The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-17
UUsDHARP FUR fnEM.
SOUTHERN sCAMPS TOO SMART FOR
rs NEW YORK ScAMPS. -.


Green Goods Mon Who Have Como to
Grief-Thc Latest NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mon Who Carried Pistols and Gathered
Pile.
New YORK, Oct SIN time tho
"green, goods" philanthropist who is
ever trying to sell ten good dollars cor
one ordinary dollar will learn that he
must not attempt his little game on the
Southern man. Holland. of Texas,
gsxS the green goods" men violent
shock by shooting their recognized
leader, tom" Davis, several years ago,
and others have contributed milder OBJ
ject lessons. 1t remained for two Ala
la. =. lame .pauors TO furnish meIo-
dramatic climax by a successful raid
upon the genuine capital as well as the
dummies of fanenterprising gang. The
names Of the men are supposed to be
b. III. Lindsay aiias James III. Haflev
and Robert D. George, but all of the
names may be fictitious. Both men
are locked upin, the Twenty. third Sub
Precint Station Hotse, in the basement
of the Grand Central Rail Road station,
and their "baggage"' is slowed away in
the safe.
The baggage consists of one brown
leather satchel, one towel, four big re-
volvers. two green goods" packages
and over ,75O in genuine greenbacks.
The two last-named items are not re-
cognized by the Alabamians as portions
OF their baggage, but were found in
their satchel nevertheless.
Saturday evening, about 6.3O o'clock,
Detective,s McMahon, of the Twenty
third subaPrecinct, was standing near
the most southerly door In the New
York Central Rail Road station scan
ming the faces of people who entered in
his search for suspicious characters. A
young man accosted the detective and
inquired where he could find police
man.
81 am one. What do you want ?" the
officer inquired.
There are two men who robbed a
man of several thousand dollars down
town." the young mantsaid, pointing to
two men who had just purchased tickets
for Western Alabama, land what is
more, they are green goods men," he
continued. "They are robbers and
know it, and L want them arrested"
The detective.securedt the assistance of
Patrolman Lane and arrested the two
men. They expressed mild surprise.
but asked no questions, and went quiet
ly to thcstation-housedQ downstairs. The
Syfessaeet. TIG Ihen. HrfesteG Gg8ysFtYa,fr
names as James IL. Hatiey. aged thirty.
one and RokeFtaD. de0see, aged afwey-
ty-nine. They both sS1d theS lived In
Mooresyile, Limestons counS'I--''--
ban,a. -. aro heino
searched Eaton slipped: ont Oh Ine ;n"o SS"
tion unobserved, ana mourning il"o i;na si
TIC nr;soners wore sack coats, and In
/ aacb Of the side pockets of both coats
mnrderous looking revolver was iouhu;
Other pockets revealed two rall roao
ticl,ets 80 or $40 in currency ana
} green goods" circular addressed TO
: II Lindsay. Belle Nina, limeston'
? Eountv Ala. Belle Nina Is a smal
: station seven miles from Decatur, OF
the Memphis g. Charleston Ran HoaC
The satchel they carried Is meoiuI
,ized brown satchel, with leaIne
y strap around it. 1t outwardly appea,.
u to be empty, and the ohcers WEI Su
3: prised on opening 1t TO ma even SUI. nn
10 towel and four small Drown pap, pI II
it SRoanoke Hotel" and at one tin
ID 81 s6s lsehef -sifsA tSs sRslEs ssssss
re tanned Slips of paper the size OF natl2s
I'M bank notes. The other Two con0aii II,
ets genuine bank notes, one oelmS IN
Ia
OF twos and liyes. The former contain
ted Al go and the latter $4S4. The II
ode packages corresponded in size and e
erai appearance and were appareI
ply, Intended to be Interchangeable: L
<es, they we're put up by "sawdusI
It of there is no doubt. Hatiey, who app'
ons tn he the leader, when asked now m
the money the package contained preIeh
that not to know and suggested 10 the
his iicer: "Countit If you want TO hna Q
the He was equally noncommuhlcaCiv
in to where the four packages came
can or how the charge OF roDoery aga
ousl- them originated. Charges OF TOD
and carrying conceale9 weapons
entered on the record. ana tne
iold- were locne| taSppn p hefore Justice
iold- Icy in tho YorkyilIe Police G
ana and remanded until to-day. They
king ,n, Sunday in the Twenty.Third Sub
.d r. f1sI Ciuct station.
sa - bnn, III lfhe prisoners appeanto be fairly
snom .nona to-do farmers, and both OF them
rsopi and talk inteiligently. They are
: ~ ,ho slender, dark skinned and detern
! hst lne looking men, half smooth-sh
: pest @ They discuss any subject intro
. ma freely except the!f experiences IN
nsueu ~ t York. "Ive been robbed ana
y w even" is Hafeys explanation, an
4 aua remark is the only allusion to tn
,,li lilly ns iect the police have forced out OF
Dnn y, of either of them. Start them
Ieu ! -. resources of the South, the race
assiS- ieui, 1aI'. n,,nr and thev talk
q ,hoMSh saL and interestingly. Haley owl
:nouRh acres of land in Alabama, he Sal
ing. raised cotton and corn. Both n n
timated that they have mn
-Rube lfriends in America, but they d q
linden to communicate Will Inom'