The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13
THE CAREER OF A swINDLBR.
A BAPTIST PREACHER AND A
RANK IMPOSTER.

A BAPTIST PREACHER AND A
RANK IMPOSrER
His Fraudulent Exploists on Two Con.
tinents are Brought to Light-He
Was Widely Known i'm South Caro-.
Hna During Radical Times.
MEMPHIS, TENN. Dec. 5.-No more
remarkable case has come up i'm recent
years to puzzle the detectives of two
continents than that of Rev. G.. f. b.
Howard, alias a half dozen other
names, whose trial at jackson, Tenn.
| last week resulted in u hung jury. and
who, on December i. will enter upon a
second trial wherein he will be
charged with multiplicity Of gigantic
frauds.
OHoward is known in this country as Il
straggllng Baptist minister, president
OF denomlnational college, editor of q
religious paper and railroad president
1T is sought in the trial of his case to
show that while nominally following
the peaceful avocations stated he really
was engaged in systematic and alah-
crate scheme of villany requiring the
arts of a practical schemer and the
adaptability of a polished man OF the
world. The operations with which he
Is charged have been carried into
thousands of homes in America, while
III i'hS iaHt lcuulUS statesmen ana
diplomats have been used unwittnoly
to themselves but with great effect by
the shrcwd manipulator: and during
| the lruitless trial just ended witnesses
whose names are familiar in public af-
| fairs in both countries have appeared
| to testify.
THE ENGLISH ESTATE FRAUD.
Several years ago there began to APP
| pear in all parts of this country posters
having the Typographical appearance
| OF English prints, which were display
| Cd in conspicuous places, generally in
| the post-otiiceS in rural localities, and
which bore II long list of surnames
| which were represented to be the
| names OF families to whose scons in
America belonged estates of more or
| less value which were unclaimed in
| England. The posters advised the con-
nections of such families to write to
William Lord Moore. 5 Ingcrsol
| Road, Shepherds Bush, London. Eng"
on the chance that they might be the
| heirs to such estates.
| These posters wCrc mailed from New
York to postmasters in all parts of
| America. The postmasters wore told
| that II they hung up the notice in
their office they would receive 81 900 in
cash in case any of these heirs came
into an estate through seeing it. This
offer was signed Felix Howard. Is
| University street, London" Appli-
cants were requested to address the
| latter. incioSing % cents io, reply, and
they were told ''wc charge nothing for
reply"
| Thousands Of answers were sent from
ali parts Of America. These cores
pondents did not hear again from
Felix Howard" but from "A. Good
fellow, triars' street, Blackfriar's
street. S. II. London"
SAMPLE LETTER.
A sample of his communications
reads thus:
Dear Sir: [ accidentally learned
while in ono of the~GtticcS Of the Cham
Gerry Court last week that somo lawyers
or law agency in the United States
! had begun to investigate the D. in
| heritancc in your behalf and suddenly
dropped tkc matter. Tho property
has mover been claimed and is worth q
very large amount. | remember that
| years ago the next kin was advertised
| for TO receive the heritage. but moth
ing came OF it, the heirs being, it
was supposed. in the interior of
North America and thoir address
unknown. | have forgotten what law
firm represented the property but ad-
vcrtisomcnts OF this kind arc kept on
| whom nnnIicntions ,nn.t bo Nd
Conirs Of snrh advc,.tisnmonts ann 10
Obtained on nnvinu thn nlGnioI fons ora
| will Obtain thn ono rnlntinr ~ M
! D. nroncrtv and mail il to vo,, fo,.
I S6 to cnvrr MI nvnrnsns VoT oon raIr-
| istcr Tho money IN. + viii .nnI thn oS
yrr,iscmrnt, hv cvnrn.a G. q y wbi"h-
ever Won nrrfrr If Won wont Il son+
bv oxnress lct mo know vnn,. noornst
Express Office Tn writiS~ niansn do
not forget that tho nnsta%e frnn, tho
United Stntc, to this conmt,v ;s = nonts
[ believe Won can onin vonr inhnri.
tancc. and if 7 wnrn in that l;no of
business | would undertake. it for Won
but | am sorry that am not
Yoms truIv
a. GOODIrIIOw Attornov
y. ST write to Won hccansn thin,x
that if Won orn entitled to tIis nronnrtv
Won ouGl,t to have vour rip,ts y
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HOW THE SCREW WAS rI1PNEn
The ancestors Of a vcrv LARGO no,.
cent of the people in this country came
from the old country" and i the hope
of acquiring Il large fortune were not
sufficient to attract the coin from many
such. the anticipation that they would
be found to be connected with the
landed gentry Of Great Britain was an
additional inducemcnt for them to yield