The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-22
HIS CLOTH COVERED CRIME.
THE SINS OF YOUNG FOWLER FIND
HIM OUT AT LAST.

a Preacher who stands Charged
with Various and Grave Frauds.
He Uses His Wit TO Escape Arrest
and Succeeds several Times-In
the Tolls Mt LaSt-His Various Az
fairs of DishonOr RecOunted.
Atlanta. Ga, Jan H.-Chief Of Police
Connolly and his detectives have been do
ing all they could to-day 20 ind A r.
Fowler. the handles ex-theological stu
dent, whose arrest was asked yesterday
by the authorities AZ Elberion.
The charge against the man there, and
for which his arrest was asked, Is that
he gave forged notes 10 secure 500 loan
from ". n Aud OF that place. There
are however. numerous other charges
against him. which, If half be true, would
make him out one Of the most accomplish
cd and successful swindlers Of the day.
Fowler. who is a smooth looking young
man of prepossessing appearance and
faultless dress, had both hands shot off
while hunting. He had a large accident
policy when the first hand went and again
when the second one was shot away he
turned up with another policy to compen-
safe for the loss of that member. He re-
ceived pay from one OF the companys for
one Of the missing hands but his attor-
neys are still suing on the other policy.
the case having been appealed 10 the su-
preme court Of Georgia very recently.
Fowler is a South Carolinian, and is
said to belong to a prominent family Of
that state He took a course at the Pres
byterian Seminary at Clinton, and now
has a wife and several children at Green
Vile. He FIRST made his appearance In
Georgia as the travelling agent Of the
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. 1t
is alleged that he did crooked work IN
that position by selling the rights to do
business in several counties over and over
again to different people. One of these
transactions is said to have taken place
IN West Point. Ga
D. H. Livermore, a banker of this city,
had transaction with Fowler In the iu-
surance business. He was at that time
living at Calhoun. Ga. He loaned him 1897,
with which to procure a charter for a
company in Texas. Fowler giving an al
legged mortgage on property in Green
Vile, S. c., to secure IL. When the money
was not PAID back MT. LlVermOre SOlQ the
debt to ]. B. Redwine, a money lender
OF this city at a discount. Redwine sent
an agent to Greenville to look into the
mortgage, with a view to foreclosing 1t,
and then 1t was discovered that the mort
gage was marked cancelled on the records
there, Fowler. 1t Is said offered to give
further security in the shape of a trans
fer of his accident insurance policy, but
the agent discovered that he had already
transferred the same policy to several
other parties, one Of them being lawyer,
who advanced him $500 on IL.
Fowler was placed under arrest at
Greenville, but was allowed to go out in
custody with a baillff. While out he Wis
tied barber shop, had shave and hair
cut and walked off free. He was supposed
TO have come to Atlanta from Elberton,
and In fact did arrive here yesterday. No
put up at the Hotel Jackson. Shortly
after being shown 10 his ROOM where lac
changed his clothing he left the hotel. q
he told the clerk to 80 across the street to
A lawyers office. Since that time he has
not been seen despite the efforts of the
police TO locate him.
Later-Chief of Police Connolly received
informa ton late this afternoon, notifying
him Of the arrest of Fowler in Admission,
Ala. The chief wired this news to Elber-
ton. and the man will probably be brought
back at once.