Evening journal., 1897-09-13
A WOMAN DID IT..
Acted as a Deputy Sheriff and
Arrested a Supposed Sick Man.
FOUR LOCAL MEN ARE INVOLVED

8 A LITTLE EPISODE IN WHICH
MAGISTRATE KELLEY. CONsTA-
lo BILE GREEN, f. e. GALLAGHER
sr AND A LOCAL BUTCHER FIG
URED-A PHILADELPHIA wO-
I, MANS TRICK BY WHICH GALA
CHER GOT PAYMENT ON AN OLD
DEBT
Here is a little episode in which fig
ured woman as a deputy sheriff and
an alleged embezzler, whose name could
not be learned Jos. H. Barr, butcher
who presides over a stand in King
street market; f. f. Gallagher, drug
gist, who keeps a store at No. 22O4 Mar
ket street: Thomas S. Wilbank, mo-
tary public, of Philadelphia; Magistrate
Kelley and Constable Green, of this city.
One day last week +. e. Gallagher
appeared before Magistrate Kelley and
made complaint against Joseph II.
Barr, who the complainant said owed
him $3.50. He said that he had made
several attempts to collect the money,
but failed He put the matter into the
hands Of the magistrate and the usual
manner of summOning Barr to court
to show cause why the money was not
paid, was done by Constable Green.
When Barr appeared before the mag
istrate he said that he would pay the
money as soon as the estate of his bro
ther, Edward, who died sometime ago,
had been settled up In the meantime
a scene in the case was being enacted
in Philadelphia Thomas S. Wilbanks,
notary public, Of Philadelphia, APP
peared before one Of the Philadelphia
judges and made affidavts that the
man having charge of the Barr estate,
in Philadelphia, had embezzled the
money. The man was cited to appear
in court to show how he invested the
money OF the Barr estate.
When the man learned That a sum
mons had been issued for him, II is
said, that he became III and took 10 his
bed. The sudden illness of the man
foiled the wheels of justice for a few
days, but Wilbanks was not to be beat
en-. He got word somehow or other that
the mans illness was a sham. The next
move that Wilbanks made was to ap-
Rear before the same judge in the same
court and secure the appointment of a
woman as deputy sheriff
% woman deputy sheriff. That tick
led the judge and he asked the reason
of the appointment We'll said Will
banks, when / get the woman ap-
pointed / will instruct her to go to the
home OF the man and pretend
that she desires renting the house, and,
of course, she will be admitted because
the mans house is for rent"
IfThat satisfied the judge, and the wo-
mannwas duly appointed Armed with
warrant, the deputy sheriff went to
the house and was admitted by a wo-
man. The sheriff stated her business
of looking over the house, with the
view of renting Il, and the mistress OF
the house was very glad indeed to dis
play surroundings of the house to
any one Who desired to rent. The sher-
iff and her guide went from the cellar
TO attic, but there was one room that
had not been inspected. In that room
lay the supposed sick man. The guide
tried to avoid a visit to that room, but
the deputy sheriff didn't. II was her
sole object in going to the house, and
sheiwas not to be frustrated. The dep
uty sheriff insisted. The guide resisted,
but finally the woman sheriff won. The
door of the room was unlocked and
OUintus Al1 WOAAAA III NnANAtA NAN
room with bound and, going up to the
sick man, she read to him the warrant
summoning him to court. The man,
seeing that he had been captured, went
before the Judge, and after the case
was heard he was ordered to turn the
money from the Barr estate over to Mr..
Wilbanks.
In a few days the money was turned
over to Wilbanks and negotiations to-
ward dividing the money between
Barr's heirswere going on. Then came
the climax. Mr.. Gallagher, in some way
learned that the estate had been settled
up and notified Constable Green who
after an investigation, learned that
Wilbanks was coming to Wilmington
on Wednesday to settle the estate
When the train rolled in the constable
was at the station and arrested Will
banks as garnishee The notary saw
through the game and quietly went with
the constable to Magistrate kelley's Of
fee. where the case was settled by Gal
lagher accepting $50. All of the heirs
Of Barr had been summoned by VIII
banks to appear that afternoon at the
Clayton House to get their money. just
what the estate amounted to could not
be learned.
A reporter called on Mr. Gala
CHER Saturday at his home No. SO4
BrOome street, but he refused to di-
vulge the name of the supposed sick
man. He did not deny the story.
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And a delightful steamboat ride to
Marcus Hook. Boats leave Fourth
street wharf 1880 a. m. and l p. M
A COLORED BOYS CONSCIENCE.
1T PRICKED HIM so THAT HE
COULD NOT TAKE PROF. GEN