The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23
In A CELL BY HIMSELF.
TIE BOGUS CIR US AGENT HAVING
A QUIET TIME IN JAIL.

Lawrence's Victims Not Inclined to
Prosecute Him-The Holders of His
| Passes Wondering Whether They
| Will see John Robinson's Show -
| Some of the People that Lawrence
Took In and the Way 1t Was Done.
| George Lawrence spent yesterday in jail
while the boys outside were studying the
reserved seat diagrams that he had pro
| vided them with, and which indicated
where they would be seated in velvet
cushioned armchairs, In the inner circle of
the Especially reserved seats near the
| grand stand, J." where the golden cornet band
of John Robinson's greatest show on earth
would sing very low in honor Of the dis
tinguished guests.
1t is reported that Lawrence visited the
office of the receiver of tax returns where
| he met that affabe official and two OF the
county commissioners, who were charmed
by the colloquial powers of the circus agent,
and scanned with eager eyes the very re-
served seats he bad marked on the diagram
for them to occupy while the congress of
arenic talent was assembled under a vast
hemisphere of canvas.
1t was sad blow to some OF the boys
who were carrying Lawrences free passes
next to their heart, when they read in the
MORNING NEWS yesterday, that the show
Is off, aud that things are not as they
seemed.
LAwRENCE's PREMIER.
The blow fell heaviest on Mr.. Mike
Naughtin, who was the premier OF Law
rence's cabinet. He had taken great pains
to get catalogue of all the county and
city officials, with scrupulous accuracy
Of initials who were to have free passes
under the royal hand of Lawrence and
countersigned by the premier. Mr.. Naugh-
tin was to be the trusted adviser Of John
Robinson's agent, the diplomat who was to
have negotiated a treaty with Mr.. Z. II.
Dorsett for several acres of suburban. town
lots, upon which to assemble the aggrega-
ton of histrionic and arenic talent, AID
the stupendous caravanserary of
wild beasts, some of which had been capt
ured in African jungles after a fortune
destroying chase of 1000 years. Mr..
Naughtin was not only to pass his friends
into great show, but he was TO be fur
Their rewarded by a financial consideration
of great value, by comparison with which
the Doodle Of al ordinary ofice-seeker
would sink into pale and sickly insignih-
canoe.
WILL LAWRENCE BE LET GO.
win Lawrence be prosecuted is the ques-
court tomorrow. The man who dropped
the S25 is not anxious to lose time in pro g.
cutting the case, and. he appears to think
that the experience he had with the fakir is
cheap at $25. The holders of the free passes
do not want to be the laughing stock of
the court room, and it will depend on the
solicitor general whether they will be re-
quired to come forward and testify against
the shrewd fellow with many aliases. The
general opinion is that he deserves to be
punished, and the probability is that he
will not be allowed to slip through Solicitor
Gre eral Fraser's fingers as he did through
Solicitor General Hardema IS at Macon.
Justice Molina, who issued the warrant
for Lawrence, said last night that there are
too many such fellows working the country,
and the vigorous prosecution and punish
ment of a few of them will have a tendency
to deter others from playing such tricks
upon the people.