The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-12-03

selling packages of green tissue paper
for bills. He was arrested the day
his mother was buried. lie got free,
us usual.
"You can't do me-" he laughed,
turning to the discounted police.
Listen, and III tell you why. I'll
make Il plant in bank before | do
a job. Then when you clever gcn-}I
tlcmcn catch me, I've got money in
the bank to pay my expenses.
II make plants other ways" laugh
cd Woodward to the reporter. "It's
easy. Why, a few years ago a young,
Britishcr came to town and stopped
at the Rossmore hotel, where l was.
He was good fellow and so We be-
came friends. Soon he told me all
about himself. There was trouble in
the family and :; lawsuit. I
'Wcli, you knowth the rest, l tipl 4
tLc family. They wouldn't send1hiM
money. The gang 'plucked' him of
the little he had left. Hewas crazed
with despair. He didn't have money
enough to pay his hotel bill or hiss
passage lone lie came to me.
"Why, old man, said l, 'how much,
do YOU want? I'll lend it to you !"s
"Hc was the happiest man in thss
world when / handed him over the.
money. lie swore eternal friendship!
''Well that money was out ut inter-
est, enormous interest, and was goo
ing abroad. NEEDED somebody over
there to use. 1t was the easiest thing
in the world to do him nicely, and
then lend him back his own. money!
Well, | used him" Il
Woodward stayed in New 4ork
Just long enough after that to fleece
the late ". W. Corcoran, of Was&
iugton, out of a large sum of mon
by ''saIted" silver mine, to cheats
Staten Island man out of 5000
cards, to dupc Roman Cathof
bishop to the tune of $4,000, and q
borrow $500 in house of ill-reputa
by passing himself as one ofthe young
TifFanys.
He also induced woman of wealth
and position to marry him. She was
the mother of three beautiful daugAt,
in, ietO One day she caught him writ
hay ee.sfs in a feminine = Il6;H !; :i - i
= and many IN setr.sssis3 Swain, believing
The story, the advertisement told of
the fornnc awaiting her, sent on
from 300 to 5000 for expenses.
''vhy, yes" snccred Hawley. w,
to]! her she hadn t married gentle
pan, buta crook. She got divorce.
New York knew "Big Hawley"
10 more.
".All London heard of me next, 81
laughed Woodward, leaning back on
the cot iii his cell. Il was the Hon
Lionel MuSgrovc. Frank Tarbo
Was my charn. | made sensational
in the West End. |
took house there in 1894 in the
kcnsn9ton quarter. | had horses
and carriages and liycricd servants.
Frank Tarbo was my secretary.
Everybody came to our parties, the
young dukes and lords with more
money tlan brains.
1T WAS better than bunco and rich
CT than green goods. Why, many
young fellow dropped his 10000
pounds playing quiet game at the
mansion III kcnsington. We had to
get out though when the British bob.
bies found ayoung man on our door
step unconscious. We had thrown
him out on his head after doing him
out Of 100000 at cards"
Thcyoang man pressed the charge.
They were arrested, though they Of
frrcd linn $4,000 to keep quiet.
Then victim after victim became
known. The "Iionorablc Lionel
had ilcccci Ealf Of London. Samuel
Lewis, the famous London money
lender, was one of the victims.
The precious pair got bail they
promptly jumped 1t. n man who
followed them to Gravcstnd to collect
a bill for guitar that the "IIonor-
able iicncl' had bought was soundly
thrashcl for his audacity.
India and the cast was our next
working ground continued Wood.
ward. I've lived like princes and
made o;hcr people pay. We had
yacht. We went to Colombo, Ccy.
lon. There we got off with box of
rubics worth 500, 600. The fellows
name was Abrams. 1t was regular