The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-17
CASSIE CAUGHT
Collecting Money To Bury a Man Who Was
Not Dead

Yesterday morning Andrew Cassie
was arraigned before the Police Court on
the charge OF obtaining money and shoes
under false pretcnses, and went Jail 10
serve a period of eight months.
Andrew Cassie is young man twenty
three years Of age, and is by occupation
a fireman on IN engine. He is a tall
man, standing six feet one inch i'm
height, and weighs one hundred and
fifty pounds. His residence was No. 400
north Seventeenth street. He is anative
OF Richmond, and has resided here al
his life.
Cassie is a member of Old Dominion
Guard, Company ID, First Virginia Regi-
ment OF Volunteers, and il was on that
companys good name that he 10 some
extent traded.
The police got wind OF the fact Thurs
day last that somebody was pursuing
the business OF going around the city
with a petition for money 10 help pay
the funeral expenses of a Young man
who was a member of Old Dominion
Guard, who had Just died, and
whose widowed mother wa too poor
10 incur the small expense attending The
burial Among the parties called on
were Governor Lee, Mr.. :. II. Halves MI
Frank I. Bates. Mr. Charles Gasser and
others. The Governor was called on
twice, the two visits being four DAYS
apart. The fact that a young man should
call on him twice this way and so long
apart. to get funds TO bury the same
man, who had, when the second visit
was made, been reported still unburied,
aroused his suspicious.
Major Poe, learning Of these practices,
detailed Sergeant llulce on Thursday 10
work up the case. He al once discover
ed that the whole thing was a fraud, be
cause no member of Old Dominion
Guard was dead or had recently died
1t was at first difficult To ind out who was
the man, but after a little investigation
the sergeant decided in his mind that the
was a member of the company, and
the next night friday had concluded
that Andrew Cassie WAS The person he
wanted. While looking for him ON
Seventeenth street the sergeant met Cas-
sic and placed him under arrest.
On Cassie's person was found the fol
petition, and he also admitted TO
the sergeant that he had two more, but
had destroyed them. The petition is
written in ink or the regular letter head
paper of Company D. The p%enmanship
is readable. but the spelling is bad, a.
will be noticed in the subjoined verbatim
copy.
Old DOMINION GUARD COMPANY ID,
FIRST Rect VA. NUIUNTEERs.
Ca5eH Dao,s, capt,
" { Gentry, Seq
RIcHNoNDjNA, March, II, 1889.
Mr.. c. G. Walker Died this morning at
bis home after along illness and his
mother being unable to bury him she
for some aid. Mr. Walker has
,een a good honest man and also a mem
Der of the first reg va vol fur some
ime az his mother is "a poor widow J
you will he able 10 DO something
her. Yours truly,
h IL ADAMS.
Signed nj the bottom were sixteen sub
criptions, aggregating SG6j. Most OF
hese subscriptions were signed Cash
the same appeared the name Walter
'cOtt, "a gentleman engaged with Mr..
'reston Belvin, and that OF Mr.. r.
were signed by these gentlemen ,
With amount opposite the name. Z
On the charge OF thus obtaining money
nder false pretense the Court sent
AISLE TO Jail 70. four months.
But there was another charge against Z
AISLE. Several DAYS ago lie went into
lse shoe-stOre of Mr. y. F. Tinsley, IN ,
'road street, and represented himself 10 /
t Captain Charles Gasser. and on the q
redit that gentleman was known To pos j
ess, obtained Il pair of shoes valued at f.
ESQ. For this act be went 10 Jail for a
our additional months, making eight q
in all Cassie thought at first he
-ould take an appeal, but finally de
lted not Ia.