The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-13
THEGOLD BRICK PEOPLE.
EMERY. THE NEW YORK SPORT"
ALLOWED TO GO FREE.
Norris, the Granger Detective. stu Ia jail
Ne Dess Not Love the Pinkertoas snd
Exprsssss fais Opinion freely.

Nothing short Of a glowing IMAGINATION
could picture a more colossal imbroglio
than that which has developed out OF
the swindlng of MIR. A. w. Withers, OF
Gloucester. Detectives. victims. attorneys
and witnesses have all helped TO make
the case a sort OF criminal Brunsvick
stew, so to speak, and more than one
person was arrested upon the charge OF
being a suspicious character, simply De-
cause ne got mixed up some way oi
other In the gold brick muddie'
In Yesterdays Times was printed an &c.
count OF the visit of Detective Koper'
A. Pinker,on. OF New York, TO this CITY,
and what he had TO say about MOTIFS,
the Granger detective who is now III jan
here. and Samuel Emery. the New iork
bookmaker. who was recently arresteu ,ea
trying to get Parker. alas Smi'h' VI"
eoIi.brick and tin-box operator, out OF
jail.
EMERY aoIs rsgY.
As SEQUEL TO the conference heiu PC
...a.n po,ec,iyc Pinkerton and Common
,xe,ith's Attorney IL. NJ. Smith, Emery
was Yesterday discharged by Justice
Ca,u,cbtieid. and Mir. l.. o. Wehdehours'
,he hookmakers counsel and bondsmah'
released from his obligation as surety III
me snm of 81 900 for the appearance OF
,he bookmaker In the Police court on
January nth. Emery appeared IN nv
Police Court yesterday inorn,ns, .use md
with his counsel, Mr.. Wendenburs' anu
commemorative Attorney smith. Inc
Iatter stated that he had come 10 ask lor
tho discharge of Emery anu 'o'
The dismissal OF Of the charge of being
suspicious character. which had been en-
tered against him. o
MIR. smith said he submitted TINS mo
tor
lie had been convinced by Information
,.ceiver from Detective Pinkerton that
mis- action was proper and ne had .the
so,,,ov.l az Chief of Police Poe In tne
matter. Justice Crutchhcid accordinsy
ordered the release of the prisoner, ""0
Jeff the courtroom at once with MS az
torDcy, - v,,i,h a,d
commonweaith's Attorney eniisn anu
,b,cf Of Police Poe stated that the IN
formation received from Detective I'm
terton In the case justified the reiease
Of Emery. - r. ,orr,s
,r;o Granger detective. John I. Norrls'
,,a,n,iu,e hears his incarceration cheer-
fully enough He talks very ireey 10
The representatives of the press WIN eail
upoa him from time TO time ana Stems
nerfectly willing to tell them everything
49, .sr him I'm connection with the case.
when I inquired of him as to the move
ments and whereabouts OF the man or
man who got away, the detective shook
his head. and said he would rather not
discuss that subject From what nav
learned of the case ! am OF the OPINION
that Norris arrest and Incarceration 10
due TO the movements OF the PinAertons'
who are certainly doing all in their power
against him. There really appears 10 be
no evidence TO indicate that Norris is in
league with tho bunco men. Chief-of-Po-
Nee Poe. when asked yesterday II he
thought there was any evidence against
The Granger detective, replied that he did
not know of anything TO implicate Norris
in the gold-brick swindle. but was OF the
opinion thai the Springfield man is a
shakedown and blackmaiier.
SAYS He HAS CAUGHT THEM.
When told yesterday that Mr.. Robert
Pinkerton said that he Norris had never
run down and captured any of these
confidence men, the Granger detective
said: IL can point Mr.. Pinkerton TO
large number of these men that | have
caught" He then gave the following list
OF confidence men he had been instru-
mental in convictng;s
ISou-I Hank. who was sent to the Ohio
penitentiary for life for killing Powell
Lehman over a game of cards. He was
pardoned by Governor Campbell.
Ike Levi and George Haight. who served
terms in the Mississippi pententiary.
John Sweeney. goid-brick man, who
operated in Waterfowl. n. Y.
George Post and Tom O'Brien, who
were convicted In New York State. He
followed O'Brien all over this country
and Europe. but finally captured him, and
he was sentenced for a term Of years,
but escaped.
In, addition to these he named num-
Der OF others. ar also gave the following
places where the bunco men had for
feited their bail bonds:
Al Pittsheld, ILL.,. $4,000; ottawa, H., |
$4,000 Parker Is the man who jumped |
here. and Mike DAILY and jeremiah Cock |
ran, or Chicago. were the bondsmen) |
Hamilton. Can, where the chief -of- police |
received 1900 as a bribe; Lew Ludlum |
and Tom OBrien each jumped a 5000 |
bond at Hartford. Conn
He stated that the spurious gold-bricks |
which the bunco men used in their swim !
dling operations were not all sent from |
New York city. Some of them were Sc
cured from Pittsburg and other places,
ana large number of them were made
near Roanoke. Va, and sent TO New
YORK Tor distribution among the gang.
which numbers about ten.
THE WAR WITH TIE PINKERToNs.
In speaking OF the war between himself
and the P.nkertons the Granger detective
said: Robert Pinkerton, of New York
is not AT the bottom OF this cnmty TO
me- AZ is his brother, Billy Pinkerton.
OF Chicago, who has a bad renptotion
out In Illinois and Ohio | won a libel
suit against Billy Pinkerton some time
ago Bhly Pinkerton owns part Of tbe
bostoh Police News. He blackguarded
thc III that sheet, and also in the peop,e |
q paper published in indianapolis. Ind |
owing 10 a civil suit | won against Billy |
rihKerton ne is even TO this day very |
CAUTIOUS about coming into the State of |
arrest. t'' nus
The Pinkertons say | never scan,urod
one OF these confidence men. do thev9 |
W Ell. lcr any one communicate with the
oih,ers at the prisons have mentioned
ilnkertons ever catch one? No. sba'
Won try 10 catch them. The confidence
men Know most of the PRINCIPAL Thieves
sno pnrsiars. They keep the Pinkertons
posted III such matters, and get tbe p,,o
kertonS' protection In ,,ot,,..' :, Wv III