Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-10
A SWINDLER'S TRICKS.
Doings of w. N. Glass, Alias Lacy, n
Bogus Commercial Traveller.
His Operations in Memphis, SeuatobiH
Holly Springs and Lynchbnrg.
Ivnchhnrg IXa.l News.

LynchbuTg Val News
Mention was made in this column one day
last week of the swindling exploits OF an IN.
diyidual styling himself w. n. Glass, OF
Little Rock, Ark, VINO, while in this city
not long since, eucred several promi-
nent tnhaooo manufacturers out OF small
amounts of money, varying from $50 to
500. Glsss-if that is really the fellow
name-pretended to be a western tobacco
broker. and upon first arriving in this city
>gistercd at the Arlington, but afserward
look board at 4 private residence. Nothing
wrong was suspected of the man until it
became noised abroad in the community
that the rascal had been guilty of the mean
and monstrous crime of beating his wife,
and even then some were disposed to be
iucredulous, until the report was subse-
uueutly confirmed by G!asss arrest and
imprisonment in the city Jail at the in
stance of the cruelty maltreated lady, who
Immediately made her escape to relatives
in Helena, Ark. After the wife had
made good her flight, Glass was released
from custody, and at once took his depar-
ture. Pretty soon afterward Messrs. H. L.
Lacy & Co., tobacconists OF this city, begun
to be pestered with drafts drawn on the firm
by Glaze, who had gone through the South
representing himself as an agent OF these
gentlemen. Messrs. Lacy & Co. of course
refused to honor the drafts, but proceeded
instantly to order the arrest of the wife
beaten and swindIer; and in order to the
more effectual exposure OF the scamp, the
resident representative of the Associated
Press was applied to and dispatched tele-
gram over the country reciting the facts
above stated.
-t4 AT sENAToBIA, MISS.
The fellow Glass no doubt read this dig
patch; for the next heard of him he is in
Senatobia, Miss, plying his tricks, under the
assumed name of r. L. Lacy, as will be seen
from the subjoined paragraph, taken from
the Senatobia Record, of April 2Sth:
"The sensation of the period was made
this week By party representing himself
as r. I. Lacy, from Lynchburg, Va, who
made himself very abundant in Senatobia
the past ten days, and wound up his gay
career by getting L. c. Lea to cash a draft
for $40 25 on Oliver, Finnie & Co., of Mem
phia, which proved to be worthless Strangers
sometimes have strange ways. A Mr.. w. w.
Gilmore, formerly of Lynchburg, but now
resident of Senatobia, seems TO have been
very badly imposed on by Glass, and has
written to Mr.. L. B. Dorpin and to Messrs.
Lacy & Co.. making inquiries about the fel-
low, whom he says represented himself as r.
L. Lacy, a son OF Mr.. Moses Lacy, and could
tell all about Lynchburg and the people.
The following letter from prominent physi-
clan and surgeon, OF Senatobia, TO Mr.. Ed NJ.
Pace, of Winston, n. C., also relates TO
GLASS; impositions and rascalities, and will
doubtless prove interesting:
SENAToBIA, Miss, April q, 1852.
Ed N. Pace, ESQ.,:
DEAR SRA villain representing himself as
principal of the firm of R II. Lacy & Co., tobacco
manufacturers and capitalists OF LynchbuIg and
claiming to be related Ia cousin and recognized as
such) to our mutual friend, w. w. Gilmore, has
been sojourning in our town for ten days enjoying
his whisky high life His last act on Yesterday
was to secure the confidence of our respected
and responsible town boy, Lucius e. Lea
whom he got to cash draft from c. l.
Davis, of Holly Springs Miss, Messrs Oliver
Finnie & Co. of Memphis Tenn, for $40 %. We
visited Memphis ON all excursion yesterday. when
the draft was presented and dishonored r. Il.
Lacy found, and said he would go up and
it, but old not forget 10 SKIP" and Is still
skipped" 1t is reported, first. that there is no
such firm as r. Il. Lacy & Co., and that this fell
lows name is Glass. He is evidently familiar
and Lynchburg. He completely bumfuz
zled our Gilmore, we'll his fam
lily, and Echols. We think you can
help us TO ferret him out whoever he is, and let
poster and we think under the assumed name of
Lacy. He boarded with me while here and paid
his board for eight days, but left two days board
Please interest yourself little about
and spot him if he returns to Lynchburg,
so that we can the gentleman anu
get him TO disgorge some at least. Our friend GI-
more is present and evidently deceived and i'm 1
much by him. yet we are ehagrined TO e so eyre
griously imposed upon. Please
write us promptly. Very truly yours, etc,
This fellow is, beyond question, consum-
mate rascal and practical swindler, and the
sooner he is captured and brough hit to justice
the better it will be for honest people.