The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-15
FIN KAINTUCK' M GEORGY
RECKON Desc RYAHGREEN GOODS
BUYERS AMT GOT SENSE.

The Honestest Man in Montgomery
Rescued by the Police-He Swaps
Stories With Mr.. Bunco-The Geor-
gian Is Out Bis Travelling Expenses
and 1884.
From the Nelo York Sun
John W. Ecklar, who says be is the
honestest man in MONTGOMERY comfy,
Kentucky, came east to get 5000 worth Of
somebody else's money for $500 Of his own.
He kissed his wife and seven children good
by on Monday morning and tramped ten
miles over the mountains to Mount Sterl-
Ing, the nearest railway station. Here he
took train for Philadelphia, where he had
made elaborate plans to meet New Yorker
named Cronin.
He arrived in Philadelphia on Tuesday
evening with his baggage in a small wooden
box, his money in his boot, and a thick
stick in his hand. He went to the WaYerly
house, and got the clerk to register for him.
Then he went to his room. Mr.. Cronin
was not there, because Detective Murray
had got him. Later in the evening the
detective called for Ecklar. When the
detective entered this room, Ecklar shouted
"Robbersp and showed his bed up against
the door.
The two men were brought TO New York
yesterday afternoon because the green
! goods circulars had been mailed from this
| town. Cronin arrived under the name OF
Richard Clarkson. He had telegraphed his
confederates, and one Of them sat all the
| afternoon on the iron stairs in the corridor
OF the federal building. directly opposite
| the door to the commissioners rooms. A
| lawyer had been hired, and an unsuccessful
| effort was made to secure the release OF
1 nm, rfk ,F hah1 Ia
will be continued to-day.
While the habeas corpus proceedings
were going on, the green goods man and
the honestest man in Montgomery county
| Kentucky, sat in the marshal's office on the
other side of the building. The green goods
man entertained the farmer by telling him
what an awful place New York is.
You just walk along any street." he was
saying when the reporter entered. land
some one pulls string, a hole opens be-
meath you. and you disappear into the
river"
MY myp' was all the astonished EckIar
| could say.
The marshals: had, besides Ecklar's $780,
remarkable shooting iron about four
inches long. Ecklar said he made it him
self.
1--WE 'uns use 'em to shoot bars with" he
said. "We 'uns climb into the caves wh'ar
the bars are in the winter, feel of thar
body till we 'uns can hear the heart beat,
then put the gun up close and shoot 'em
| deed"
| Whether or not the bunco man believed
this story was not ascertained.
j. ID. Delarch, another honest man, was
before Justice McMahon in the Tombs
court yesterday. Delarch is the farmer
from Georgia who paid $500 for what he
supposed was s., 200. He was subsequently,
persuaded by Detective Carey Of the
| rob tcfo thaS 10 81
| The officer arrested William Mackey In
Delarchs company at Liberty and West
streets on Thursday night as he was pilot
ing the farmer TO the Liberty street ferry.
| Mackey said In court yesterday morning
that he had nothing to do with the green
| goods that Delarch had, and was only
showing him how to get to Jersey City.
He was remanded until tomorrow. De-
larch, who looks greener than greenback,
and is % years old. told his story to an in
| terested audience
II run my dads farm down in Putnam
county in GeorgY." he said. land TO- nigh
on year l bin gettin printed notes f'om
some felah up hyah whut wants to sell me
| money. Greenbacks is sca'ce down in
Georgy. 80 l reckoned I'd come up hyah m
get some cheap. The fellah's name whut
wrote the lettahs Is w. d. Fox, m he put
queah things about wha'r to address his let
tabs at forgut whut he said about It.
| When L came up hyah fellah With black
hair met me in Philadelphia m come on
hyah with me. He took me to some
place, l don't know where, an another
fellah, who said he was Fox, knowed
me the minute l come in. Want that
queeah! He counted out some bills-over
S3,000-an' put 'em on the table TO- me, an
l gave him $500. ahsked him how ed he
afford to give me such likely stack of
money. an he said that was paht of the BUSH
ness, an he couldn't explain. Then put
the stuff in my sachel, and when left the
building come out at the big postoffice.
This fellow Mackey met me at there n
ahsked him to show me the way at the Jer-
sey ferry, an he took me there. Then the
policeman arrested we-uns and showed me
that my money was only green paper.
wanted to go back an hex that fellah, but
| didn't know the way.n
How did you think you could get SO
much good money for so little?" asked JUS
tice McMahon.
II reckon twas cause I amt got good
sense" replied the southerner, mournfully.
1.-THE policeman said l was dahn jay, an
| l reckon he was right"
When Delarch was searched at the station
house two big revolvers loaded in every
chamber, and bowie knife were found
upon him. He said he was carrying the
| weapons to protect his money on the way
| home TO CeOrQV