The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-29
COL. HOBBS SLICK TRICK.
IL Was One Too Many and He Is
Now in Jail.

Now in Jail.
Col Chas. II. Hobbs. as it. is written on
his cards. came TO town less than a month
ago, and like the little busy bee. he i'm
proved each shining hour. and some Of
the dark ones as well. He came just about
the time DR. Frank p. Moore was getting
ready to leave. He registered at the
Screven House and sent word over TO
Deputy Marshal Dayton that he would
like to see him, which he did. He made up
10 look like a living picture from one Of
Bret Harte's novels Of life in California
in the days OF '49. He wore wide
trimmed sombrero. a pair Of leather leg
gins reaching far beyond his knees, a pair
of heavy spurs turned downward, and
carried a few guns about his person, and
some in evidence. He came from Ala
bama, he said, and was here on special
business in connection with moonshiners
Al first he told plausible story, but
little judicious denomination caused
him 10 trip a little and finally he made
such a blunder that the officials at the
United States court house refused to
have anything to do with him. Despite
this, the erratic colonel would dismount
from his steed. come clanking up the
granite steps, and announce that he was
sui on the track OF the AnOOllE llAlltAo anu
would pull the whole nest of them soon.
The colonel came and went, sometimes to
Thunderbolt, at other times to Isle Of
Hope, and in out and round about on one
Of Alderman Gleason's horses, for which
he never paid the hire. He had a penchant
for not paying. He owes the Screven
house a good many ten-dollar bills, and
Alderman Gleason is trying to collect 81
for horse hire. Hobbs went to founglove
& Goodman and negotiated for horse,
and, so as to have a complete OUTFIT or
dered a buggy and harness from the Sa-
vannah Carriage and Wagon Company
But he got neither. He was going to get
a check. but didn't get good one.
Last Saturday the colonel started pill
grimage around the southwestern part Of
the city and during his peregrinations wan
nered into a barroom at Wayne and Jeffer-
son streets. kept by a p. Greene. 1t
was there he successfully tried the trick
that landed him in the custody of the Uni
ted States. He represented himself TO be
a deputy marshal and he was so busy
that he could not go down town to the
custom house, and would Mr.. Greene ad-
vance him IS on a $50 check from his
wife at FAN River. Mr.. Greene was will
ing to oblige a United States deputy mar
shall, and would Col. Hobbs try to collect
a little bill for him from another United
States deputy marshal, who contracted
some Indebtedness at MS store ABOUT a
year ago. Col. Hobbs would be delighted
so he said, and grandiloquently affirmed
that ii was not proper for United States
deputy marshal to 20 around contracting
Indebtedness and allowing the same to
remain unliquidated. The United States
frowned on such practices. He would
collect the amount and remit the same
Immediately, with much thanks for the
IS, which would be returned at the end
Of twenty minutes. The check was dated
Fall River Mass. Jan. is, 1898, for $50,
on the b. NJ c. Durfee Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, to the order of c. II.
Hobbs, signed Helen f. Hobbs. 1t was in
dorsed In pencil, "Chas. II. Hobbs" and
the whole bore a suspicious resemblance
to the writing of Col. Hobbs. At the end
Of twenty minutes the colonel did not re-
turn, but negro boy with the following
note did: Have got a man to take down
street VIII get back as soon as 1 can.
Yours in haste, G. II. Hobbs"
This was on Saturday, but as he did not
return to Greene's store up to the time of
his arrest, il is believed he had some
difficulty in taking the man down the
street. Yesterday morning Mr.. Greene
went before United States Commissioner
NJ A. Connolly and a warrant was is
sued. charging Hobbs with impersonating
a United States deputy marshal. He was
arrested by Deputy Marshal Dayton and
was lodged in jail. in default of $500 bail.
He will be given a preliminary examina-
ton before Commissioner Connolly this
r,7orriuqr a 10 O'Clock