The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-05-30
TOOK THE BAIT!
GREEN GOODS MEN ROBBED BY TWO
JAYS FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
At Least. johnson Is Certain That the
Roll His Partner Carried OF was
Made Up of Good Money.

Roll His Partner Carried OFF Was
Made Up of Good Money.
Yesterdays New York Sun says: AS
the police suspected. a transaction in
green goods was at the bottom of the
lively fist fight at Seventh avenue and
117th street. Three men had chased a
fourth to that point n two took turns
in kicking or striking him, according as
the charge Of battle made either mode
the handler, while the third awaited his
opportunity and dealt the unfortunate
two blows on the head with the butt Of
a revolver. The man fell just as mounted
Policeman Anderson gallOpped up to see
why 200 curious people were blocking the
t~horOughfare.
Selecting one Of the fugitives, Andersen
pursued him up to Mount Morris park.
\ fOrty-four calibre revolver was found
in the bushes near the scene Of the cap
ture. The prisoner said he was Charles
Morrison. Andersen went back and
picked up the wounded man, who de-
scribcd himself as Charles Johnson, of
Randolph county, W. Va. He declared
that Morrison was not the man who in
fictcd the injuries. His wounds were
dressed by Surgeon Covert, and he was
locked up with Morrison, but the next
morning he would make no complaint in
the police court and both were discharged.
Freedom did more than Imprisonment
to loosen Mr.. Johnson's tongue. He had
occasion to see DR.. Covert again and be-
came communicative. He said he was a
teamster at Elkins, w. Va.
"a whole lot of our people down there"
he said, got notes and circulars from
your green goods folks, and some of them
came to New York and lost their money.
We learned all about the good none
they saw and the green paperthey brought
back, and we had a pretty good idea that
we could catch some Of the bait. A friend
Of mine, who has got lots of sand, an
swered some of the circulars and made
an appointment. A man met us at the
depot up here across the river and took
us to some place three or four blocks east
of where | got beaten. He led us into a
little back room, where two men were
seated bundling up money and packing it
at was as good money as want to see,
and we figured to take a thousand or so
as soon as it was offered to US. My part
ner pretended to be very suspicious, and
they lie i'm examine a bundle of 81 bank
notes, but he wanted to see some of the
tives and tens, and would not close any
bundle Of so notes was handed him,
when b. mOtiOned to me, and we jumped
for the noOr.
"The fellows dropped everything and
started after US, and we knew then that
we had struck good money. AS we
reached he street | made a motion as if
to take the money from my partner, and
he dashed down the street while | turned
up and started across town at the next
corner. The fellows thought | had the
money, just as l wanted them to, and
they chased me. Thought ! could outrun
them, but The crowd got in my way.
They pounded me some, but l did the
best | could until the big fellow ham
mered my head with the revolver. | amt
much the worse for that, and | guess my
partner got away with the money. l
have not heard from him. | don't know
how much there was in the bundle, but
it was a pretty neat roll to get for moth
ing"
Johnson would not tell the name of
his partner, whom he describes as a de-
termined fellow who would not give up
the money without a struggle. Johnson
has gone back to Elkins.