Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-08
ARREST THE AGENTS.
zlMMe RMAN ANo MARION TAKEN IN
CUSTODY NEAR LEXINGTON.
Their Drafts, Believed to Bs worthless,
Ussd There snd In Lynchbarg.
The Richmond Cases

The two men giving their names as A. j.
Zimmerman and A. 4. Marion. who on
Friday passed drafts that are believed TO
be worthless on A. X. 4 c. +. Schsap and
the State and the Times newspapers. have
been arrested in Lexington. Va, for play
ing q similsr game In that place. The
DIsPArcH's special from Lexington gives
the following details of their operations
there:
"A. J. Zimmerman and A. Z. Marion
were arrested here this afternoon and
lodged IN jail for passing worthless checks.
Zimmerman represented that he was ad-
vertislne agent for tho National Adyer-
tising Agency of Washington, ID. O., and
that he was placing advertisements for the
Pope Manufacturing Company, of Boston.
Mass. He succeeded in ylctimlZlng seve-
raj parties here by his plausible and easy
manner. and IN each instance received an
amount in money above the bill for the
advertisement, paving for the advertise-
ment in advance with q check aud repre-
senting that he had Just received remit
tance from his agency 10 cover expenses.
MISSED THE TRAIN.
The men were to have lett on the
north bound train for Staunton this
morning. but missed the train. Then they
hired a conveyance to take them TO Green
vile, rendering in payment S25 New
York draft on the National Sate-Deposlt,
Savings and Trust Company OF Washing
ton, ID. c., payable TO A. J. Zimmerman,
and bearing the signature OF u. HI. Han
son. treasurer. They received an equiva-
lent of Sl5 for the draft, and desired tho
remaining so 10 he placed to their credit.
as they would. they SAID. return and hire
for the balance vehicle to take them 70
the Natural Bridge.
PURSUED AND CAPTURED.
Afterwards they were pursued by the
liveryman and a policeman. who overlook
them at Midway, and were brought back
10 stand trial before the Mayor. While
the examination was in progress dispatch
was received from the Chief Of Police OF
Richmond asking the arrest and holding
of the parties to answer the same charges
in that city.
"The prisoners represented 10 the news
papers here that they had just come from
Richmond and Lynchburg, where thev
had placed advertisements IN the dallles OF
those cities.n
THE TRANSACTION WITH THE TIMEs.
Yesterday morning the DT,r,rcH made
the exclusive announcement that these
alleged advertising agents had victlmized
the Richmond parties named. Zlmmer-
mans transaction vii the Times was OF
the same character as that with the STATE,
which was fully described in the DisPATcH.
Major Poe was of the opinion that thinner
man received from the Times III money
the difference between the prlce
OF tho advertisement aud the
draft gwen. but the business manager of
that paper stated yesterday that such was
not the case as the difference was simply
placed TO Zimmerman's credit. Upon be-
coming suspicious the Times people tele-
graphed to their Washington correspond
ent regarding tho draft The reply re-
ceived was in effect that the draft was not
good and that inquiries had been made
about the men from both Lynchburg and
lexington.
HELD FOR TRIAL IN LEXINGTON.
Major Poe sent by wire descriptions of
the men TO several points, including the
two places last named. and yesterday after
noon received a telegram from the Mayor
of Lexington saying that two parties tally
ing with the description had been ar
rested there. The Chief then arranged
to send Sergeant Alexander TomllusOn
10 Lexington for the alleged agents
and so advised the Lexington Mayor. Late
last evening. however. the latter telc-
graphed Major Poe that Zimmerman and
Marion would be held there for trial, and
the idea of sending tor them was rcin-
pushed for the present.
The enterDrIslng agents had their adver-
tising contracts printed within few steps
of the scene Of one Of their exploits here.