The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-08
IS ROHDE A C0UNTERFEIIER?
William Gillespie Will Testify BgailSt
HIN This Morning.
The OFFER THAT ROHIE MLDE Hi
Wanted TO Begin the Counterfciting Busi-
ness Here. According TO Gillespie.
Rohde Protests That lie l. limo
cent? and says Hc Can Prove 1t.

No doubt seems TO exist Ia the minds
of the police and United States Commis-
sioncr Henry Flagenhclmer that Fred.
Rohde, now incarccrated IN the city Jail
on the familiar ard commonplace charge
Of being q suspicious character, is a
handler of green goods and perchance a
couuterfcitcr. but whether they can prove
these grave charges ls another matter.
RHODES ARRIVAL.
During the month OF January last a
man of HcrCulcan build knocked al the
door of the modest bat comfortable board
ing-hOuse OF Mrs. John B. Fletcher, 2oul
east Main. and applied FOR lodging The
laullaQy. a matrOn OF pleasant COuutt-
nance ana comfortable proportions, seeing
that the applicant was from the Father
land. her ouc-time home, cnceriully TOOK
him iu ana Installed him ln lle best room
iu the house. From that time until his
arrest al 80 o'clock Tuesday 10y Detective
john II. Hall. kOnde has resided at Mrs.
Flctchcra except when be would take
tsrips from the city in pursuance OF the
carpenter trade. At times while ln the
city ROhde would remain closely confined
10 his room for as long as ten days Oh
a stretch. This conduct, while somewhat
peculiar As not am infraction OF the laws
IN this land OF freedom. ana without
other causes would never have caused TIE
breath of suspicion TO touch the dark
br0wcd German giant
Some persOn-Oue OF the fellow boardcrs
Of ROhde. 10 IS presumCd-hrst caused the
eagle eye of the law 10 take coGniznuce
OF the ingOings and outcomings OF Eohle, ;,
or. rather, his ingO.uss and instay DIS,
for according to those who nave taken
careful observations OF Rohde, his out
goings were few.
DETECTIVE AFTER HIM.
Let the source Of Information be as II
may, The attention Of the police was at
tracted. and Sergeant john II. Hail the
grizzled hero OF many obscure ana mys-
tery-beclOuded cnses. was put ih chiI Pe'
ana at once began TO Invest ueate. lie
gathered pointers here and there, and when
Ais mind became satisfied that DE was
fully armed. De marched 20 the room OF
Rohde and took him In charge as a sus-
plcious character. Kohde displayed no
surprise whatever at his arrest. but greet
cd Detective hall pleasantly, calling BIN
by name. although he ana the defective
were not on visiting terms. MI Hall took
his captive TO the First station. ana tnei
returned TO make an examination OF
Rohdes room The search convinced the
obscryant officer that the iife OF ihe Ger
man was well worth invesugatht' even
should nothing come OF IL. in klh1e S
trunk were found a draft for 900 a
grren-cOods circular, and number OF let
ters in his handwriting addressed 10 va
rious people. holding ont 90 tlem q pros
poct Of unlimited riches should they Ioi-
low a plan 10 be uniolded oy the "tit.r
at some later date. one OF the leltcIs
read. i'm part. ass follows.
"BOu't Oct conscientious scruples get the
better of you. I can make you indie
pendently rich. People are becoming ich
around YOU an the time. Why not YOU
There were also papers winch sho"eh
that the prisoner had at one time gone
under the names of Dr. q. kohde ana ale
r.. Jandsburg. The green goods ciil lu-al
was similar in many respects 70 NOSE
periodically scattered broadcast through
out the country.
A SUSPICIOUS BASKET.
After Detective Hall had made the ar
res, he was told that while DE was IN
Rohde's room man carried haShtl
containing something very heavy from
me house and f-ok 10 10 the res-ierce
az Mrs Flctcherh daughter. just across
he street The officer was inclined 10
be- Of the opinion that Il contained Il
countorfeiter's parapherna,ha ne Na .H ID ID
formed. however. that IL was iuu OF