The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-16
TRUSTEE GLOvER's PLEA.
The Story of the Fountain County Man Whom
Pollard Ruined.

Pollard Ruined.
Chicago News.
A reporter heard yesterday the pitiful story Of
unfortunate Arista Glover, the Fountain county
trustee. who innocently fell into the tolls of Pol
lard & Co., and, after eliminating himself, made
what reparation he could, and then fed to
Canada, penniless and disgraced. Pollard
induced Glover to give him an order for
$12, 900 worth of goods. The order was general
one Pollard promising to fix the lowest regular
prices of the goods to the bill but representing
to Glover that his ability to secure the goods at
cost would leave nice margin for him (Glover, J
while at the same time the township would
secure good bargain. The simple-minded
Glover fell into the trap and executed war
rants to the amount of $4,000 payable
to Pollard's order, whereupon Pollard paid him
$o,5OO. the difference between the cost and mar
ket price of the goods, and, it is claimed A E.
Davis, of Chicago forwarded the goods upon
Pollards instructions. At any rate, Davis got
hold OF the $4,000 worth of warrants.
Shortly after this transaction Glover became
convinced, partly from the meager ship
ments of goods and the extravaganza of the
prices, that he had been worked" by the
oily Pollard Accordingly he unburdened him
self to the county superintendent Of schools,
James Bingham, and in company with that gen
tleman he came to Chicago to see Davis and, if
possible, recover the warrants. Before start
ing Glover turned $500 into the township
funds. Two trips if the reporter is correctly
informed were made to Chicago, in a vain en-
deavor to induce Davis to consent to some ar
rangement whereby the warrants could be re-
turned and Glover's good name and the
credit of the township be preserved but all
to no avail Davis either would not give them
up or had disposed of them SO he could no t, and
finally poor Glover, then fully cognizant of the
enormity of his crime and his inability to efface
it, disappeared, and is now a fugitive from jus
tice. Pollard, his tempter, is safe in Canada
with his i'll gotten thousands, while his Chicago
partner. whoever he may be, is winking at the
law and waiting for second Pollard to concoct
another bait to catch more human suckers.
There is many an ex-trustee in Indiana"
said Hoosier to a reporter yesterday, that
could tell of frauds of eight and ten years ago,
which were not discovered and made public sim
ply because the opportunity to make big haul
was not so great as now, and consequently the
crimes were more easily concealed. This man
Pollard has been 'on the turf over ten years,
and II he were not such gambler, and an un-
lucky one at that, he would be worth million
dollars to-day. The first stealing from Indiana
trustees was commenced, believe about ten
years ago. when Pollard was lightning rod
man, and used to rod up the different school,
houses at so much foot. There was many an
old log school house then, and some are still
to be seen having no less than five or six points
rising up from the gable, and hundreds of feet
or roO tralllng around the shingles ana down the
sides like creeping vines. Pollard worked the
warrant racket then, but there not enough
in it for his mercenary nav, and so he went to
selling school supplies, with what success you
very we'll know"
1t is said that the Pinkertons are very much
chagrined at their failure to Pollard when
he was in Chicago. He remained here several
days, and was endeavoring to dispose of some
warrants he had on hand. When the Pinkertons
received instructions to apprehend him he disap-
peared. He was seen on the street on Monday
of last week, but that night he disappeared. 1t
was kacs1r that he was a gambler, but, as there
were no gaming places () in Chicago, the de-
tectives sought him in respectable quarters He
was not found, and on Tuesday he escaped to
Canada.
A Daily News reporter heard of q Washing
ton-street saloon keeper who hailed from War
saw Ind, and who claimed to know Pollard.
Assuming the air of a sport, he walked into the
saloon and asked the barkeeper if the game
very stiff" He was answered in the negative,
but was told that it was the night before. and
that Pollard, who played there all night, lost
over $3.50. The reporter sauntered through
into the back room and ran onto quiet game
of "draw." Pollard had not been gone but few
hours