Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-21
ANOTHER y1cr1M.-Abous 500 ons of


ANOTHER YIcrIM.-About 500 on OF
pocke. ard a. least one Thousand mica ifom
hone, ana that, toe, on saarp, colo nofL
log, was tle plight of W. NJ. U. WI t'nesu,
o; Alabama, when ne found hiraselft DC
de9ot Of tle Virginia Midland Esli"Ey
after train had ie him here: 40 P.o'
perry uuteIstend tbs cause CT MI. NV,
heads discontinue II is neces:ary u 5eo ~"
few wesks' OF his past history. 80
natiye of Alsbame, noG, like INC Luz
-,o-,ior - ri. ,ciqbbors sud ass0gli ~. niS
a p, eIn,s cad hppas bsc seVer oeec
''ni"ad ~ e~nand 5eyond the clteumscr!esd
s,".'; ~ ,zbich \ lie had plsce1 Nun until
90 - or two sge, 2heu he receives oif-
80 frooa pYaQjo@siy uDkD97D coEiespouG-
eu at. =, Neqg YORK w7o guaras I'D for the
rances, e2ro OF SEQ to iuraisa HIN 9Th
s11 Coz CT Nb bat these parties termed tla
.,onger." bas Yhica they Claimed. could not
Ia I'D ftom notes bearing tee Imprint OF
tbe Treasury offisia!5; in fact, they said,
Their money wee printed ffom Secretary
Fntt's discarded plates. &c. Mr.. White.
mead WAS thrown into fsverie which scon
aroused g dormant relish ios MemmoE which
he neve. knew be possessed, anu After
passing esversl s;esplees nights and
being as much exercised In mind as
the bog who bugs Lis fire. lottery
Ticket, WITH Fcyiure's BANGLES dancing In
every director, be concluded t, pool WIS
be had auG proceed to New York 5imssif,
gao zig unknown correspondents, watch the
process Ct couoling and making the money
up In pacS8gas, tske Ii from the dealers
owo hands. etrscs his step5 homawsrd as
quickly ss poas!5le and once ensconceda 10
hia own Quiet hamlet he would he cafe to
fInespd OF o1urRa
hs had heard OF the saw dust game, she
I lex CT changing ths hoxe7, sstchels, 60,
IN Which tie money had been placed, and
knew the notee exhibited would be genuine,
and had heard OF SD laughed at the ex-
nerience OF others VINO hsd the sleight-oi
nsad eapis played on them BIT he might
prove TOO wary for the sbarpeEs be would
got his hands on tie rood bills and get
ayay with them, too. Full OF sach insgi-
ns,v ssgacity he reached his destination
ves,esdsy end wss not long finding bis cor
respou6ents wbo met him in Newark.
Upon reacting Gotham reg,i ations COM
r,sr:ced Immediately; 10 Tina should De
i1,t.tle Alabsnian desired &c get home ss
scoa as posRiSIe, sud the msnipnators OF
the eams we're eqaa''g enz'on7 to PICK their
aoo.e with ell t1s expedition posaibe.
Eleven thousand dollars Wers G1pDtec IN
t1e presence OF Mr.. Whitehead, carefully
piled Ia eleven pAcksges and aeaieu
While hts distended op Ice ema'ned un-
batteripg'y censered Jpn The whole
procedure, end hen, f my impressed
fat no cheat could % practicei upon hina
under such Circum;t 'ucss, quickly grabbed
tina boz L. t walch he supposed tee money
had eli bssn paced, o7latsd o2t $500 ana
m ade for the Court audi erett f rry iDstsnt-
er. Uoon reaching the casio shores of
Nav JERSEY be found homeTard bound
train and later vas gliding over o HACK
engsck ,ueadows 81 the ra Q Of City miles an
hour. his splrits Inflated with tbs proud sa!-
isfaciion OF knowing that under his arm he
had Ito him) colossal fortune, which would
eugnert bis ttaadlrg in hi5 native
hem'et. We'll, to ed q long story. he
In Qua time reached Washington AID haf
an hour su5Feuuant AiezandrIe, ana few
minutes liter arte6 southw ward. When
the trsin gas opposite tha c9metsry be i'm
apiaed scms o! tbs pals OF these hs vas sure
he had dapsd wefs Cd the t;Ba following
him, SO he jamDed to tie ground AID I'D
the box rear the track. Hethen proceeded
20 the pot where hs made so Aiexand.ian
his confdaut. They proceeded to the spi I
where tde box had been score Ell, to1k 1t 70
TIA depot where it WIS opened and fond
60 coptaln sven packages OF blank paper
with d ,!la7 bil on the top OF each-on'y
tatss aud nothing more.