El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-03
THAT ENGLISH CAPTAIN
In the ROYAL EnqlneerS.

In the Royal Engineers.
The HERALD reporter started out
this morning to find the cause of the
sudden turn taken by the friends of
Captain Courtney, of the British
army"
About three weeks ago, when Court
ney came to Ell Paso. he, being Cath
Ollie, attended that church. Father
Cshill, seeing that he was stranger
and q Catholic. naturally gave cred
ence to his story as to being a captain
in the British army and sent him to
Alderman James Clifford with an in
PRODUCTION, as Mr.. Clifford is one of the
leading Catholics in Ell Paso.
The captain, being an affsble man
and man of we'll polished manners,
soon gained the confidence of Mr.. Cliff
ford, who at once took Courtney around
and introduced him to his friends. AS
the captain was in Strengthened cir
cumstances and was in need of money
he borrowed some from Mr.. Clifford
and also some from James Conklin. He
told these two gentlemen that he had
some stocks in New York which he
could realize money on and he went
before Attorney P. II. Clark and had
him issue power of attorney to one
named Gage in New York to sell his
This Clark did, and now he is said to
have received q letter from this fellow
Gage saying that he knows no one by
the name of Courtney. Attorney
Clark says now. after the man Court
ney has been arrested, that he,
Clark, thought at the time when he
was taking the oath of power of at
torney that Courtney was bunco
man, but why he didn't so inform his
kxro fpia An I'D Ill he
does not say.
The reporter called on Mr.. Conklin
this morning and asked him about this
sudden turn of affairs. He said: "Well,
you see he has been telling US for two
weeks or more that he was going to
get money from home and in the
meantime he has been bor-
rowing from some of the gentlemen
to whom we have introduced him. He
has been seen gambling this borrowed
money and for the protection of our
best to have him held by the officers
of the law and have an investigation
in the matter. If he has any money ne
can get, that is all right and good.
We have no special hard feeling in
the matter but we think that we should
protect our friends and have taken
this step to do it,
Alderman James Clifford was seen
about the matter and when asked what
he thought in the matter he only said
about the same that Mr.. Conklin mad.
he thought that they had been wrong
ed by the captain, and was more sorry
for having introduced him to his
friends than for anything else.
Tho HERALD representative called
on the captain in the county Jail where
he was placed last night when he was
arrested. The captain said he had never
been in such predicament before and
he only wished that these gentlemen
who had been so kind to him hereto
couple of days as he felt sure that
his money was on the way.
81 know l have heen drinking q
good DEAL" said he, shut I have done
so with the desire to drown some trOu-
BILE have had. and most of the drink
ing which 1 have been doing has been
in company with these gentlemen who
have been SO kind to me. AS for gam
bling, only did that to try and make
have just been intoxicated mentally,
not physically.
81 asked that l be given q lawyer
but there has not been any sent me as
yet. l wish when you go back up town
that you would send me one and then
| can find out when 1 will be given a
hearing. ! am not familiar with the
laws here and l don't know until l |
have an attorney what will be done or
anything about the NATTER
Attorney j. Good happened to be in
the Jail consulting a client of his and
the jailer took him in to Captain
Courtney. Therefore Mr.. Good has
the case in cha ge.
The captain asked the reporter to
ask Mr.. Conklin to come down and see
him. which the reporter did and Mr..
Conklin called on him at noon, but |
what was the result of the meeting is
not known.