National Republican., 1883-09-13
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A Sharper swindics II Confiding People,
Steals Horse and Buggy, aud De-

Sharper swindics n COnfiding People,
Steals u Horse and Buggy, aud Dee
camps.
On the thirty.hrst Of Augusta middle aged
whito man, neatly dressed, registered at tho
National hotel as A. Greenwood, Of New
York. A room was assigned him, and he
very shortly madu himself known rs book
canvasser, stating that hu was in tho employ
of u. Appleton & Co. Nothing about his np.
pearaucc was noticeable except that he drank
great deal and talked u great deal more.
lIc mado friends with several people about
the hotel, and always appeared to have lots
of money.
When ho had beon thero q week he paid
his bill, by request of the cashier ana all
went smoothly until yesterday, when it be-
came known that he was an expert sharper,
and had worked several leading institutions
aud firms IN this city very nicely. On Tues
day afternoon he hired u horse and buggy
from tho livery stable OF John 7. Price, and
Mr.. Greenwood (or whoever he is) has not
been seen since. lie had been In the
habit of hiring tho team from the
same stable since his advent into Washington
and had ran up Il pretty big bill on them. II
wa about ) o'clock when we got the team
Tuesday evening, and when at 10 o'clock he
did not turn up the owner began to grow anX-
iOns. Men were sent out to scour
the country, and Mt dnybreak yesterday
morning the team was found in the yard Of
a colored man in "Swampoodle." Tho c0lored
man stated that the white man, meaning
Greenwood, had given him $3.50 to take care
of the team on Tuesday night. lie said that
lie met the man at the Emmett house and the
latter gave him tho money and told him TO
ship the horse and buggy to Baltimore where
he would meet them.
Mr.. Price took his team back to the stable
and notified the detectives, one of whom, in
company with Mr.. Price, went TO Baltimore
to look after tho sharper The sharper Is do
scribcd as q man aged about 45, with full
whiskcrs and genial air. His back is bent, as
if from some disease. The number Of people
he victimi2ea and the number Of schemes he
worked are astonishing
One of his schemes which paid him best,
was quite novel and ingenious one. He
went to several merchants including all the
hotels and banks aud represented TO them that
he was compiling souvenir programme of
the Presidents trip to tile Yellowstone, and
was prepared to Ill but limited space with
advertisements. Of course, in nearly
every every case ease the the persons ,sinj visited; fell
have their cards published in the Illustrated
Pictorial, paying u good price for the privi-
lcgc The sharper collected nearly all of tho
amounts charged and is said to have secured
about $500 from this scheme alone. Tho H.
iusirdicd Pictorial was of course not published,
and the would be advertisers aro the losers.
Another aud yet more original scheme was
the proposed founding Of nunnery in
Georgetown whore courtcsans were to he tho
nuns. lIo went to u largo number of fast
women, aud by his glib tongue really inn
pressed them. He told them that their ways
were dark and mean and after considerable
talking and many visits, during which he
was favored with small loans, he secured
their promise to reform and become inmates
of his "rotront for tho holy" Tho women ho
visited and partly converted, of which thore
were nearly 200, wcro loud and deep in their
malcdictions against him. IIo made prac-
tiGe of taking drive every evening, and his
companion in nearly every instance was a
small nowsboy, of whom he made confident
and related many strange stories,
which the boy repeated to II reporter last
night. To persons about tho hotel, and to
nearly every bar room in the city, he owed
bill, and when they were visited last night
they reluctantly admitted that thoy had been
taken in. He also carried away with him
several books. the property Of d. Appleton ~
Co.
Up to last advices from Baltimore Mr.
Greenwood. with many aliases, had not been
apprchended.