Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-27
SECURED THE CASH.
Green Goods Men RaZzle- -Dazzled by
Two Plucky Alabamans,
TO WHOM TIE LAW GAVE S1,70O,
Which They Took From the SWindlers at
the Pistols Point.
A DECISION OF MUCH IMPORTANCE

tsrKcrAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH:
NEW YORK, November 26.-Corporation
Council Clark has decided that j. H. Haf-
lev and R. d. George, the Alabamans VINO
got the better of some New York green
goods men IN October last, are entitled to
the return of the money that they took from
the green goods men at the muzz les of their
pistols and that the police in turn took from
the Alabamans for safe keeping. Hafey and
George came to New York in answer to the
regulation circular sent out by the greengoods
men. They were farmers at Mooresville,
Ala. They had heard Of green goods men
before, and when the swindlers tried to palm
off bag of green paper on the two Alabam-
ans. after having previously shown them a
number of bundles of real greenbacks, the
Alabamans drew revolvers and demanded
that the green goods men surrender all that
they had.
HANDED OVER THE CASH.
They were not slow under those circum-
stances in obeying. The fate OF Tom Davis.
who had been shot for refusing to toe the
mark in similar proceeding, was still
fresh In their minds The two Alabamans
wasted no time in making their exit, bu
one of the green goods men blocked their
escape by telling the police that they had
just robbed man in a downtown MOTEL of
q, 500, and asked that they be arrested.
They were taken into custody and their
money taken away, and the next day they
were held in the Police Court. Their ar
senal was taken away upon order of the
Court and they were held for trial. They
were fined SO each for carrying pistols.
Then they set about recovering the money
that had been taken from them and retained
Purdy and Mclaughlin as counsel, TO whom
they assigned their claim and went back for
their arms.
The property clerk sent notice OF the claim
to the corporation counsel and asked his
advice. Mr.. Clark said to-day that he had
purposely delayed making any reply for
mouth, in order to give any adverse claim
ants IN opportunity to appear. Inasmuch,
however, as no counter-claim had been put
IN, the law compelled him to consent to the
return OF the money to the persons from
whom it had been taken.
THE MONEY TURNED OVER.
A letter was received from George to-day,
dated Mooresville, Ala, in which he asked
for information regarding the money. and
expressed almost as much solicitude about
his pistols, which still remain with the
property clerk. Before George and Hafley
went away they agreed to let Mr.. Nc
Loughlln have the two old guns on condi-
tion that he would return the new ones.
Mclaughlin said to-day that be would nail
them oil the wall OF his study, with a clip
ping relating the story OF their capture.
Mclaughlin and Purdy went up to Prop
erty Clerk Harriott's, this afternoon. TO
secure the money. 1t amounted to 81, ,759.
Whatever may be left OF this sum after the
counsel fee has been deducted, will be sent
on to Alabama tomorrow. Mclaughlin
said that an agreement had been made at the
time that the claim was assigned, whereby
counsel were to receive a certain percentage
of the money in case they recovered it.