The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-27
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He Punches the Head of a Lawyer
for Telling the Truth About Him.
w. H. Condor. Chicago lawyer visiting
the east. and J. c. Kray Of No. 4 Great
Marlborough street, Piocadilly, London,
while coming from Newport last week had
a fight which the Chicago lawyer was
severely punched. The cause of Che diff
Guilty was the rivalry ia che attentions Of
the parties TO Mis- Jessie Wehb, the only
daughter Of the venerable ship-builder and
millionaire, Eckford Webb. Il will be re-
membered that Mr.. Webb and his daughter
were here last winter. The ''distinguished
Englishman," kray, like many other for
eigners who are received In society north
aud south aud given preference over re-
spectacle home people, turns out 60 be a
well-known English crook who is under the
surveillance of the New York police. The
New York Herald says:
J. G. Kray, the fashionable art dealer,
with a show room in Fifth avenue and
headquarters in London, is "Joe'' Gray,
alias ''Joe" Bond, alias Paper Collar Joe, :"
one of the most skillful confidence men who
ever operated in this country.
But for the last three years Paper Collar
Joe" has not been engaged in any crooked
work, 81 far as the police know. He is, as
he says, dealer in pictures by special per
mission, it may be added, Of Supt. Byrnes,
who three years ago told him he might stay
In New York if he would stick to pictures
and let pocket books alone.
Joe" was in Newport to sell pictures
when he met Miss Webb at the Ocean house.
and won Lawyer Condon's enmity by en-
gaglng her time and attention.
Condor sought revenge by writing To-
page letter to Miss Webb's father, in which
Joe" was denounced as a fortune hunter.
Then followed the meeting between the
two men on the Puritan, the fight, and the
$4,000 damage suit begun in the United
States circuit court by Condor.
kray. with his aliases, has led life Of
adventure. His right name is believed to
be Krokosky, and his natal spot Niagara
Falls, where members Of his family at pres
ent run "bazar" for the sale Of Indian
trinkets.
Little is known Of "Joe's" early life. He
was first heard Of as a high-class confidence
operator ten years ago. De went through
the country ike scourge, leaving a trail
Of victims in almost every state in the
union. His conflicts with authority we're
surprisingly few, considering his industry
in various lines Of work.
Detectives who have followed "Joe'sn ca
reer say that for that order OF ability
known as "sleekness' he has few equals.
Well dressed, well behaved, and with I'M
limited assurance, Paper Collar jos" was
an artist as "a ICON" man.
After becoming known throughout the
country and wearing out the patience OF
the New York police, 'Joo' tooE 10 the
high seas and became regular passenger
on tue big ocean liners, fleeing his victims
AZ cards or with bogus commercial paper
Among his victims are many men well
known ~ New York, who have never
prosecuted him through fear Of publicity.
"JOep re4ped q har yeBs iu London. and
when tho chase became TOO hot DO made a
hastY escape from bis bOtel, leaving bic
Hardrobe bfhind. HaysrlYs minstrels
were playing in England ~ the time and
the versatile 'Joe,' bard dressed by the
police l3iuei the troupe aud made hls way
Out ~ tas country ~ an end man.
buperinteplent " Police byrnea I'd