad and dispose
of the cargo fell through, as 1t was found
necessary to repair OIL go to the bottom.
She 10 now in dock at Machiaa and hsl
Captain (Moshsr) and her supposed super
cargo Gardner A. Fuller are in Machial
jail, There are eight men, mostly
loEeigners, on board the bark. Captain
Moshsr says he was going TO Blddetord,
Ne. Her mate states that they we're going
to Liverpool, EpglAnd, AZ Don as il was
definitely a~Rcertained that the bark had
appeared ON the Maine coast the police
authorities Of this nity communicated with
the custom house and other officials there,
and requested them to seize the cargo and
detAln the captain and crew. Upon the
reception OF the dispatch this morning
announcing that the bark had been seized
and the crew detained, the Boston author.
tiles telegTaPhed the Maine authorities 10
await the arrival OF Boston oficsrs, who
are now on their way armed With the
proper papers, Fuller, who 10 about forty
years old, Ia eAid 10 have been remarkably
successful In ventures Of . questionable
character.
His FIRST known business operation was
the opening in 1854 Of . book Publishing
Office at No. 70 Washington street. This
apartment was furnished In an expensive
manner, was open at oil hours OF the day
aud night, and was believed Ia. be Q place
from which obscene literature was CiEcu.
lated, After q lew months he disappeared,
owing 9 number Of persons Considerable
sums He was next heard Of 10 New York
In an attempt TO obtain q large lot OF wine,
ostenBibly for al Australian house with
which he had no connection. He knocked
down an arresting officer and ded 10 South
Americs, 10 return TO 81. Louis to engage
In denomination business. Inthetwenty.
eight days that he remained there he 0b.
tained goods that he sold for $4,000
With that aum he departed, wandering
for q time through and out OF the country,
For this otfsnHe he WAS arrested in Proyi.
denCe, r l., But he compromised the
matter and was permitted IL 10. He next
went to California, where ne obtained
Sl50,00 0 and escaped TO China. He was
. xthsard oil Il France, where he obtained
q number oil bicycles. For this crime he
served q term OF imprisonment,
In 1873 no was sgsiu 10 Boston as pro.
pTietor Of O store on Ohaupcey street that
bore the name Of NJ. N. Hatfield & Co
OF st. Louis. Hss go ahre Edly manipulated
Attain that he was given a good rating by
the commercial agencies. This he used
to obtain wide credit. He was Just about
moving out the goods that he had when
he was arrested. He remained In jail for
some time, but was at length released and
resumed his operations. Two years Rgo
he was manager OF the Tombola Lecture
Course, which, II 1t was profitable TO any
one, was 10 him alone, as he paid few, II
any, Of Ito bills. Soon after he began to
operate on Mr.. GOodnow, inducing him
to make purchases Of q peculiar character,
some Of them oil condemned goods at the
navy yards that were worthless, while
others were oil q more profitable character,
until the transaction that Ia now the talk
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