The sun., 1891-11-11
IN WINNIE DAp1S'S NAME.
A, Attenpt to SwindIe Dr.. William Nor
row or Nashville.

row OF Nnshvshe.
superintepdent Smith and Chief OF Police
Murphy OF Jersey City havo been working for
nearly month to capture clever forger who
in the name OF Winnie Davis. the daughter OF
the late President Of the Confederacy. at
tempted to swindle United States Senator
Gordon Of Georgia and DR.. William Morrow OF
Nashville. Tho flrst intimation the police Of
fcials had OF tho attempted swindle was on
Oct. 10. when Superintendent Smith received
in his mail letter from DIR. Morrow saying
that somebody in Jersey City WAS using the
name OF Miss Winnie Davis to swindle people
who were known to be friends OF her father
and asking the Superintendent to hunt the
rascal down DR.. Morrow enclosed this letter
purporting to have been written by Miss
Davis:
"(confdentlsD
JERSEY CITY. n j.. Oct IL. 1891.
"sIR: Conformably with q request OF my
dear mother. ask Of you a favor in her be-
half-that you accept her note for 900. pay
ablo In ninety days. You may send draft or
check. payable to either OF US. at your earli-
est convenience. Mother assures you that she
will certainly be able to care for the note at
maturity. and will heartily appreciate your
Kindness. We are having. as you nro un-
doubtedly aware. trouble with the publishers
OF my honored fathers book. and mother has
been obliged to bring suit to obtain her per.
centage OF the sales. as the Arm was inclined
to defer payment beyond tho time specified In
the contract. We hope soon to have matters
properly adjusted. that We may return to
Beauvoir and not again bO summoned North
In order TO escape tho confusion and publicity
Of life IN sS GF1 s nss
''ss4RaE 4other Is sadly Worn from travel labor
p,,skA lana tn rafr
home she has been to SO much expense 70
Gently that her ready money u reduced to- to Z
en 1sh Haa .Ss sh0 % soea Be &c
ceipt OF . com Portable income. as the book Is
an assured success and will rank among the
outly to complete my lamented father . pnpub-
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k9ny ssna
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promptly is;Ssrasdit e MI: Rsyls; wSo % Vas y.
ter sea'"S 70 Polso E sspsrlntenasns snHh. When
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RASCAL whose petS,e and histSsy were p.tnted, =,
forgery In Tennessee Inst March. and was sen.
prison. Willie serving his term iin the mines
he secured his pardon from Gov, buchanan on
Of the cSntractors for conydist y lsfor IN the
the only hsrson IN Jersey City who would be
DaSs css % .hss 20
watched the Post Offco for several days to ar
rest anybody who might call for letters for
Winnie Davis, but no one called. Then de,
e ne %al sSdfssss q sss RSnIs S Psyls ThSt
there claimed It 1t was. returned to the Post
0fice. Il 6 there YET. the enthors q the
scheme had failed.
tors Il is dililcult To- understand how he man
aged to mail them from the county jail He is
Indignant that his name should be coupled
WITH forgery and says The jersey city 20; 20;
care, he says t9 be held responsibie for All the
deyiltry committed In Jersey City. and thinks ;H
crime. Xeyerthsless the police think that
plices had them mailed.