The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29
AN EXTENSIVE SWINDLE.
Tyson Said TO Have Had $4,000
In Goods at a RiXVillO Store.

/ Went Under the Name of W. E. Hutch
inson, William N. Riner, and Other
! Aliases-Charged That He Used the
! Mails to Garry on Fraudulent De-
signs-People Near Rixville Say Ty-
/ son Is Used to Being Arrested-Large
Number of Savannah Firms That
Have Been Caught in the Swindle.
I The preliminary examination Of D. A,
| Tyson. charged with using the mails for
| fraudulent purposes, which was to have
/ taken place yesterday morning before
/ United States Commissioner NJ. A. Con-
! molly, las been deferred and win proba-
| bly, Uolue up next Tuesday morning.
! The case, however, according to the
| officers who have worked it up, is a most
| extraordinary one. 1t appears that there
has been a conspiracy going on sometime
in Emanuel county around Rixville for
the purpose Of defrauding merchants and
wholesale houses out of goods which were
ordered and never paid for or rather
sometime small sums would be paid on
account at times in order to throw off sus-
picion until the swindler had accom-
plished his purpose.
HAD $4,000 WORTH OF GOODS.
1t is charged by those who have worked
up the case that Tyson was the head and
front of this movement, and if what they
say can be substantiated the extent of his
dealings is something marvellous. They
say that he has a stock in a store at Rix-
vile amounting to about 10000 nearly
all of which has been obtained through a
fraudulent use of the mails, and very lit
tie of which has been paid for. The bust
ness has been carried on, it is said, since
1885, but for some reason or other the mer-
chants who have lost goods have never
made any complaint, perhaps because
they thought the only case they would
have would be one of bad debt, which
might perchanCe in the course of events
be paid
The business was done some time ago
at Perry's Mills, in Tattnall county, Geor-
gia. Several letter heads with D. A. Ty-
sons name on them and with the Perry's
Mills date line, are in the possession of
Postof1ce Inspector j. w Bulla, who
worked up the case. The business has
been done under the names of ID. A Ty-
son, W. f. Hutchinson, w E. Hutchin-
son & Co, William n. Riner and others.
Letterheads and billheads, engrav ed with
these firms, none of which, it is said, are
in existence, are in the possession of the
inspector.
HOW THE MAILS WERE USED.
One of these engraved bill heads or
letter heads presents the appearance of
coming from very well-to-do firm, and
any merchant might at first glance, honor
an order written on one of the letter
heads without question. 1t was through
these letter heads that Tyson was de-
teCted. He is arrested under an affidavit
sworn 10 by II. II. Cohen, from whom he
ordered a buggy and set of harness
which have not been paid for.
The violation of Uncle Sans laws
arises out of the fact that the mails have
been used for the purpose of transmitting
these fraudulent orders. Tyson endeav-
ored yesterday to give bond, and il is un-
| derstood that the man he expected to go
| his surety is the very man who has the
buggy that was shipped by Mr.. Cohen,
he having taken it, as he states, for a
debt that Tyson owed him.
SAVANNAH FIRMS CAUGHT.
Commissioner Connolly fixed the
amount of Tyson's bond at 80 500, but up
to last night it had not been given, and
Tyson was committed to Jail. When asked
who were the victims of this swindle, one
of the officers said you can pick out al
most any wholesale house on the Bay and
will hit it right. Among the merchants
who have been victims, and whose names
| the officers of the court have
are the Savannah Furniture Company,
Lindsay & Morgan, Emil A. Schwarz,
| Thomas West & Co., Haynes s. Elton
! Lowell * baltimore, A. Letter & Son,
! Moore Bros Il Co., w. ID. Simkins, Sa-
vannah Grocery Company, James Barron
| & Co. of New York, Phoenix Rattan
| Company of Concord, Mass, Bolin Il
| Berne of New York, Foley & Williams
] Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati
| O., National Cash Register Company,
! Union Bottling Company of New York,
! Marietta Chair Company, Conrad's Chair
| and Furniture Manufacturing Company
/ of St Louis and others
! The game was tried on S. Quicken
! heimer x Sons, Ludden ~ Bates and G.
| +. Stults u Co. a short time ago, but
| they consulted r. G. Dun Il Co., and
| Bradstreet's commercial agencies, after
| which they very wisely refused to ship
the goods ordered.
WAS HE IN BLIND TIGER2
The people around Rixville told the Of
! ticers that Tyson had been in Jail so often
! that he had become accustomed to it. One
! OF the officers says he has been under in
| dictment on a charge of passing counter
/ felt money. When Inspector Bulla went
| to arrest Tyson he went into what he
thought was the postoffce at Rixville. but
soon found that he was in a very different
/ place. Emanuel county is dry county,
| but this place looked very much like
blind tiger Another of the stories about
! Tyson is that he was once fined 81 600 for
running a blind tiger, which fine was
| paid. The case, from all accounts, is
decidedly interesting one, and it may be
that some additional particulars will be
| brought out on the preliminary examina-
tion next Tuesday.
STIRRING UP DISTRACTIONS.
Harbor DredRes Pulling Up Old Stuff