The sun., 1888-11-01
WITH PISTOL IN POCKET,
MIR. CLAYTON KING OF oPELIKA COMES
NORTH FOR $1,000.
Detectives Think he Meant 10 Beat Green
Goods Men at Their own Game and that
Somebody Might Have Met Davies Fate.

Goods Men at Their Own Game and that
Somebody Might Have Met Davies Fate.
Clayton King of Opelika, Ala, was In New
ark yesterday. and, in fact, is there yet de-
tanned Mt Police Headquarters. Mr.. King who
Is small, ,dark-complexioned man. with strag-
Cling black beard. restless dark eyes. and q
broad-brimmed black hat. arrived North yes-
terday at the invitation OF some strangers. who
offered to sell him $40 in greenbacks, which
they said had leaked out Of the engraving de-
partment at Washington for one good dollar
which had not leaked out but had come out in
legitimate manner Mr.. King said yesterday
when arrested that 1t was not so much the offer
of cheap money that tempted him as It wss the
offer that these good. kind gentlemen made to
give him $1,000 In gold II he was not satisfied
with the way they did business.
Il was after that 1000" he said. II want
gwine TO be satisfied. didn't want any coun-
terfeit money"
Mr.. Clayton King had with him q Southern
friend named Henry Judson Skipper. He
came from Goodwater. up at the end OF the
road which runs through Opelika. Mr.. Skip
per had the appearance Of a man OF the world.
He looked shrewd, vigorous. and we'll fed,
while his companion was typical Southerner.
thin-lipped. wiry. aud furtive-looking man,
who would be a tough one to tackle when
pushed in a corner. King had $3.50 in good
money and several plugs Of hard tobacco. The
tobacco and ID the money were wrapped up in
ages Appeared IDENTICAL from oman an ext eaterns @ point point
OF view. He had also a ferocious looking
sons loaded pa s With ses
TENS. t. meet 1aI Charles MeDQHald q 81 aPd So
the BENEVOLENT gentleman who was to provide
them With eheap money pro.
sent telegram informing Mr. McDossId that
S Dod dso5 was Tans for them ss e. the Pe1nsy
observed BY watchful MIR Peter Morris. the de-
tective employed by the railroad and Mr.. Nor
him inyalaa6ls e Tie Pen1ssIyania % road ths thss
the gentlemen ,t men from n the e. South were lays"
"steerer."' For some reason Mr. Mcdonald
INDUCED his Visitors to take the next tain
loved shs two oa At Market sireet sH-
ton Mr. Morris communicated his DEDUCTIONS
to Detectiys @ M V2n an mHf3Iuten. also employed by the
Detectives, The men were traced to the Park
1 O'clock Mr. Med Donald made made his isI appearance ] &C
and and went directly to the room which the
swooped down upon the party and took the
trio 70 Police Headguarters, Mr.. King mis-
aid and he showed disposition to got his gun
out of his pocket. but Lieut. Ward stopped
him with aret Even in the detseyes
think. he was in the hands OF ,swlndlers.
az and tds it 9oh se%e ms to GsaSuse h%
searched in the Chiefs room, ana almost
ithorranh It'll iefiers Which the e' ereen e
goods" men mail about the country so freely.
81 snd a ceoper Hail. GeTsey CITY
Such carelessness on his part al most made the
DETECTIVES weep for him Under hi, c2at he
an exact counterpart of one which Mr.. Skipper
brought with him from Alabama, and the inn
sonthsrners IN Jersey City he he had hs taken en-
mental n9Ies q the shane and nnd
been. unusually successful in procuring
Duplicate q , 4 for the purpsosss Of making The
pend aI,i upon in wortinc their little game on un- %
suspeciing victims from the South and West.
to Hna LIS Is
tins in Newark his confederate who carried
the money must have been successful In get
part part "' in the s' game. @ When % taken to the %
desk the, prisoner said his name was Nate
residence Hcn New YORK. He declined to be I more s
specific about his residence because he said; it
did Su not os his owe tn"
was in He lei Is a blond young man. with blue
and iu be beard 6 His hands are white hss and
contact with moulding sand in many months.
He wore a glossy silk hat and sui, of brown
clothes jnst neat enough not to be called
hard to be bra2en. Sippe!l is held in Newark
on II charge of fraud. and the Southerners are
detained Ms witnesses.
For many months the Newark police have
been using every eXertion to capture the gang
OF sawdust men who have been making use OF
the Newark Post Office ior their mail. Tho
United States officers have been interested. too.
but as far as anybody has got Is to. prevent the
delivery of hundreds OF letters. which are ad.
dressed TO the confidence men In tho care Of
keepers OF cigar stores and barber shops.
The police do not believe that King and
Skipper are rs simple as they pretend to be.
and the presence Of the big pistol makes them
think that the little Southerner intended to get
the satchel full of good money AT any hazard.
even though he had to re,nact the episode In
which Tom Davis lost his life ut the hands OF
James Holland Of Abilene, Texas. In this city
on Aug. 81. 1885,, A year ago the Newark
police saved colored man from Mississippi
from being ieoced by green goods men in a
Newark hotel. and they had great difficulty in
preventing the man from trying to follow the
matter mp and keep his appointment. He
would not not believe that the sharpers in
tended to swindle him.
The Weather Yesterday.