The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-01-28

ments it is understood why he was SO
anxious 10 get off even as lightly as
that, and shake the dust Of Fayetteville
from MS feet at the earliest possible
moment Horton had been guilty of
larceny IN another case and he evil
IDENTIFY expecting a warrant to be sworn
out against him on that charge. He
had stolen an IS 90 valise belonging
to a Gen:em'" Il his boarding house
heIc, takin, /. away win him when he
left 10 the tiIgh: time. Bat 1t was not
ut5tii se>tTd! days at;eT~e!d that
TINS lac; vas discovered. NJ. Man
ming recalls that he had the vallse but
had no s4spicIon that it did not be-
long 10 Horton. Ii is now IN the
hand, ii & parry in Fayetteville, 10
whom Horton sold 1t t,r a u,lllng
SUN alter ne vas discharged.
How Horton came 10 be in posses
sion OF the money and shoes was IN
this way: Having Two va.lses he sug
gcsleG that he DC allowed 10 rut the
shoes III one OF them. The morning
after they reached Fayetteville he said
that II would DC necessary Tor them
10 have some Bibles, and as the house
dc n)t handle these the manager
would get them al reduced prices, but
Il would be necessary 10 send the
money with The order. He ssked Mr..
Manning to let him have $1,000 for
THIS purpose, that being his proper
ZION Of what the order would come to,
and the latter promptly did SO. An
hour later Horton was making his
way 10 South Carolina, taking with
him both money and shoes. Blu: &C
co:d!ng 10 the law Gas interpreted IN
this ca5e} there was no theft i" such
act an'j the slick young scoundrel was
turned loose 10 prey upon other VIC
TINS.
When here Horton claimed to be
from b ,s,on and SAID he had worked
in the cotton mills at Lowell. He was
familiar with cotton mill machinery
ans their operation and had DO doubt
been about such things, bu: whe ther
in New Eng land CT not IS d question.
Last season he was with Van Amburg 5
| circus as a candy butcher, as We have
since learned He was then known as
| "Horton,' but while in the custody Of
all officer at Fayetteville he sad his
name WAS not Horton but w. G.. Lacey.
He is man oi small stature, light
COmp}eXi,.n, uee,t iii has dress, rather
dudlsh in style, clean shaver, small
| light blue eyes, and appears to he no,
over g years oi age, though ne SAID
he w:s 26. He talks rapidly, chop
| ping his words, aud has none OF the
| broad accent common 10 Northern
| people. His voice is of the tenor quail
llf. In disposition he Is friendly, even
to ''treshness' at times, ana win every
| one "hail fellow vel! met" smart
young rascal who has the faculty OF
making friends and gaining their con-
fidence only TO abuse it by sa!ndllng
and stealing as the sequel of his short
but pleasant stay in Henderson goes
to show. Any information as to his
Whereabouts will be gladly received by
more than one person here, waile we
| doubt not Golfers Publishing Com
! pany would like to know something of
| his present movements.
In reply to a letter from MIR. Manning
| informing him of Horizons conduct,
Mr.. OHare says.
first heard OF Mr.. Horton
from Henderson, n. G., Il very short
| time ago. He wrote me asking ii | de-
| sired an agent in that section, and after
some correspondence | sent him samples.
supposed he was a resident OF Hender
| son or at least of the State. 1t is evi-
dent that he is a thorough scamp, and
suppose he has done" Us swell as you.
1t is very singular that your lawyer al
lowed him to get off SO easily, that is, if
you had one employed. The $40 scheme
was Il swindle as we never demand any
money from agents for books. Our
agents take the orders which they turn
in to US and they are delivered by our
collectors who pay the agents their com
| missions.