The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-14
YEsrRRpAY's STATEMENT.

On the Goth day of December, 1902, I
formed the acquaintance OF q man by
name Of Samuel Ashman in saloon in
Cleveland, Ohio, where We had several
drinks aud supper AT abouts p. m.
we went to house OF prostitution and
stayed there till about IL p. m. We
went out and Aahman showed mo
private house where l hadGbed that
night On the following morning about
or 10 o'clock, Ashman called OH me
and We went out and had breakfast
together. Here at this place arrived
another man whom he introduced to
me as his friend Alfred, and he took
breakfast with us. After breakfast we
went to this mans room and smoked
awhile, aud they proposed q game OF
cards. 1 told them i did not know how
to play The friend Of Asman's, Alfred,
sent out for a quart OF whisky. We had
several drinks and in the course OF time
Ashman asked me II ] would like to
make pile Of money. told himI did.
He told me he could let me have green
backs equal TO good ones at Sl00 for $40,
and / agreed to take them IL
they were good. We closed the
bargain at this rate, then Ashman's
friend Alfred told me in confidential
way they had been in the broker BUSH
ness but had made bad specnlations,
and their creditors were going to close
them up, but they had retained q certi-
ficate Of deposit and check, the whole
amount was q little over $1,000 which
they would let me have at the same
rate. He showed me these and said he
would make them over to me in my
name. 1 took them and paid him 500
on account; and he wrote my name on
them and gave me two blank checks
with them. The greenbacks were to be
paid for next day, and in order to be
satisfied that the money was good he
let mo have q S. bill and went in a
drug store and bought 80 cents worth
Of cigars with 1t. Tho money seemed
to be all right, and concluded that
everything else was. The following
day We met at depot by appointment.
Alfred aud a woman by tho name OF
Minnie bought tickets TO Cincinnati.
Ashman and went to Columbus, o.
WILLIAM LONG!
Jdnitdry ~, 1873.
This statement OF course knocked out
the theory that Long had any witnesses to
bring in, and he was held to appear at
the next circuit court in $500 bond. As
he was unable to furnish bond he stays
in jail. ? Ei i.aia6 3''.
From the statement he made yester.
day II would appear that Long has been
made O dape by Ashmah and the other
man and his woman confederate.
When asked why he had told the
story about being a resident, OF Belmont,
Long said no was ready to tell most any
thing 10 get out Of the scrape he had
become involved In, and ho had hit onto
that story as he had worked for man
named Wright as q harvest hand near
Belmont last fall.
Long II seems Is native OF Bremen,
Germany, and has boon In this country
ton years, but has no settled homo.
He had evidently saved considerable
money and gone 10 Cleveland TO have
good time" Hereho fell In with tho
Ashman crowd, and as he tells in his
statement was having a pretty good
time From Cleveland Long and Ash.
man went 70 Columbus and steubon.
ylllo, aud later came here. Long says
Ashman was hero on tho day h0 was
arrested, last Saturday, aad had told
him how TO work the check scheme.
Long 10 either very dull, or first rate
ecoupdtol.