The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-27
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ventures in the south where he Was
Making His Fortune-HOw he Was
4 Captured at oolnmbla, $. Q.
J PrTrsBuReH, May q. Lying on sofa
in one Of the back Offices at the Perkins
Detective Burean at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, was young man, whose swindling
operations during the last seven months
have been on a scale OF the largest magni-
tude. 1twas Charles P. Boyd, whose con-
nection with Hamilton's Music Palace in
steubenville, Ohio, last October, in which
while acting as manager, he succeeded in
forging and obtaining money toan amount
reaching nearly $1,000. he skipped the
town. Nothing was heard Of him until
his arrest in Columbia, s. O., on last Mon
day one week ago.
| when Boyd 50 suddenly and surpris-
ingly got himself out OF Steubenville, Mr..
Samuel Hamilton, OF this city, put the
case into the hands OF the Perkins
Detective Bureau. Superintendent Per-.
kins sent descriptions Of the fugitive all
through the country, offering reward
/ for the arrest and detention Of Boyd. The
authorities at Columbia, S. G., received a
photograph and description OF the forger
q few weeks ago, and they at once saw in
the photograph q striking resemblance 10
young man, then one Of the most widely
known business men OF their city. He
came to Columbia in the latter part Of 0c-
tober, 1884.
A CHURCH PILLAR.
He was a stranger, but in a very short
time had succeeded in ingratiating him
seliinto the favor Of the highest society
Of the city. He gave his name as Charles
P. Brockford, and his business was that of
lumber merchant. He pushed it for
ward in way that established for him a
reputation as a brilliant man Of push and
enterprise. Transactions OF the largest
magnitude were successfully carried out. |
The young man not only took wide In
terest in the various charitable objects of |
the city, but promptly identified himself
with the Protestant Episcopalian Church,
and was one OF its most liberal supporters.
He presented the chapel of the church |
with fine organ, and in various other |
ways be-ame an ex ;sedingiy useful mem
ber. He was universally liked and re-
spected. This state of affairs continued |
for months. II was not until the circular
sent out by the Perkins Agency reached
Columbia that there was the slightest su
pic on entertained that the wonderful |
young Northerner was other than that he /
represented himself to be,
now NE WAS ARRESTED. II
His capture and arrest wasa matter of |
great surprise to the Columbians. One
evening, q week before he was arrested,
an officer approached him at the hotel
where be was boarding and showed him
the photograph that was sent there. Boyd
recognized It Immediately as that OF q |
cousin OF his, but the officer was not dis.
posed to believe him. ''Wait minute
till 60 up to my room, and I will bring
you down my cousins photograph and
see for yourself" said Boyd. The officer
waited, but he did not return. A few
days after an officer arrested Boyd as he
Ygs attempting 10 leaye the citYin o cloae-
carriage, He was placed in iiil, and De-
tectiye Perkins was notified Of the arrest.
lie sent one OF his agents for the prisoner,
around with requisition from the Gov
ernpr Of Ohio, and the prisoner was I
brought to this city this morning.
81 am adverse q talking ABOUT my af-
fairs y said Boyd this morning 10 repors
ter. ..No statement that I could make
would be Of avail 70 me. Ny object In
life was 10 obtain Q certain end, and that
end was q worthy one"
HWhat vaa it7p
HIS LIFE STORY.
"Ipreier TO say nothing about that; it |
involves others. l had about accomplish
ed that which sought for, and had my
health permitted ] would have taken my
place in the world ss an honest man.
would have reimbursed ell who have spsz
tanned losses through uae.h
"How about your church relations.
What did they do for your
sThtre Is nothing to be gained by talk
ing about that. This ! will say: with the
exception OF the forgeries with which I
hase beea GkGrsedt IbaYe never wropged
anyone, and my life has bean an esem-
plary one. I will not say where my
home Is. ] had made a success Of the
lumber business when Twas arrested.
would have become rich. As It is now,
veil, 4donet faEe yhat becomes Of me.
haye no dread al tbs penalty that viii fol. |
lnE, ! am sorry foEene thing-the good
people Of Columbia, with whom so pleas |
antly associated are 80 shocked at my
downfall. lam sorry on their account,
and the prisoner made an attempt to cry q |
little, which was not much OF a success. |
s.iiy vile lives in New York." he con-
tinued, "apd she .isa confirmed invalid.
She knows my whole history. She Is q |
aiaas.n
During the eonyetsatiap the young man
frequently reached into his vest pocket |
ssf toek something tfom 1t and PLACED it |
In his mouth.
An OPIUM EAEER.
at Is opium" whispered a detective.
"He has taken at least Eve orsix opium
pills thig morning. When he was cap
tared in Columbia. 900 OF these opium
pills were found upon him. The Sheriff |
t9ok them away from him. He Isl con.
armed opiHE eateF.n
Boyd iss remarkably handsome yolng
man. Slender, well dressed, With The
bSishtess ai bright eyes, and with q high,
intellectual looking brow, Il Is pot TO be
wondered at that the good people OF Co
lnmbia were taken with him. His voice
is pleasant, he uses good language, and
undoubtedly has mixed with good society.
He Is qyeF thirty, Eut leats twenty-five.
The detectives haye his whole history.
He Is New Yorker. Several years ago be
was convicted Of forgery at Greenyille, N.
Y, and was SsAt tq prison for two years,
After he came out he engaged in the mus
sie husiness in New YORK. and latarin seY.