Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-11
TWO OF THE VICTIMS
TOey Arrive Here and Identity Parker
Is One Of Their SWlndlers.
TELL HOW THEY MERE DUpED
"o'" "r'cks In One Casc and Tin Bars In
A~nothcr-Emery and His Ball
Other Features.

developments In the recent gold-brick
swindle were non the less interesting
yesterday because there were no new
arrest made. Several very important
clues came TO light during the day. and
the police authorities are moro than ever
certain that they have in their clutches
one OF the greatest crooks in America.
and will soon have another. They are
equally sanguine that they have in the
OHIO detective. John T. Norris, n man
who stands in with the gang for the pur-
pose of aiding the sw!ndlcrs to keep out
OF trouble. and to secure such sums of
money az he can from victims. under the
preiext that he is going 70 run the frauds
down and recover the money Of the per
sons whom they have duped.
On the 2 O'Clock train over the Chcsa-
reake and Ohio railroad yesterday there
arrived two g~ray-hairei men. whose ap-
pearanccs Indicated that they were plain,
hard-working. homes, countrymen. one
was Mr.. Joseph shannon. % Homestead.
Pa, and the other was Mr.. Rober; NJ.
's va NuNti4iSf ". Va. IsDtn are
thought TO be victims Of the gang of
Gold-brick swindlers who successfully
Iuped Mr.. a. W. Withers out Of his 5000
here last Friday. Although the gentle
men were bound FOR Richmond upon the
same mission-that Of identifying Parker
and rode within three seats Of each other
upon the train all the way from Gorions-
vile. neither knew the other until the
two met in the office OF Major Poe. They
were not long IN making their business
known TO the Chief OF Police. and were
taken 10 the city jail. where Parker alias
Garden alias Smith Is incarcerated. and
where Norris. the detective. is also rest
ing in default of ban. The visitors were
accompanied - the prison by Sergeant
Detective john I. Hall and Detective
Buck Johnson.
HAD SEEN JOE BEFORE.
The party went first to the call Of
Parker. and Bonar. who first saw the
prisoner. recognized him at once. and
after looking at the man in his cell in
a somewhat surprised way for about
half q minute. the visitor from West
Virginia said:
Well. Joe, I'll declare-what are you
doing here"
Il do not know you. sir: | never saw
you before in my life" was the hesi,atinc
reply made by Parker. who colored up
considerably.
Why" said Mr.. Bonar. you are the
s!ickeSt fellow ! ever saw"
Mr.. Bonar then said that he would like
10 speak with the prisoner privately for
a moment. and the others stepped back
Tor a lew moments. Parker permitted a
softer expression to come over his coun-
tenancc. and told the gentleman from
west Virginia that II he had ANYTHING
TO say 10 him he would have 10 say il
u MS counsel. as he was now entirely in
the hands Of his attorney.
Mr.. shannon. the PENNSYLVANIA. also
positively Identified Parker as one Of the
men Who swindled him out OF $4,000 in the
year l>' Both visitors declared that
there could be no doubt whatever that
Parker was one Of the swindlers who had
operated them.
But" said Mr.. Bonar. while talking
Of the case - a Dispatch man. II want
n 20 ana see Parker. who was known to
ne as Joe Cartwright. again and thank
nm Tor saving me- a thousand dollars In
his transaction with me"
Why Is that in~torrocatod the news
paper-man. with renewed interest.
Wei III tell YOU all about IL. !
nave never made my case public before.
These fellows. on" representing himself
- be- ice Cartwright ami the other 10
y g u. Walker, did mo for $1,000 in
cash IN October. 1891. The game ono
rated on me was almost Identical 10 -bat
worked on Mr.. Wlthers here a few days
ago. one morning In october. ISql. there
came - my house. which is near Wheel
Ing ". Va. a r0ugh-looking man. in
i1iners sarb. He Knocked al my front
door and answered thu This
fellow said, Why. l soc ~ once You are
not The man | am looking for
For whom are You lookin@?' | asked
az N" Granger. Ills reply was I am
searching for rnv uncle. Robert HeZe-
kiah Bonar. Ny name is Joe Cartwright.
kiah BOnar. and after a long and IA
inSulng hunt almost all over this coun-
w THOUGHT had at last found him.
but see that I heve not
THE SAME UNCLE STORY.
1.-THE stranger then continued 10 tell
M the story Of ms lie. He said that
Bobert Hezekiah Bcnar had a sister. who
married his father. Joseph Cartwright.
His parents ana his unCle went from
West Virginia 10 Missouri 10 live when
he was a baby. ana In the latter State
his mother and his father lied. He mad
but a bare recollection Of his mother.
while h. did not remember his father at
all. When ~ VS. quite a lad his uncle
took him with hin, 10 Southern Calif0r-
MA, where ~ went 10 reside. Soon after
this bis uncle. having married and ac-
qu!rcd 4 family Of children Of his own,
turned HIM OocI over 70 an Old IndNn
woman u raise. II was because of this
fact that h. had no education. and CCIlI
neither read nor write. When he grew
W he became experienced as a miner.
ana saved some property. among when
was q ranch near Il certain town in
California. As | hal been suffering with
asthma he invited me 10 20 10 his ranch
and spend the winter with him. claiming
that the climate out there was splendid
for ESTIMATES. lie left my house ana
went. out presumably to search for his
lOns-lOSt uncle
Mr.. Bonar then gave a graphic ac-
count % what occurred when the nephew
came East again. one year later. He
paiincd on on Mr.. I;Onar much the same
story that Williams ala on Withers.
There were slight variations. but the
valuable blocks ~ gold and the wounded
Indian. who had recovered. came TO
West Virginia with his paleface Fl md
ana was anxious - return. played theit
familiar parts IN the game that led ur
10 Mr.. Bonar's borrowing 5000 from a
bank.
Mr.. Bonar concluded. we had gotten
the borings and had them tested. at
least he said that h. had them tested,
at a tewelry store. The delusion about
the United States mint assayer and his
alleged analysis was all swallowed by
the. and they got my money Just as they
got Withers's. But ! want TO thank
Joe" the Old man said. lauehingly. FOR
coming down that thousand dollars
NORRIS WENT TO SEE HIM.
did Norris. the detective. come 10 see
you after hiatt" asked the Dispatch man:
yes. he did: but | tod hin that ] did
not believe In throwing good money after
bad. and would not put up the SEQ that
ne wanted me 10 In order to engage him
u work up the case and recover my
money. ] told Norris that he could have
All the money except $500, II he would
run down the sCOundrcls. This did not
suit him. as he wanted "A retainer for
actual expense. therefore made 10
contract with him
'Do you think that the detective is In
with the gang Of swindlers?' inquired the
scribe.
Eyes. sir. I DO. lie has everything down
too plain not 10 be
Mr.. Shannon. the Pennsylvania victim.
declared that he thought Norris had acted
sauafely with him. lie said he had en-
gagged the Ohio detective 10 hunt down
the swindiers and recover bis cash, hay
Ing paid him $Zn down and agreed that
he should have half Of what he recovered
after his expenses had been paid by him
self. IL" had never gotten any Of his lost
cash. but had rot given up all hope.
Major Poe asked Nj. shannon IL he had
ever heard OF any one who had had their
money gotten back by the ohio officer.
Mr.. shannon said that he had heard o.
one man who recovered 500 through
Norris. but this Information came from
the Granger detective himself.