The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-17
is IT CONSPIRACY?
Lambeth and Co.'S. Failure I'm
earths Extensive Frauds.
LARGE LIQUOR HOUSES LOSE.
Nearly Every Liquor Establishment
That Sells in This Section involved
Lambeth Shipped Away All the Liquor
he Could, and Then Skipped

Lambeth Shipped away All me Liquor
he Could, and Then Skipped.
The closing up of the wholesale
liquor establishment of Lambeth d
Co. seems TO have unearthcd whole
sale conspiracy to defraud liquor deal
ers and distillers.
The store was closed on an attach
ment levied by John r. Barbee & Co.,
wholesale dealers of Louisville. They
had claim of 1929 against thefirm.
Sheriff Page closed the shop and
took charge OF things late Wednesday
afternoon.
Yesterday the sensation began TO
develop, when it Was found that Lam
beth had skipped.
Mr.. J.. c. Younger, the Richmond
wholesale liquor dealer, and his repre-
sentative, Mr.. Joe Newman, of Will
mington, came here Wednesday to set
tie the account Of Lambeth with them.
He owed them ST ,026. Lambeth said
he had no money here, but that man
named Barker in Greensboro owed him
$500, which he would pay to Younger,
and he would get the rest from his
father, who lives near Greensboro.
He and Younger took the train and
went to Greensboro together. Newman
remained here. When they got to
Greensboro Lambeth got off the train,
saving that he was going out to his
fathers that night and would return
with the money in the morning. In
stead Of getting in a buggy and going
to his fathers. he walked around to
the other train and left for the South.
By means of kilograms, etc, Mr.
Newman last night located Lambeth
in Troy, Alabama, to which point d
considerable quantity OF the liquor is
said to have been shipped.
Governor Carr, who is at Tarboro,
was telegraphed to last night for a
requsition on the Governor of Ala
bama for Lambeth. lie was probably
arrested in Troy last night.
Lambeth came here from Greensboro
and brought with him some very high
recommendations which he presented
to the Board of Aldermen when he APP
piled for license.
lie seemed TO be Il very popular.
business-liIle young man.
1t was thought little unusual that
Lambeth & Co. had built up such big
trade i'm so short time.
But they bought large quantities of
whiskey from dealers all over the
country, and sold it at very low prices.
And the house did humming trade
His trade during the holidays was
something enormous.
One Of his tricks was to 20 to the
depot when whiskey arrived, and con
sign it mt once to some ether point,
not receipting for il here at all.
II Is said thai some twenty-cight
barrels Of wbiskey were shipped away
from here Monday by Lambeth 1t
is supposed that about "a hundred bar
rels were shipped by Lambeth to the
place 10 which he has gone.
Lambeth and Company have been in
business here only three months.
The closing Of the Lambeth eStab-
;ishment seems to show the existence
Of u widespread conspiracy through
the South to defraud dealers and dis
iillers. Lambeth undoubtedly had con-
gections aud accomplish IN Greens
i)oro and in Atlanta.
He is supposed to have carried off
with him nearly five thousand dollars
in cool cash, besides the large amount
Of whiskey spirited away.
Nearly every large liquor house,
aud a great many small ones, are in
yolyed.
Among those who have already filed
fheir claims are:
N. NJ Uri e. Co, Louisville, Ky,
5000.
John T. Barbee & Co, Louisville Ky.
1929.
trnlaoate A. 90 of louisville