The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-09

what surprised to sec an old gentlemen
seated at the Chiefs desk. scratching OH
teicgrf ms at great rate 40
lie was about ufty-hve years OF age, 70
all appearances. rather neaVhy JUL
about Ave feet eight lncnes ~ hair
and had wooden ley. lie wore p'ac ,S
cap, black. sack coat, black trousers, anu nn
dark blue shirt. His gold rim slass,eS,
gave him very sharp ana tnous NJ =, VI
air. In appearance he IL a typical de-
tective. with perhaps more tnah '"e"''
five years Of experience. -. ~,
With him he had a large nufnper ~
papers. two or three p ho,ogrsphh a' auto
graphs, letters. and the IKE. Uper two
one OF the albums he pointed out TWO
"That one" said he. lis the man who
claimed 20 be Thomas III. Parker. the
mint assayer. He liz the man ~ LOON
ing for. unless ]. am very much inIs'ans" :,
Frank Lockwood Smith: ana Oh, thi Stained 1ne
TO be John Williams. He IS Cameron
Bostetter. the partner OF smith.
IDENTIFIED HIM.
After sending half hundred kilograms
to be none other tran J. T:
~ the head of a detective agency com
peting with that of the Pinkertons. asked
10 go down TO the city jail so as TO get
peep at the prisoner. and Detectives
Schiief and Johnson, who. together WIN
Sergeant Tomlinson. did such admirable
work In capturing the gold brick swindler
last Friday night accompanied MT
Norris, who. soon as he saw smith.
was satisfied that he was not mistaken
In his man.
The three then went back TO the Office
Of the Chief OF Police and Detective
Norris, Immediately proceeded TO get down
to hard work on the case. He wired some
twenty people, including woman or Two
to come on TO Richmond. for the pur,
pose Of identifying the man VINO haI
swindled them ont OF respective amounts
ranging from sl.Ooo to 5000 and then ne
proceeded TO hunt up Commonwealth
Attorney Smith. for the purpose OF con-
ferring with that gentleman in regard 10
the prospects Of getting the prisoner, 10
carry him to Ohio for trial. Delecllve
Norris had a batch of requisioon papers
a foot high. and he held conference OF
couple of hours with Mr. Smith. The de-
tective made out number OF aindaVlls
In connection with the case, Dut up " d
late hour last night no action m lne
matter was taken. 1t Is not peEeVeu
that smith will be turned over TO a"y
OF the authorities outside OF Richmohu
until the swindier has stood trlai III tnis
city upon the charge or 1rauduiently
securi-g from A. ". Withers the sum
Of 5000
HISTORY OF SMITH.
The history of Frank Lockwood Smith
alias Parker and half "A hundred other
names. IS as varied as 1t is interesting,
according to the sketch OF the man IN
possession of Detective Norris. Smltn
was originally "A native Of Dixon. Ill.
lie is the sen OF Ellen Smith, of Dixon,
and about four or five years ago ne mar
riod a rather handsome woman. a MISS
McCurdy, of Cincinnati. His mother Is
a milliDer. He is the nephew OF ion.
Thomas Hustus, eX-member of Congress
from Illinois, and also a nephew of Hon.
b. l.. Shaw, of Dixon, H., editor OF the
District Telegraph For a while hI Ived
in Winnessaw. Afterwards f re-. it, a ~,
i'm Cincinnati. lie was one OF the crack
billiard players of the West. FOR several
years he has been in the ecld-brick busi-
ness.
John Williams in this city. and who
impcrsonated the Indian in the trahsa"-
ton which victim!zed Mr.. Withers last
Smith was once arrested in Michigan
and several other places but IN some
way always succeeded In gett 9g OH WIN
IA light sentence. or fine. re Is wanted
brick transactions in which he mas iis-
mred Just how many people ne mas
victimized cannot be enumerated mere.
SOME OF MS GRIMES
1t IS thought that he and the gang
which operates with him have cleared
something like half a million dollars with
in the past three years; defective MOTIFS I'll
dictments against the man for the FOL
loving crimes of gold-blick and ti1-boX
4 transactions. i'm which the victims and
the amounts secured are gwen: no,
John Fisher, of Canton, ILL.,, 1900
Clark Adams OF Covington, o, $500
A. C. Barrow, Of Paris. KY. $500.
John Appleton, of Bloomberg, Pa
IA. O. Dwelly, of Sandusky, o.. $4,000.
Al. Folcroft, Of Wiliamsport, Pa,
81, Is5. ~
John Knoll. OF Toledo. O., 5000.
Patrick Martin. of Trenton, n. j.: 5000.
Joseph Shannon, of Beaver Fails, Pa
Martin Richie, Of Litchfeld, H.. $1,000.
RI. Johnson Of Marion. Ind. S9D.
Charles Wright, of Ottawa; ID, 5000
+. Giynn. of ottawa, ~, 500.
!. Il. Crowell of Cburreply, Pa,
Patrick o'Connor. OF Lyons, Iowa,
William o'DonnelL Of Rutland, VT,
Miss Jane Williams, of Haverstown, n.
II. Davenport. of Knoxville. Tenn. 5000
X. Il. Croweil. of Chambersburg, Pa,
Thomas Montgomery, of kidney, Pa,
Robert Elliott. of Fayette Mo, $500.
A. ". Withers. of Gloucester, Va,
In addition to the above transactions a
victim each in FLORIDA, Springfield. y.
Y. and south Bend Ind. where taken IN
respectively for the amounts OF SVV.
5000 and 5000 The names of the We
tins In the latter cases could not be
ascertained,
IL will be seen by the ngIres that
Smith mas quite a record. Even women
have fallen victims 10 his smooth man
& .I.N.,f Lgan 10 ~
detective Norris that the amount or
Smith d Co.'S funds secured by the gold
brick and tin-bo1 schemes during the
past three years will not fall far snort
of $500 900. Indictments covering the
amount of more than Sl30,Wp have al
ready been issued against the man, and
how much more Is involved nobody
knows, inasmuch as large number OF
people like the North Carolina bank
pre- sident never permit the PUBIC TO
knew OF their experiences.
RICHMOND OFFICERS.
ly worth recording, that Smith escaped
the clutches of perhaps hundred OF
the most famous detectives In the
country, executed his scheme success
fully in half dozen states, vict!mlzed
bankers. prominent business men
gamblers sports and women, and was
finally taken in by Sergeant Tomllnson
and Detectives Schleif and Johnson, of
The Richmond officers certainly de-
serve deal of credit for the clever man
ner In which they planned and executed
their work. Detective Norris, in speak
ing of the arrest yesterday, said:
"Your Richmond officers have scored a
wonderful achievement in arrestiils
Smith. ] have been tracing. the man
constantly for five. years. have been
close behind him dozen times. but
somehow the sharper always managed
To get away He is one Of the shrewdest
men who has dened the officers in many