The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-13
TALE OF TWO CITIES
4 Chicago Man Meets Up With ManJ
Adventures In Norfolk.
HAS NOTES AND SECURITIES TO BURN
And Invests Ia County Farms, whose
Former Owners SRy tho Notca
Were Not Remarkably Well Sc
curcd-Civii nnd Criminal Arrests
FoiioW-Case Comes W, ro.dny.

Mr.. Michael Travers, OF Chicago, came
to Norfolk several weeks ago, with {;
large number or negotiable notes pay
able to himself or bearer.
Thereby hangs a tale
| lie now lanEuisheS III prison cell
arrested on two criminal warrant.
| charging him with obtaining $4,000
worth Of property under false pretcnces
The story Of the events leading up TO
f! his arrest and imprisonment may be
both interesting and instructive.
! 1t seems that he had not been in this
part OF the universe any great while
| before he met Mr.. y. G.. Foreman {,
| Norfolk county citizen, whom It is said
| he induced to sell his 200 acre farm in
| Princess Anne county to him for $500,
| rendering, according to Foreman, three
thousand dollar notes In payment and
! receiving $500 in cash In change. Fore
| man and his wife signed the deed and
the transfer was completed.
Now Mr. Foreman states that Trayers
represented the notes to be secured by
mortgages or valuable real estate To-
| Gated in the town OF Thornton, ILL., When
the notes were sent to the Chicago bank
FOR collection, they were promptly pro-
tested.
INVESTIGATES THE MATTER.
Being now persuaded that he had
| gone too fast In taking notes for his
! I.
| Foreman went to Chicago to look up the
property which was supposed to secure
| the said notes
II" says he found only frog pond III
SeuEe grass and bushes instead Of valu-
| able lots IN the heart Of the town OF
thornton. He placed the notes in the
Chicago market and could not realize
n cent. Then lie came home.
TO come back to Mr.. Travers, that
gentleman shortly after the Foreman
DEAL met UP with Mr.. Wilson Davis,
who did own a 500 acre farm just across
| the border in North Carolina upon
which he has lived over half q century
the old homestead. This he transfer
red to Travers FOR 4 consideration, said
| consideration, according to Mr. Davis,
being six of the aforesaid $1,000 notes
ono change), secured by lots in Thorn
ton. These notes were protested, and
up to date have not been source Of any
considerable revenue to their unlucky
| posseSSor.
IN TIE TOLLS
Travers came to Norfolk and Foreman
| mad capias placed upon him and held
| him In $500 bail under civil proceed
lnES TO recover on the notes.
| TraverS remained in jail until yester-
day--three weeks in all-when the ca
ptas was quashed because Of an error
| III Tie process. AS soon as he was re-
| leased from tho custody OF the civil
court. criminal warrants were served
| on him for obtaining money under falst.
| pretenScS. The complainants ure On
us. alleging II fraud OF 1870, and Fore
| man, alleging Il fraud of s., 900 Trayers
! is now In jail ana the case will come up
| before Justice Tomlin this morning for
! preliminary examination.
PROPERTY TRANSFERRED.
The property transferred to Traver.;
| mas heen. according 10 the coinplainantS.
transferred 10 !, third parry. who has
! transferred 1t to TravcrS' Wife
| me accused is represented by Judge
-. tucker Brooke and Wocott & VOL
cotl. while Mcssrs. Eason & Peterson
appear for the complainants
judge -. Tucker Brooke and Messrs.
| Nolcott ~ Wolcott, counsel for Mich
ae! Iravers, declined to give on. for
publication amy statement regarding the
line OF defense they will pursue They
seemed inclined to place the whole mat
| ter in the light Of Il persecution Of their
client, claiming that he hal been dc
c"yed here for the purpose Of arrest
y SUIT ENTERED.
| at six o'clock Yesterday evanirn
| IraNers counsel entered suit agaist j.
Z. Foreman and Il. B. Freeman to re-
cover damages for false Imprisonment
On the S5,oOO bond, filed whcr the caDias
lor iraVers arrest was first issued
| when application was made for IN,
clVli process To he usei against Trayrrs
The plaintiff Mr. d. c.. Foreman. was
required 10 put up n $4,000 bond Mr.. T..
Is. freeman becoming his surety. on
ms guarantee TraycrS' ATTORNEYS will
now endeaVor to recover for their
cllGn. arrest and detention in the city
jail for eighteen days.