The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-10

enterprise. and ended with 81. GUj worth
of bogus checks signed by White.
III. L. * j. ii. Stevens conducted a
banking business az Broadway and
Chambers street. New York. White a,
this time was actually manipulating mil.
lions of dollars worth OF fraudulent ot,-
erations. The firm knew perfectly well
that he Was out of jail on 4 limit bond.
but he succeeded in cabling them out Of
T6i,000 IN one slap without security.
That was the last OF the Stevens firm.
VIM. I. BenSel finally pressed his suit.
and Sheriff James Lynch. who hal lex
White out nj Jail, had 10 pay 5000 for
his generosity. About thirty-five wears
ago Major Wm. l.. Hall was ona If the
proprletors of the l. ,veioy Hotel. corner
, Park row and Beekman street. White
represented 10 Major Hall that he vas
engaged buying nuggets and gold dust
from returned CalifOrnians, hut that he
needed money. Major Hall advanced
80, 200 in checks on Whites promise not
10 have them cashed, but To- us. them
as collateral. The checks wen, inme-
diately cashed. and although Major
Hall sought redress in the courts. Whites
conduct was not liable la the law.
White disappeared. went to Canada.
where, m company with a confidence
man named tiske. hp mulctel the Cana.
dams out of MANY thousands. After an
absence OF thirty Years White cam. back
{" New York in June, 1851. llca once
called upon Major Hall at his house, No.
4 East Tenth street, told HIM he had
made an Immense fortune, WAS repen-
tant, and came home ON purpose To nav
back the $4,000. Major Hall was then
20 years old, and he WAS So touched by
the eloluence of the prodical sharper
that he wept for joy. After paving sev-
erll visits. White asked MAJOR Hall for
Sl,3@ with which to lilui,late pressing
debt, saying that that his capital was SO
bound up temporarily that he could not
lay hold OF any money. Mrs. Hall had
made y, goo the previous winter keeping
boarding house, and that SUM. with
$500 more that he borrowed from Gus
toner, was promptly handed over. but
detectives Ot 'onnor and Rutland arrested
White IN Halls house. AMI he was con.
victed and sentenced To Sing Sing for
three years by Judge cowing.
After serving out his full term White
swindled Albert II Dalllver, of No. -
sixth avenue, out Of 81 ,UNO on June Is,
1888. He was arrested and tried, hut
the jury failed to convict him. The last
scrape h. figured in was Il civil suit
brought by the proprietor Of the Altman
House IN Fourth avenue for $500 board
bill. Whites son and daughter were
with him at the hotel.
Pin White was a handsome man Of
about medium height. tie had high.
bald head, blue eyes. white hair and
mustache, aGd always were cloth, Of a
clerical cut.
Colonel Locke Winchester when told
last night that Pin White was dead.
said;"l first knew him twenty five years
ago. HIS parents AMI mine were init.
mate. tie came to me one day and said
he had been gambling and lost, and
wanted me to help him out. lie was
such an honest, candid man apparently
that had no hesitation in placing my
entire fortune Of Sill 900 in his hands.
In course Of time had him arrested.
and he was placed under 300, ONO bail
and locked up in Ludlow street Jail.
Clarence \. Seward was my lawyer.
but White hadn't n cent, and lcOuld get
nothing. Tie spent money like water.
About seven years ago ! was in Non.
treal when he swindlrd Boston man
there out Of n 10, Of morev. White nc.
tually came to me and tried to borrow
more say ing that he was going to pa,
back all had given him. White al
WAYS kept his own SECRETS. and never
had any one to manage his operations
for him."