The evening world., 1894-02-09
CAME TO BUY GREEN GOODS.
Two Tennesseeans Intercepted at
the Pennsylvania Depot.
Held Over Night and Put Aboard
an Early Train for Home.

Detectives Morris and Dalton. who are
detailed to look out for suspicious char
acters abou the railroad depots in Jersey
city. noticed two men last evening who
had Just come In on a train over The
Pennsylvania road. and were wandering
about the depot in an ainless fashion,
evidently expecting to meet some one.
They wore slouch hats and carried huge
valises. They were Enthusiastically coun-
trymen from the So,th. and the de-
tect YES scented the usual green-goods
game. They accosted the two strangers
and gradually drew them into conversa-
ton.
With a Southern drawi. one OF the
strangers said that he and his com
panion had come from Tennessee to buy
green goods. They gave their names as
william Lewis. OF Fieldchester. White
County. Tenn. and W. X. Vaughn. OF
Smithville, DE Kalb County, Tenn.
Lewis appeared to be the leader. He
showed the detectives green goods, cir
culars and kilograms. According to these
documents. II was arranged for Lewis
and Vaughn to go to TaylOr's Hotel. In
Jersey city, and register there as Law
rence. They were to meet the green
goods men there and the password was
to be "Tennessee."
They told the detectives they had re-
ccived a sample OF the green goods from
the parties with whom they had been
CORE spending and had shown this sam
pie to the cashier OF the Asparta Bank,
OF Tennessee. lie had declared II to be
good money. They then concluded they
had found u snap, and came up North
TO secure 1t.
They thought that n the green goods
stun was good enough to deceive the
cashier OF their bank II was good enough
for them, and with visions 'of wealth
In their eyes they had taken the first
train to New York. bringing with them
all the ready cash they could scrape to-
Yethcr.
The two detectives accompanied Lewis
and Vaughn To Taylor's Hotel. and ha
them register, as directed by the green
goods men. A telegram was handed to
MIR. Lawrence Ii said:
Hurry over to New York as soon AZ possible.
Take tho Cortlsndt street ferry and meet me ut
Third avenue and foriy'seconi street
III Eas, one Hundred and sixth street.
Lewis showed the telegram to the de-
tectives, and the latter decided not to
allow the two Southerners to 20 to
New York. They therefore took the two
men into custody and piloted them to
Police Headquarters. There they were
searched.
Their atchels contained 5000 in good
money, which they Intended to exchange
for 5000 worth of green goods stun.
Each man wore IA brace OF revolvera
and also carried knivss In a belt around
their waist Their revolvers were loaded
and ready for business.
The Southerners were very much dis
gusted when they We're arrested. They
were much relieved. however, when In
formed that the arrest had probably
saved them the loss OF their money.
gone hard with the green-Boods men II
they attempted to swindle them.
L. wis had the $500. Vaughn said that
he had simply come North as a com
panion OF Lewis. Lewis, he said. had
promised him 81 Il day and all his trav-
ellinc expenses. and he thought II would
be a good opportunity to see the North,
The two Southerners were detained
over night. This morning they were ar
gave theil Il good lecture and then dis
charged them with a warning.
The Superintendent sent Lewis and
Vaughn to the Pennsylvania depot in
charge OF two detectives. with strict
orders to put them aboard the first
train going South, and not to leave them
or allow any one to approach them.
This order was carried out. and Lewis
and Vaughn started South again.
were on hard to meet Lewis and Vaughn
wh"h they came In last night. but seeing
the detectives around were scared of
and wen TO New York.