The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-27
HE WILL SUETHE HOTEL.
Cartwright viii try to Recover the
$3.50 He Lost.

$3.50 He Lost.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-(Special)
The Metropolitan Hotel has been un-
| officially informed that Mr.. j. NJ. Cart
| wright, who sometime ago claimed
that he had $3.50 stolen from him while
| stopping there, has brought suit to re-
cover the amount and that the case
has been entrusted to Mr.. r. +. Ayd-
lette, an attorney of Elizabeth City.
| Mr.. Selden, the proprietor of the
Metropolitan, says he is fully convinc-
ed chat Mr.. Cartwright and the strang
| er who took Mr.. Cartwright's hand
satchel containing the above claimed
amount prepared this scheme before
hand to swindle the hotel out of $3.50.
Since the affair Mr.. Selden has made
enquiries as to who this Mr.. Cart
wright is and the nature of his char
acter. So far very little has been
| learned for all correspondence has been
very brief from the other side without
much information. One letter des-
| cribed him as a very ignorant litter
/ ate man, that at one time he had been
| elected sheriff of his county (Camden)
| but failed to serve for "some unknown
| cause" 1nen the writer fell into
| meaningless strain without saying
anything good or bad about the man.
| The facts in the case as given by the
| proprietor of the hotel are as follows
| about 6 o'clock in the morning of
| the day of the occurrence, two men
came into the hotel and one of them
enqliired the price of breakfast and
room, stating that he only wanted the
room for few hours as he was going
1 tn RalfiFnnra Tho Faf,iaac hainQr
| given he registered his name j. NJ
| Cartwright, City While he was reg
| istering the stranger with him called
| to the porter to check the baggage,
which was composed only of hand
satchel, held by Mr.. Cartwright The
| porter checked the baggage and the
| stranger took the check. The strang-
er and Mr.. Cartwright went up to the
| room assigned to Mr.. Cartwright, for
| the stranger never registered. After
an absence of about thirty minutes the
| stranger came down alone, went out,
| but soon returned with valise newly
| purchased. He took it to the clerks
| desk and asked for it to be checked.
| After receiving the check he went back
| to Mr. Cartwright's room. They re-
| mained in the room probably twenty
minutes when they came down togeth-
| er, Mf. Cartwright going into break
| fast and the stranger going up to the
| clerks desk asking for his baggage.
| He presented check and was given
| tue gand satchel. the two checks cor
| responding. He had been gone only
| short time when Mr.. Cartwright came
out and asked for his baggage, and on
| presenting his check was given the
| vaiIse which was empty. Mr.. Cart
| wright then declared that the valise
was not his, tnat his baggage consist
| ed simply of hand-satchel which con
| tanned $3.50, and when told that the
stranger had taken it he was apparent
| ly overcome with grief and said that
| he lad been robbed of all the money
| he possessed"
Detectives were given the case and
Mr.. cartwright returned that evening
| to North Carolina
Hon. Harry Skinner, of Greenville,
| passed through here to-day for Balti-
more, where he will be married to-
morrow to Miss Ellie Monteiro. Cardi-
nal Gibbons will perform the cere-
| Inons.
| Rev. w. Il. Edmundson arrived here
last night. He was called by the Navy
| Department to give cause why his
leave of absence should be extended.
| This morning he went before the
board of physical examiners and the
| board decided that the climate on the
western coast was injurious to an asth-
matte and that the time petitioned for
was advisable.
Admiral Kirkland arrived in Wash
| ington this evening. Unless he shall re-
| quest an investigation of his conduct
| by court of inquiry in order to secure
a personal vindication it is not likely
that any further action in his case will
be taken.
| DIR. Stephen b. Weeks, OF the Educa-
tional Department leaves tonight with
his family for Pasquotank county to
visit relatives.
| Mrs. Louis III. Clements, of Salisbury,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Louis d.
Wine, at 1717 @ street n. w. She will
remain here for few weeks.
DIR. Lewis III. Battle, who has been
visiting relatives in Raleigh, has re-
| turned to the city
| Mr.. II. A. Gudger, of the Department
| Of Justice, leaves tonight for Ashe-
| Vile.
! H. r. Thorpe and T. w. Jones were
among the arrivals to-day.