The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-08-16
WE BELIEVE THE CROWD.

In another column to day we give space
to a long article written by Mr.. EUGENE
HARRELL in defense of his conduct in
over charging and robbing, as the f1eeced
ones callit, those who went to the Worlds
fair on his excursion. THE GLOBE knows
nothing, in fact, about the case. 1t was
not a passenger and it made no inquiries.
But all who went, so far as we can learn,
were disguised with HARRELL's treat
ment. We gave figures Saturday which
show bow plainly HARRELL skinned the
Of the business is that HARRELL goes a
long way around the stump in attempt
ing to explain. He even threatens to
draw receipts to show that he paid rail
road fare. This looks, indeed, as though
he had expected his monkey work would
be shown up, and accordingly he got in a
position to show that he had been robbed
as we'll as others.
Mr.. HARRELL, in his letter to day,
makes himself absolutely ridiculous when
he says that he spent near a year" get.
ting up the excursion. Suppose he did ?
We will admit that what he says is true,
for it only goes further to establish his
incompetency or his rascality-we do not
know which. We know that he "worked''
the newspapers for a large amount of
free advertising. We know that the rate
to Chicago, without sleeper, had been ad
v~ertised by the Richmond and Danville
road at $21 o. when he charged $50. We
will wager a d%oughnut that HARRELL or
any other man could get a lower rate
than ordinary fare if he took a special
train. Why did he charge $50 and agree
to give a weeks board, when to many he
gave but four days and to others gave no
board at all We have information from
gentlemen at Oxford who claim that they |
paid $50 for railroad fare alone, and re-
ceiVed nothing else, though HARRELL
had promised it to them. People from
this city who are very indignant, and we
take it justly so, say that HARRELL never
made arrangements for sleeping cars and
in no way lived up to his agreement. AS
many of them claim that he actually de-
ccived them-lied to them and misrepre.
facts in almost every p%articular-
his newspaper does not propose to be
nealy mouthed. 1t despises a fraud and
t believes, with what evidence it has,
hat HARRELL acted fraudulently in this
We have information from
greensboro which is not at all to MIR.
iARRELL's credit. F..
When a man advises people, especially
great North American traveller who has
'cen abroad, as HARRELL desires to en-
to provide themselves with t
unchcs for a trip of ten days, he very
plainly is trying to work credulous l
A man who would advertise
he was coming with a special train 7
Dad Of pie eaters from North Carolina, /
GRADING his crowd as teachers, n have
hem go to Chicago to view the nations h
I the earth, and have no sleeping car for l
be long journey, and have the crowd l
atIng gutta percha buns which they .
the week before; to have them q
18th bedaubed faces and uncombed hair b
out at a central depot in Chicago
parading as teachers from North n
.arolina-well, he has no state pride. n
The party, however, got their meals at o
ating houses. and did not therefore carry Il
incid butter and ovcr-done Vans with :
lem. 2
HARKELL makes a devilish poor de
nee, and THE GLOBE is glad to see lin ,
We shall present some state h
tents, along with other interesting mat b
II, in a few days. 1t is we'll to expose n
he methods of a man who willfullv i'm. l.
osed upon people who had confidence
him 1t may avoid deception in the :,
iture. !
PLENTY OF TINE.