Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-08
ROHDE BEFORE COURT
WANTED AN IMMEDIATE
ING nuT THE CASE WENT OVER
n.,.c,ixe Hall Expects n witness 10
Testify That the Prisoner """e
crceu Goods Proposition to Him
Some circumstance.
Some Circumstances.

Erad Rohde. who was arrested Wednes-
dav afternoon by Detective Hall Oh inc
chsrge NJ being a suspicious character
and who is suspected to be either 81
goods man or a counterfeiter, was DeloIe
Justice Crutchfield yesterday.
when the case was called Sergeant
Hall asked that 1t be postponed Ior Ten
davs. Mr.. Gordon. OF the hrm OF sinful
Nfoncure &, Gordon, appeared as hohue
counsel. ana stated that no OBJECTED 10
continuance of the case. as he could snow
that his client was not suspicious on"
racter. and that the charge against MN
was not well founded. He theh ashe'i
thar Major Clay Drewry De called ana
the latter was placed on the stahu' iio
testified that some time ago Rohde an
suered an advertisement inserted by MN
Drawrv, TO the effect that man was
wanted to work in the country lie en-
Moved him. and he did some carpente>
work for him in Albemarle county
WANTED TO GO AHEAD.
Counsel for the accused then stated that
Robae had secured situation with the
would go to work in a few days MI
Gordon asked that the case be examiner
and be disposed of without delay
Sergeant Hall took the stand, and sald
that a most important witness was aD-
sent whose testimony would materially
affect the case. In view of this, justice
Crutchfeld postponed the case untll thlS
morning a..
Rohde is really being held until the
arrival Of a United States inspector from
the department at Washington, VINO is
TO examine the case. Commissioner
E'legenheimer received telegram yesteI-
day stating that an officer would DO
here. but no had not arrived last hIsn''
Among the papers found upon hOiluo
were several of an indecent nature. lheIe
were also green-goods letters ana GUS VI
counterfeiting-machin one letter III
Rohde's own handwriting was as follows:
Don't let conscientious scrupies get the
better OF you. / can make you mae
pendently rich. People ars becoming rlcn i
around you all the time. why not you
From the letters 1t would look as u
Robde had gone under an alias as an
order on some unknown person Tor So
was signed by Dr. G. Rohoe.
ADVERTISED A MONOPOLY.
Sergeant Hall stated that Rohde some
weeks ago inserted an advertisement IN
the Dispatch to which he received
number of answers. This advertisement
was as follows: 80, .....-,.,.
IAN energetic party with small security
can connect himself with an enterprisiHs
roonopoly. where demand and success Is
ass Ired. References required Mn not
notice answer without stating tull parllcu-
lars. Address A. T., Dispatch.
THE witness that officer Han wants Is
a voung man who answered TINS adNeT-
tisement, and TO whom, it Is alleged inc
accused unfoded green-goods scheihe'
limited States Deputy-Marshal Janney
peasants on Wednesday executed
search warrant and made an lhspecuoi
~ the prisoners belongings with the eA-
nectation of finding counterteiting para
nhernalia. but the search revealed nothlhs
Of this sort. N
WERE NOT NEIGHBORLY.
Two women who acted in a very UNI
neiehborly manner toward each other'
which was the cause of their using IN the
white chamber, each told their tale 10
Justice John. after which one OF them was
nlaced under bond in the sum or 80 lor
six months. .n.....,,
one OF the women was a "heaVy-
weight" while the other would be classed
among the '1ieht-weights.' The stout
one had been guilty of driving nails In the
fence of the other. to which she pro-
posed attaching a clothes-lne' Inc Hll!e
woman objected, and trouble Followed