The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-08
AN1NNocENr LITTLE "AD."
-,s Scheme q Well Dressed Stranger
Tried to Work.

Tried to WORK.
we'll dressed. rather tall and business
,c,s man inserted the following innocent
locking advertisement in the MORNING
News a couple Of days ago;
T-ANTFD, young man for brokers' office.
w Wages 500. Address G. G., with refer
sDces, News ONCE.
Ina aaticIng offer brought rush. Of res
- which were called for by the party
~ had inserted the advertisement. The
vi story In connection with the inducing
offsr came OUT last night.
Among those who answered the adver-
.isament was Mr.. J. L. Willlems, formerly
.-+;tb the auditing department of the Central
.E-oad Mr.. Williams had conference
18th the stranger. who represented him.
VI to be Charles II. Hartley,
s os.istant locating engineer of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, building from
WobiIe to Pensacola, Fla. He offered Mr..
Williams a place as bookkeeper in the COM
nsnvis Office at Pensacola at 500 month i,
I'd gave him a letter OF Recommendation to
D King, chief engineer OF tae Mobile
nd Ohio at Jacksonville. Fla. with in
structions 10 forward II, lncloslng pest
ofice order for 81 % to secure
transportation to Pensacola. Mr..
WiIIi.ms couldn't understand why he
should forward the 81 25. and told Hartley
that he would pay his own transportation.
Tba exclamation was that the 81 25 would
secure reduced rate.
Mr. Williams didn't forward the postal
order. and pretty soon learned that several
other Young men had answered the adver-
tisement and had received similar Of
tors some of them as book keepers, some
az timekeepers and others in various capac-
lies All of them had been given letters Of
racommendation to NJ. d. King at Jackson
villa and had been instructed to forward
cartons amounts with the letter according
TO the salary they were 60 receive.
To some OF the applicants Hartley had
represented himself to be M.
Bishop That at once confirmed
Mr.. Williams suspicious that there
wps A fraud somewhere. He called on Gen.
eral Freight Agent Papy OF the Savannah.
Florida and Western railway and inquired
IL he knew any such man as M. ID. King,
chief engineer OF the Mobile and Ohio at
Jacksonville and if the Mobile and Ohio
was building from Mobile to Pensacola.
Mr.. Papy did not know Mr.. King, nor did
he know that the Mobile and
Ohio was building from Mobile
to Pensacola, but he recognized Hartley es
the man who had applied to him for pass
TO jacksonville, representing himself TO be
q detective in the employ of the Mobile
he had followed to Savannah and whom be
had reason to believe were then
in Jacksonville. MIR. Papy had Issued
the pass An investigation followed and
showed that the detective and Hartley, alias
Bishop, were the same man. Hartley was
sent for and was charged with the fraud,
and surrender of the pass was demanded.
Hartley denied that he was fraud, but said
be would return the pass. which was at his
last seen of him. A watch
was kept on the Florida trains to see that
he did not leave the city. and the conduc-
tors were notified to take up the pass if
presented.
1t is not known how much money, If any.
was sent to NJ D. King at Jacksonville, but
it is pretty generally believed that if any
was sent, Hartley, alias Bishop, intended to
reach jacksonville, and under the name of
King, scoop it in. The matter was put in
the hands of detectives last night, but Hart
ley has not been SEEN.