The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
DID TEEPLE MAKE THE MONEY
FRIzZELL SAYS HE FURNISHED
THE COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS.

and Told Him to Get Rid of Them.
Saw on Them '1n God We Trust"
TeepIe Knew What He Was Want
ed For.
William H. Teeple is in jail on a charge
of making and passing counterfeit silver
dollars Evidence against Teeple. suffi-
cient to warrant his arrest, was developed
yesterday afternoon at the preliminary
hearing of Charlie Frizzell colored
charged with having in his possession and
passing counterfeit coin, and a warrant
placed in the hands of Deputy United
States Marshal ]. B. Wilson was served
in short order
Teeple, a well-known white man who
has recently run bakeshop at No. 1873
Price street, and who not long ago served
a sentence of six months for running a
policy lottery, was very much surprised
at his arrest and asked the deputy mar
shall the cause of it. Deputy Marshal Will
son would not tell him, saying he could
find out when he get to the custom house.
Teeple, however, was persistent and final
ly ventured the assertion that il was some
thing connected with the Frizzell matter.
The deputy marshal informed him he was
a good guesser, and Teeple then went on
to explain the reason for his visits to
Frizzell's house, it being known through
several witnesses that he had on one or
two occasions gone there. Teeple asked
other questions, which led the authorities
to believe that he was fully aware of what
he was wanted for. He was placed in
Jail in default of bail in the sum of $1,000
and will be given preliminary hearing
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
According to the testimony which came
out at the Frizzel hearing, Teeple is the
man for whom the authorities have been
looking Frizzell himself first gave the
case away, and his statements were easily
corroborated by several witnesses who had
been summoned. The visits of Teeple to
Frizzelrs house. at No. 8 McAllister street,
the meetings between the two not far
from Teeples place of business, and the
mysterious transactions between them,
were all brought out in Frizzell's own tes-
timony and corroborated by the other wit
nesses.
In no material fact did Frizzelrs story
of the affair deViate from the corroborat-
ing evidence, and it was told in straight
forward manner from start to finish. Friz-
zell is a butcher by trade and, sometime
ago, was in Teeples employ. This was last
winter, however, and recently he has been
working for other parties.
Sometime in July FrizZell states, Tee
pie came to his house at No. McAllister
street and told him of a great scheme he
was working, but refused to let him into
the details of It, Soon afterward he came
u, H.. eafA nd al ha fiNr
it so that he could make SIS week. Friz-
zell thought he was in big luck and made
inquiries as to how the scheme was to be
worked. Teeple he says, told him very lit
tie except that he would give him so cents
on every dollar he got rid Of and assuring
him the money was all right, he gave him
four of the counterfeit silver dollars.
II thought the money was all right y
Frizzell said, because 1 looked at EN-
and they had on EN- In God we trust.
He stated then that he had tried to buy
some peanuts from fruit stand and offer
ed one of the dollars in payment, but the
dealer gave 1t back to him with the state
ment that is was no good. Frizzell then
stated he gave one of the dollars to Col
lector r. s. Prickett in payment of a bill
for some furniture but took the balance
of them back to Teeple with the state
ment there was something wrong about
them Teeple took the four dollars back,
he said, and said he would give him some
better ones. Teeple then pulled ten other
dollars from his pocket, F'rizzell stated, and
told him to see what he could do
with them.
From this second installment, Frizzell
says he left 81 at his house to be paid by
his wife Rosa to Collector Prickett, but
disposed of the balance. On the occasion
of his next meeting with Teeple, he said.
he was given six more of the bad dollars,
lii, d., all hot Iak ad I'd 10
| told him to take some of the boys on an
! excursion. He took the money, he says,
| but never made any use of 1t, except that
he offered another of the dollars to Mr..
| Prickett who refused IL with the state
ment that it was not good All of the
money he had left he stated, he put into
| a bag and threw into Bilbo canal.
1t was several days later, about a week
ago, that Frizzel and his wife ware ar
rested at Thunderbolt the latter for try
! ing to pass counterfeit dollar on a Greek
| fruit dealer and the former for disorderly
| conduct and resisting an officer. Just how
| his wife came by this dollar he did not
| know, unless she kept one out of the last
| lot he had He denied that there were any
criminal intentions on his part and said he
was seeking all the time to keep out of
| trouble.
Frizzell afterwards stated that he had a
conversation with Teeple just as he was
/ arrested. IL seems t'rlZzell wanted Ieeple
! to come down to Thunderbolt and help get
him out Of the jail there, which Teeple did
not do. Frizzell quotes Teeple as saying,
| when he saw him:
II expected this. l thought you would
| let the cat out Of the wallet
Frizzell said also that Teeple told him
not to testify against him, but to take his
medicine, which would only be about
! twelve months, and he assured him he
would stand by him. F'rizzell said he told
| Teeple squarely that he was going to tell
! all he knew about the matter and tell the
/ truth.
Teeple has retained as his attorney, w.
! f. Slater Esq, and Mr.. Slater was at the
! jail to see him yesterday afternoon. Mr.
! Slater was also present at the preliminary
! hearing, announcing that he appeared to
! represent Frizzell. Commissioner Connolly
asked Frizzell whether Mr.. Slater repre-
scented him, and the prisoner replied that
he did not. Mr.. Slater then left the hear
! ing.
Frizzell was told that he could make a
statement about the matter or not as he
| liked, and that II would be entirely volun-
tary If made Frizzell, without hesitation.
told practically the story as given here
/