The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-18
TENNHSHE COUN7RYMHN
sLured to This City by the
Seductive Green Goods
Circular.
THEY AND TIE AGENT ARRESTED.
Justice StiIsing Hears the Story
of the Gentlemen from
Tennessee.
THEY AND THE AGENT ARRESTED.

I)et6cJ1VeS Dalton, CloS anu 4noiAAS
made trio of clever arrests last nlght
in this city that will lead to the establish
ment of direct proof of the existence OF
green goods ejoint" at No. 431 West
Forty-second street, New York.
The haul included James Wallace, a
messenger in the employ Of the joint
operators; Samuel Davis, a Union County,
Tennessee, post master, log hauler and
farmer; and Thomas E. Gaines, a white
haired farmer from Granger county,
Tennessee.
For some time past Chief of Police
Murphy has been receiving letters from
sssuuealers' from all over the country,
enclosing green goods. circnlars dated
frofn Ocean avenue, Jersey City. he
set the dete ctives at Work watching at
the depots for spoilers"
THE CAPTURE.
Detective Dalton, saw the men get off
a train in the Pennsylvania station. He
: followed them to Taylor's hotel where
they registered with the green goods
initials, A. P after their names. He went
to their re0m, represented himself as
green goods agent and got all his facts.
Then he arrested the men, aud when the
real agent, Wallace, put in appearance,
he too was. gobbled up. The two Were
produced in Justice Stilsing's court this
morning.
Wallace was in the prisoners pen.
Farmer Gaines, attired in true Western
style, with mis- ''pants" stuck into his
boot tops, was first examined. He is
slenderly built old man, with long white
hair and chin beard, and he wore shirt
, that had never been billed"
FARMER GAINES STORY.
He said he had left his home last Satur-
day morning in company with Davis, the
postmaster.
What was the object of your visit2"
asked the Judge.
"Jedge," SAID the old fellow slowly.
'.Wall the principal thing was just this,
curiosity. / allus had sort o. hankerin'
to see our great capitil an this section OF
the country. Sides, | had got some o.
them 'ere circlers outen the Lower
Nathan Postoffice, an jest thought ez
bow I'dlike ter 'vestigate the matter.
The circ'ler said everything was all
straight; the money was good an he'd
been SO 'cided by ther S'preme Court.
could mt make out how they waz go1n'
to give me ten Thousand dollars for six
numbered am fifty.
.sSumpen was said in the circles bout
plates stolen from the Government, an
territorial rites. an so on; SO jest
thought ez how mought jast as well en-
cure bout it while / was visitin' this sec
but er dollar an three cents"
But you came on 0Stensibly to trans
act business with the senders of those
circulars?" queried the Judge.
'sWall, couldn't make much of er deal
with dollar an three cents"
What do you mean by deal?"
fsWell, guess it is what you folks
would call a bargin. Out our way we
calls 'em deals. / only wanted ter see
what wuz in ther concern, an eff ther
wuz enythlng in it. | had sum money
home. y
THE BACKwoOD POSTMASTER
Postmaster Davis, when called, sat
down in the witness chair as though he
was squatting on a log. He is a medium
built man. with brown mustache and
heavy goatee.
He slapped his wide brimmed hat on
one knee, and, resting his right elbow on
the arm of the chair, commenced slowly
strokinss his nose, and rather sullenly
waited for questions.
He had been shown the circulars by
Farmer Gaines. He thought -thit wus
some kind er swindlin' machine" but as
he was not up in all kinds OF business
matters he thought he would also like to
investigate
He, too, wanted to see the capial, bnt
he admitted that the desire to visit the
samewas '.buoyed up by the circulars
had seen.
How much money did you bring with
you?n asked the Judge.
"Wall, nigh onto hundred dollars"
was the slow reply.
well, what do you mean by nigh
onto''h
"Wall, right at hundred; but I've
only got bout forty left"
81 suppose you We're particularly
anxious to see Jersey during Your travels
East?"
Vas"
''And you We're making for this
points"
sYas.n
WALLACE is HELD.
And the Justice having clearly estab-
lished this point. held the prisoner Wal
lace, who stated that he had merely been
approached by unknown parties in New
York and paid to come over and con-
duct the two Western visitors to an Office
located at No. 43l West Forty-second
street. He was put under $500 bail to ap-
pear for further examination tomorrow
morning, and handed over the West
ern's to Chief Murphy.