Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-21
ATOWBRAP's VOTE RAIsIRG.
Particulars OF tho Latest Dodge o
the eX.MInister.


the ex-uinister.
The Easton, Md, Star of Tuesday
prints the following particulars of the
note raising exploit conducted by the ex-
Rev. J. E. Mowbray, previously briefly
reported;
On Tuesday last quite q sensation was
created in town, by the report, that
couple of our thirty per cent paper
shavers had been bought in the purchase
of two forged notes. one of $240, and
one Of $3.50; Mr.. Charles W. Gibson,
being the unhappy purchaser of the first,
and Mr.. William Coney, the other. Glib
son secured his for $l90, and Coney his
for $ls5. So the report goes. The notes
purported to have been made by Mr..
John @. Harper, of st. Michaels district,
and made payable to John T.. Mowbray
OF Frederick, Delaware, at one time
minister of the M. T. Church and sta
toned at st. Michaels, and subsequently
dropped from the Wilmington conference
on the charge of having raised cheque"
contrary TO the laws of Maryland and
Delaware, in such cases made and pro-
vided.
As the story goes, sometime ago Mr..
Harper endorsed note of $3.50 in the
Easton National Rank for Mowbray. This
note was several times renewed, and at
each renewal il was reduced, until it was
cut down TO 800. At the last renewal the
note was paid by Mr.. Mowbray unbe-
knowns to MIR. Harper, and Mr.. Harper's
/ name secured for the renewal on note
| for 800; but this note Mowbray raised to
| $500. When it was about to fall due
some time ago, Mowbray paid it off but
| the money was obtained by giving his
cheque to different parties on banks
/ wherein he had no deposits. or course
the cheques were dshonored. Now, to
| raise the money to take mp those fraudu-
lent cheques Mowbray was in strait.
On Tuesday week he arrived here in
the evening train and Immediately went
/ TO st. Michnel's and endeavorGd to obtain
the money or negotiable mole of Mr..
James Benson; but MIR. Benson positively
refused to accommodate him. Obtaining
two blank notes OF Mr.. Benson he then
went to Mr.. Harper's. It was after IL
O'Clock ut night when he arrived at Bev-
erly, and Mr.. Harper had retired. On
learning who it was that wanted him, Mr.
Harper dressed and received him. Now
bray told his business. He eaid the 800
note in bank was nearly due. aud the bank
refused to renew it that h. had not the
money to pny II and needed $40 more than
he had but that he had seen Mr.. Dobson,
the teller of the bank, mud he had agreed
to loan him the money if MIR.
Harper would endorse his note for $40.
In order to make it easier for him to pay
it, he proposed to divide the note, making
, a $50 note payable in 4 months, and 3
, $40 note payable at 6 months. At first
MIR. Harper thought of giving him chequt
for $40 and paying OFF the note, but aftel
a second thought he signed the notes
, believing Mowbray was acting in goot
faith and intended to pay them. 1
turned out that his story about Mr.. Dob
. son offering TO lend him the money wa
a wholly untrue. He had not seen Mr.
8 Dobson. After obtaining the notes o
9 Mr.. Harper, Mowbray came straight bacl
4 to Easton that night, and the next da,
+ raised the $40 note to S240, and the $3
= note to $3.50, sold them on the street an,
8 returned to Frederick. Mr.. Gibson trans
y ferred the note he bought to Mr.. II. b
Q Dixon in business transaction, and MI
Q Dixon notified Mr.. Harper that he he'll
8 the note. Mr.. Harper received Mr. Dixon
= letter on Saturday night October 9th
o and came to Easton on Tuesday and pre-
n nounced the note forgery; and also th
note held by Coney a forgery. Thu
Mowbray could have been guilty of sue
an infamous piece of deceitful rascalit
3 was hardly credited by his friends. Il
n appears to be polished scamp. Tn
only happy people over the matter are th
paper shavers here who refused TO des
with MowbBay, when he was hawking MI
Harper's paper on the street.
d We understand that Messrs. Gibson an
s. Ooney went to Frederick last week an
saw Mowbray, who put on bold face an
talked them into believing that the note
O. are all right, and they returned eonfider
c. that they can recover the money out {
Mr.. Harper, Notwithstanding that tn
\ forgery vitistes the whole note. Mowbra
q says Mr.. Harper signed the notes i
b. blank, and he filed them up for til
amount he wanted. n that was 40 it Is
little singular that he should have gon
70 about town Wednesday morning lookin
= for pale ink TO match the ink the note
- were drawn in.