The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-24
: PASSED BOGUS CHECKS.
WHITES MANY WAYS OF GET
TING A DOLLAR.

-s. Racket That caused His Arrest.
u.Id by the Police on n Charge OF
heating and swindIfng-SOIicited
t,.uranee and Collected Premiums
without AuthOrity-sOme of His
victims.
v White is held at the police bar
b. on the charge of cheating and
-t~5Ifre. A charge of passing bogus
5s.ks will probably be added.
v-bfts is one of the most interesting
~.s,rers the police have had in a long
me- He is a fine looking young fellow.
5oar five feet ten inches high. weighs 175
ISL hounds, rudy complexion and light
fr He has been in and around the city
p several weeks, doing an insurance so.
l-.-r business and claiming to repre-
,f we'll known local insurance firms.
\ Whites arrest shows how even a swind-
/ on NAV carry things with too high a hand
/ al get into trouble. Wednesday night
II visited the eastern end of South Broad
+rset He called first at Nellie Bost-
t-k.s place, where he claimed 10 be the
vrsr Of the house and demanded s. on
hs threat of putting the woman out of
h. house at once if the money was not
- He got the money. He then went
4 sxt door to Carrie Carriers house where
i 10 claimed to have been sent by the owner
- the purpose of insuring the house
kRbite was drunk and the woman called
L. Policeman O'Neill to arrest him.
j Al the barracks White attempted to car
~ things with high hand. He pretended
4 o be highly indignant over his arrest,
4laiuling to be a business man of standing.
nd raised such a racket that Chief Nc
&Dermott who was in his office with Alder
4nan Screven. came in to investigate. White
demanded to know who Chief IcDermott
&yas and wanted to know who's running
Hbings here" Chief McDermott after
REF investigation informed White that he
onsldcred him crooked and that he would
ind out more about him before he let him
10. Alderman Screven informed the chief
#hat White had had been pretending to do
soliciting insurance business in the city
nd that he was regarded with suspicion
Dy insurance men.
A little Investigation of Whites effects
Aouinced the chief that he was correct In
DIS suspicious. A check for $500 was found
D m0ng his papers drawn on the Merchants
National Bank IN favor of w. l.. White
4and signed W. D. Chalfant. Chief Nc
#Dermott knew of no such party here He
found Whites checkbook, and saw that the
#writing where the check had been torn
from the stub was the same as the sigma
4ture
Yesterday morning Recorder Wilson
timed White $40 for disorderly conduct. In
4the mean time, Chief McDermott had tele-
#phOned the Merchants National Bank and
had been informed that no such party as
ID w. Chalfant had any account there
Michael Lynch, who keeps a saloon on
West Broad street. had also come in. He
"A had a check for $3.50 drawn on the Savan-
nah National Bank and signed ID. H. Bar
#netL he had been to the bank and had
been informed that no such party had auv
account there. He then came to the police
barracks TO report the matter to the chief
and was surprised to find White there The
3 check was identical in every respect with
that found on White, with the exception
OF the change of names. The writing was
& the same. Lynch took the check to White
4 who refused 70 indorse it, but gave him an
q order on Lieut.. Reilly for the amount to
be paid out of the SS21 found on his per-
son when he was arrested. Lieut. Reilly,
az Whites request, paid his fine of $40 out
requested that White be held for cheating
and SWindling, which was done.
IN Whites receipt book was found a
stub Of a receipt for $3.50. paid him by E.
7; Lawson, colored, who runs a saloon on
west Broad street. Lawson was sent for
4 and said that White had represented him
self as solicitor for r. J. Davant & Son,
s and that he had taken out a policy for
Syp with him. on which he had paid the
S-'0 White was to deliver the policy the
new Day Col. Davant was sent for and
SAID that White came to him and wanted
% solicit insurance. He told him that he
had no objections to his going ahead and
soliciting, and If he secured any good
risks they would be considered. Col Da-
want stated positively that he gave White
a for him
q White also claimed to be soliciting for
rearing Y Hull. He had a lot of their lit
eTalure in his pocket when arrested Mr..
nun sad that he had never seen White
peIore and had given him no authority to
sglclt insurance for his firm A stub for
Zoo paid White by NJ S. Hansen. a gro
Il eeryman at No. Is Randolph street. was
round IN Whites book. Mr.. Hansen was
. seii!I lot lie said that he had agreed to
/. sdhe policy with White for 500, the pre-
ii-5 WI pelhg $3.50, and had advanced $3.50.
4 ny ~ mas had buggy for the last week
i IN from the stables of E. C. Gleason,
e,.u nds Deen riding through the country
al .ll the city soliciting insurance. There
"tm proDaDly be number of his victims
f o1ts onward to-day Among Whites eff
S,,s We're found literature for several in
eeIdHce companies, including a rate book
u .He Atlanta Compact of Fire Under
ce iirgcI ~ John H; Raines, manager; the re-
= ~ DOCK OF the National Benefit and
IbeheVolent Association of Atlanta. and a
~ oI circulars of the Southeastern Tariff
T6eyee allon announcing special rates.
~ "hte. He also had a bundle Of about
NY copies of the Helping Hand. a mat
sniicitiiadil sheet published at Athens.
found iS G 3h oI a. NC Allister was also
a . gd,. IN ms valise. Evidently White had
ava q qoz zen ways of picking up dollar while
"a a telegram from White wife in Atlanta.
a.uuressed to him in Augusta. was among
IN Inlngs taken from his pockets. The
v SISiIdm informed White that his wife
TNoull meet him in Atlanta. Chief Nc
~ CeeI!H !Tott telegraphed to the chief of police
- o. Ausnta' Athens and Augusta, asking
t t5o- information as to Whites record in
yIioSSe places He received a reply last
l lb nat White was convicted there Of
Wing 80 ! g and swindling, on April Is, and
Ia aS naed $50. which he paid. Chief Nc
fT%ated IN other places for Similar Of.
c eClsts 70 those committed here. He will
tt5LIaue the investigation of his record