The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-05-02
is IT A SWINDLE?
Some Prominent Barnwtll County Men
Have Narrow Escape

Some Prominent Barnwtll County Men
Have a Narrow Escape
AUGUSTA, GA, April pa case
that resembles the gold brick fake per-
petrated on several prominent citizens
Of Barnwell county, s. c., has been de-
yeloped and one of the men in the
game who got the money was arrested
in Augusta at midnight last night by
Detectives Howard and Murray. Late
Yesterday evening the police received a
telegram from Allendale, S. G, order
ing the arrest of B. G. Dillman, a
stranger, who was said to be stopping
at the restaurant opposite the Union
Depot. Closely following the telegram
| Mr.. George p. Allen, cashier Of the Al
ieDdale Bank, of Allendale, arrived in
the city on the Port Royal and Angus
IA train. He Immediately went to the
police barracks where he was delight
ed to find the man there in custody he
was after. Mr.. Allen said he and a
party OF his friends had been tieeced
out of S1.40O by Dillman and his part
ner, +. w. Fischer, who had been ar
rested in Allendale, and he charged
them with cheating aud swindiing.
MIR. Allen said Dillman and Fischer
who claim to be from Kansas City,
went to Barnwell few days ago with
a gas generator (Which Lieut.. Cartlege
called money taker) for stove cook
ing, and they were offering to sell the
State rights, claiming the generator to
be their patent. They exhibited papers
in substantiation of their claim. The
generator was so simple IN make and
such a valuable Improvement that Mr..
J. 0. Patterson became interested IN
Inc machine and entered in negotla.
tions for the purchase of the rights,
He put up a $500 bonus to make the
deal good after agreeing upon trade
and on Monday went over to Allendale
to get some of his friends interested
with him in the scheme. Dillman and
Fischer went to Allendale with Mr..
Patterson, who induced Mr.. George
BRYAN, Mr. Allen and several others to
90 in with him to buy the rights, he
thinking it was great money making
machine.
Monday the trade was finally closed
and the gentlemen paid Dillman and
Fischer 81, 400 in cash for the State
rights. Dlllmen left at once and came
to Augusta. Fischer remained in AL
lerdale to sign up the papers. Mr.,
Patterson returned to his home in
Barnwell and upon his arrival there
found out that the same rights that
had been sold to him and his friends
had been sold to Col. Mike Brown of
RarnWell Mr.. Patterson at once tele-
graphed his discovery to Mr.. Allen IN
Allendale, telling him he had seen the
deed given to Col. Brown. Mr.. Allen
received Mr.. Patterson'5 telegram just
as the train was about to leave on
which Fischer was escaping.
Fischer was arrested and OF his per.
on was found $500 in cash and $500
draft on the New York National Park
Bank. Through Fischer it was found
cut that his pal, DillmaD, was IN Au-
gusta and Mr.. Aliens telegram was re-
ceiYed Just in time to arrost him be-
fore his departure for Chicago on the
Georgia train. At the barracks Dill
man vas searched and he had $68865
in money. Eighty dollars of 1t was In
$50 gold pieces, S575 was in five, ten
and twenty dollar bills and the other
$3.50 was in silver coins. He had a
magnificent cluster diamond pin which
be wore in his shirt. In his pocket he
carried An exquisite solid gold watch
with a Knights of Pythias charm at
tached to his chain.
Dillman is tall, stout fellow, well
dressed and smooth talker. He said
if Fischer has sold Col. Brown the pat
ent rights then be is in the soup" but
he claims his part of the transaction
was straight. Dillman volunteers to
90 back to Allendale without requisi-
tion and Will return there this morning
with Detective Howard and Mr.. Allen.
Mr.. Allen js delighted that 81, ,288 50 of
his and his friends 81, 400 has been re.
covered by the finding Of $500 on
Fischer and 1858 IS on Dlllman.
The machine the men had, Mr.. Allen
says. is all right and good thing, but
he thinks now that the strangers have
no patent right upon it. Lieut.. Cart
lege thinks the men are sW1ndlers who
have worked a skin game on the AL
lendale crowd. 1t is not known Tor
what Dillmsn and Fischer caught Col.
Brown, but it is hardly possible that he
b ,s escaped without loss, for he has
the deed.to the patent right which he
holds. This is the second time in the
last few years that the people of Barn
We'll have been caught by such tricks
as this. The last time the gold brick
game was worked upon them, and then
like uow, the Augusta police caught
the sWindlers for rthem.-Chrolicle.
A Woman Crazed.
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