The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-17
$500 FOR A FEW OLD BRICKS.
Mr. Fletcher, of South Carolina, Made
This Bad Bargain.

+ rom Jue New OFk sun.
Inspector Mclaughlin and Detective
Sergeants Crowley and McCluskey made
a rich green-gOods haul yesterday morn
ing. They arrested a man and woman,
who gave their names as Charles Walters
40 years old, and Nellie Walters 3S years
old, both of 334 East Forty-frst street
The prisoners say they are husband and
wife. The woman is tall and good look
ing. They were arraigned yesterday af-
ternOon before Justice Grady in the Jeffer-
son Market police court headquarters,
where the story incident to their arrest
was told.
They are accused of swindling F. H.
Fletcher of Piedmont, S. c., out of $500
by the green goods game 1t is probable
that many more complaints will come in
within the next few days. The prisoners
work a comparatively new variety of the
game. On June 20 Mr.. Fletcher, who IS a
prosperous farmer, got a typewriter
letter explaining how to get bad money
for good. The ink used in the letter was
blue, and a small piece Of blue
ribbon was pasted in the lower
left-hand corner Of the paper. The
letter told Fletcher to go to the Hotel
Cambridge, at Chester, Pa, where a
man would meet him and give him a piece
of blue ribbon. He was to follow that
man. The letter warned him against an
alleged green goods gang in Hoboken,
and told him to answer no letters that
were not written in blue ink and to which
the blue ribbon was not attached. 1t was
signed: &c. e. Perkins, 692 Third ave
nue."
Fletcher went to Chester, and on June
a met Walters there. He came to New
York with him, stopped at the Ashland
House, and later went to his house a
vaise was shown him that was seemingly
filled with bills, and a bundle of 81 bills
was handed to him to examine. Then he
paid Walters $500 for the valise.
According to Fletcher's story, Mrs.
Walters at this point entered the room
with valise, the counterpart Of the one
Fletcher had bought. She said she was
going away in a few minutes, and put the
Yalise down on the table beside the other
She left the room for a minute, but re
turned as if in great hurry, grabbed one
of the valises and left. saving that She
must catch a train. Fletcher went out
soon after with another valiSe. He found
when he opened 1t that 1t was full of
| bricks He reported the matter to In
spector Mclaughlin, and yesterday morn
ing Crowley and McCluskey arrested the
couple.
The police found letters in the posses
sion of the prisoners duplicating them in
other cases. Papers found show that
Walters also operated under the names of
OnHTleS NiilltI. bDD 1 llItl ii VENUE OldIItS
Clements. 156 West Thirty-sXth street,
and J. McCarty. One of the letters, writ
ter on paper bearing the name of Dunn u
Dwyer, l67 East Madison street, Chicago,
read as follows:
Charles Clements, 1873 West Thirty-sixth
Street New York City:
Dear Friend Charley: l have not been in
very good luck since l left home. l am get
ting little sure money every day while here,
but am only waiting for bank roll again to
go out in the country. DO all you can to help
Nellie and Will reward you when l come
home if I get any money which hope to set
0' WyR. HENDERSON
Another letter read:
Charles Walters, 334 East Forty-frst Street
City:
Charley: You only used me for your own
convenience. You were dumb about sending
| c Q. DIS. / know myself that you got tel
egrams all along ana guys also L found that
out very easy. Please don't fool with the
cards if you get connected with any one else.
You are young in the business, but you have
got a bad adviser. To show you that you
have been playing me for 1901. knew you
were beating guys all along. Even Mrs. NJ.
told nay wife to day that you beat four guys
since you beat the man went to Easto1 for.
Now. if a man would ito wrong to you you
would not like it, would YOU MIR. MUD.
A third letter said, in part, after men
tiOning another case:
Charles Walters 1874 East Forty-tirst street,
CITY.
CHARLEY: It is very funny you should come
to me and ask me TO beat that guy if you
thought l was trying to beat you, as you said
| was out of the guy from = c.
I tell you the trouble, you took dying
mans choice You and Mrs. Mud says to
Yourself this is a dangerous guy. We viii
let Mack beat him, ana if he was any good
YOU would not bring him to me. You had beat
that man very near two weeks. l was enti-
tied to some consideration out of that man.
Your wife told mine that l had three private
addresses. AS long as she is with you. you
will get damn little money. She is out for
the money, and she will come near getting
all you have got.
MIR. MUD.
The police will take the prisoners be-
fore Justice Grady this afternoon, when
they will probably De held to await the
arrival of Mr.. Fletcher or other COM
plainantS.