The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-29
HIS OWN WORD FOR 1T
Man Struck Suffolk Who Was Willing TO
Pledge It Tor His Worth.
.AacDEl POSTpFFlCE, SAYS Mr.. cLUa
The Inspector Approves OF the Excel.
ient Managcmenf-PriEe Tor brit
'5tsi ling = Wise.Yonng Propositions =
Snfroiltinns lose by Assignment of
southern Is. and L.. Association.

Suffolk, Va, Jan. ESPECIAL --Thera
I are frauds and fakes 10 burn. \ man
who acted In such a manner as 10, cause
X him 10 be placed into he above catego-
Y ries struck town to-day. When he tirs
4 arrived his name was Hargrove. AZ
s forwards Il WAS Jones. Had lie been
seen mile f:om town 1t may have been
Z Robinson He wanted job apparent |
! ", and to facilitate the cOnsumma;ionI
aof his desire: he wanted TO get a recon-
Z mendation from w. b. Ferguson e. Co., |
/ one of the largest wholesale grocery |
q firms in Eastern Virginia. He could not |
get the reference on his merits. He tried |
s another way. He failed. Now he has
disappeared. for Il continued story here |
might have put him into water hundreds !
Is of degrees hotter than to-nights tenn
5 perature
Harg,ove or Jones went into the Postal
i telegraph Office about noon. lie asked
! for Elan. w. q. Elan. the manager,
was there. and met the visitor. who re-
4 Quested that he copy on a typewriter
Il Testimonial purporting to come from w.
i b Ferguson & Co. 1t was a hatterng
Testimonial. y man who could fill the
BILL as alleged in that paper Is worth
big money 70 any wholesale house.
! Elan copied the letter and told Har-
grove to get the firms signature. Then
Hargrove hesitated, and the other got
suspicious He telephoned Ferguson Il
Go. They knew nothing of such party
y HE was an imposter. Hargrove had just
said he was employed by them for eight
months.
A few minutes later MIR. Ferguson
says he saw the fellow on the street
Tie knew him by. the description sent,
land approaching him asked IL his name
r was Hargrnve. The fellow said there
must % = mistake. His name was
Jones. ~ lived in Windsor, Then Mr..
Ferguy1;. Went 10 get ELAN for the pur-
pose C Identification. When he re-
turned I-arsrove-Jones was gone. And
he neya:' came back.
Mr. ferguson tonight asked that The
Virginia: publish the fellow, who seem:
{ to be an 3H.roster. NJ. Ferguson doesn't
care hoN sod q job the man gets, but
! he car ryd to give him the firms
1ntiueneS 80 Dut even n slight ac-
quaintaasy. h4n he doesn't admi. q
such sncAkins methods of doing husi-
mess. i he man wore sold-rimmed spec
tacles. and a red mustache. He was five
Sfeet nine inches tail, and weighs 80
pounds.
THE PoSToFFICE INSPECTED.
Po:toffice Inspector John y. Clun. of
washington, d. c., was in suffolk to-
day. This was the first formal yeception
9!nce Captain BIRTHS incumbency. The
inspector came on. smiling. So iid Cap
tain Britt. The inspection had been
4 atisfactory, and both Were in a good
8humor. An the departments wee found
70 have been kept ii 4 strict business
y like manner The Suffolk office Is al
vight--a modal office.
PRIZE FOR DRILLING.
I The Suffolk Light Infantry. Company
3, had drill tonight. Ii was a com
petitive drill, and the successful man
was TO get nice prize offered by Cap
a
De Pass, of the Suffolk Military Acade-
q my, and Second Lieutenant Il. \. Thorn
as, of the Suffolk rays, were judges.
AFTER a very credi:apie exhibition l.. w.
Cauik was pronounced the winner
Amos Carr, of baseball fame, was sec
ono. The company, after the drill was
over, marched 10 their hea dQuarters over
the postoffice and partook of refresh
ments.
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT AT STAKE.
The recording OF dispositions in the
se-Young Congressional contest is
3 now on al hot pace. The work began
To-day. Dispositions are being taken in
three offices of the Boothe building 81
multaneously. The nota les already en-
pioyed are Judge X. II. Rawles. j. Wal
4 Tel, tiosler, and j. u. Burgess. The attor-
9 neys and agents, engaged in the deposi-
uotls are Lee Britt, r., L. Woodward, :.
P.tNanderslice. S. L. Everett, and W. ii.
Arringtpn.1E. iBeaie is employed as stem
ographer in one office.
sIhe examination in chief has thus IA!
peen OF stereotyped nature. The de-
ponents, who were colored, all said they
voted or intended 10 vote for DR. X \
K Wise for Congress from the Second dis
/ trlct OF Virginia. Many who could not
read stated that they asked a judge 10!
assistance. Others prepared iheir own
ballots, or said they did, in accordance
with law. The cross-eNamination was in
some cases necessarily leng ny. a num-
Der OF the Opponents could remember
no other congressional candidate except
Wise.
The whole number of DISPOSITIONS taken
Today was 81. They expect to get along
still faster in future. About 500 depo-
nents from Suffolk, Pauls Branch and
hi.by's MIL will give in thei. evidence
3 mere. RMS VIII consume week or ten
days. Then .he other county precincts
VIII be considered. There were enough
deponents on hand to-day and 10 spare.
IN each office there was always a crowd
waiting turns to say they voted for Dr
vile. In one instance the voters f:om
another precinct got mixed with the
$Paufs Branen electors.
{ SUFFOLK STOCKHOLDERS LOSE
Z. Several Suffolk stockholders viii lose
by the assignment of the Scutheru
Building and Loan Association, AoportcG
from Knoxville. Tenn. There were u
number of stocl<holde in Suffolk, hold
ing the aggregate a Aout $4,000 worth
of Sstock