The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-24
NELSON IN CANADA.
I Big Swsth Cut at Trenton by the
Fugitive Banker.

/ cane black hair, blaca, eyes, mas SINAI
bald spot on head over right ear. age ~,
/ complexion dark. May shave If beard.
+ Charge, chcafiUC and swindlng.'
livery railway station between here and
Montreal and Toronto was watched sharply,
but no ono answering Nelson's description
I Ia any y ay was seen. and reward Of 1900
/ offered for MS apprehension was looked
( uV.n a. g lost possibility.
- tuesday last a fisherman belonging 70
+ aPJ~-liprd, = small village BACK 1T Belle
yiDe, ca ied on Chef Hinds, # Trenton, and
sald that for the past ten days there hal
bean man 10 his vicinity who was either
very biz fool or a rogue
J has nan, according . the fisherman,
/ PERFECTLY answered the description Of Nel-
SD, hu' he threw money ont IN most
/ reckless manner, didn't seam 70 have any
definite business at Beieville, during the
/ time be- was there had bought from hotel
keepers, farmers and others all the gold
, and silver watches be c uld get. and every
] diamond he saw he wanted to purchase.
/ Finally somebody asked HIM where he got
all MS money from.
oh, SAID he Il cleaned out bank down
/ south, and am going - take 1t easy the rest
If my life
He then exhibited diamond ring brooches
| earrings, watches and otner articles Of
/ Jewelry and said that with 500, VOU which
/ he nal decaInpei with he had Opened %
, Jeweiry store in Chicago, but ms couldn't
. get anybody b swap jewelry with him.
and he gave the thing up. he had
/ an auction here. he said, at which
| he sold fourteen karat gold watches set with
/ diamonds and Of the finest movements
made, for $40 each. People then got an
/ idea That be waS some sham jcwclry man
| trying t. wora the town. Then he bought
| any watch offered him, displayed rolls of
| bank notes, treated everybody who con
versed with him, and became such a gen.r-
ally good fellow that his boast Of robbing a
| bank was almost entirely forgotten.
Inc second day he WIS in Bellevile he
was JoIned by a very hasGily dressed
f-innlc, who, bedccked in diamonds and
| gorgeous dresses, drove out alone daily, aud
returned every night considerably the
worse for liquor. TO his acauaintances
/ Nelson said the woman was his wife, from
whom he had once been divorced, hut now
he was trying 70 reform her by taking her
10 a quiet CITY and letting her have her fiji
OF liquor hoping that she would, sooner or
later, become disguised with rum, and give
1T mp.
Cnief Hynds lost no time in going TO
| Belleville He hired a room in the same
hotel with Nelson and made his acquaint-
ance. He drove out with the divorced wife
Of Nelson, and she told him, in burst of
maudlin confidence. that he Nelson was a
sucker she had picked up in Atlanta, Ga
and tnat she was working him for all he
was worth
She sad thath her name was Nellie Prince,
| and that as soon as she got diamond brace
| let that Nelson had She was going 10 shake
him, for she had nearly all his money now.
| That was on Friday afternoon. That
evening when Chief Hynds arrived back in
| Belleville with Nelson's charmer, Mol
son was found entertaining crowd
! of Ontario farmers with thrilling
accounts Of his hairbreadth escapes in the
late rebellion. He told how he first fought
under General Gordon, and then becoming
dissatisfied because he VAS not given the
colOnelcy OF a regiment, resigned his
ma Or's commission, went to Murfreesboro,
raised a regiment Of Tcrnessceans, none oil
whom were an inch shorter than he wa q,
and they were the pride Of the Confederate
forces Pointing to his lame leg, he said:
81 got that from n - yankee while
leading my regiment IN that charge. Only
thirty Of my regiment escaped with oui
lives. You see, We were all ST, tall that We
were very easy to hit and to this day have
regretted ! was not killed myself
Then Chief Hynds spoke up:
as your name {. G. Nclsont7
"Oh, yes"
"Did YOU ever live at Atlanta, Ga ~
Certainly, | was in business there
That, where the bank was that | cleaned
out the North Side saving, bank You
see there Yves n follow named Anderson
there, a man all right in his way, a man oi
all work, and Veritable chump well
says l. IN send this fellow home and
then scoop the place, and when
the owners find the place cean on Monday
they will blame it TO him" Well, | got
away all right, and just as thought, An.
derSon was blamed for the robbery, was ar
rested, sent TO Jail, tried convicted and is
now serving out thirty years in prison
Poor fellow! pve sent $4,000 to Atlanta
for his wife aud family, and they will be
taken care of all right In few years FL
use my influence with Gen. Gordon, my old
commander, and have him pardoned out >
| Here" he continued, lis some OF the
money now, and he displayed largo roll
of American bank notes.
well, them said Chief Hynds, 81 ar.
rest you for the crime, and the best thing
you can do is to take things quietly"
Nelson's jaw dropped. He trembled like
an aspen for moment, and then recover
ing hi@sclf, said:
'NYon, III be --. mover thought the
police would find me in this God-forsaler
place. But you're joking, amt you':
"But didn't rob any bnk. was onl,
fooinG. don't look like bank robbor
do ~
"No"
"You have made a mistake Why, it is
nonsense, man"
But Hynds was Obdurate, and Nelson
had to accompany him to the village
lock up.
On the way thther he offered Hvnd,
81 900 TO lot him 60 ont vainly. On heing
searched there were found on his person 81 y
gold and five silver watches, parcel of
unset diamonds, several pieces of diamond
jewelry, four gold watch chains and 500 il
bills. Yesterday he was taken to Ire ton
and the Atlanta authorities telegraphed TO
The woman, Nellie Prince, who was not ar
rested at once made herself scarce, buying
n ticket for Toronto out of well iillod
wallet, and telling the people in Bcllevili,
that she was going to Toronto ito set thi.
matter straight
In Nelson's baggage was found dozer
suits of clothes of the finest material, anC
an enormous amount OF ties, handkcrchiefs
socks etc. A valise with the name oil
George Carruthers printed upon it wa
filed with deeds, mortgages, passb oks
blank checks and letters that seem 10 have
belonged to residents Of Atlama. Nelson
telegrapHed this morning TO Toronto for tn,
best lawyer that can be found there
An oddly Named Family
From ne Cincinnati Enquirer
Names are sometimes oddly thrown on IA,
heads of unolendng babes at the birth or chris
] ND b.t all