The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-06
DIDN'T BUY.
THE. FARM.
Frank Woolley e Meets ss.all
Fellow Whose Bust
ness Was Horse
Stealing.

The West Che ter Republican contains
the following article OF Interest to Will
mingtoniaii,:
!. Gu Monday last Mr.. Frank Woolley, Of
WILMINGTON, Del. cnne to our borough
for tho purpose Of visiting his people, and
trAnsactiny business.
In the course Of conversation at one OF
our leading hotels he made some reference
to the farm belonging to his mother which
Is situated ia " est Goshen township north
OF this borough.
A strange man who WINS In herring dis.
iauce said that he would like 10 purchase
just suchsa farm as Mr.. Woolley had de-
scrlbed. After a limo 1t was agreed TO 60
up and look ut the property, and Mr..
Woolley touk he man to tho livery stable
: OF Edwin f.sei!on where horse and sleigh
WINS purchased, and the pair started out to
view and inspect. After looking around.
tho would be purchaser expressed him ELI
a. satisfied with tho place, aud Oh the re-
turn OF the two to West Chester n deal
was made, by which William H. Rodgers
(this being the name given) was to come
inlo pc session Of the ISL acre farm by pay.
tl2 0oo OF little over 90 per acre. " was
SOON noissd around and tue prizes oonl-
mented upon. The afternoon papers an.
nounced the sale at some length. aud un-.
dor All extensive heading All who heard
good une, and as Mr.. Rodgers had stated
That he Intended expanding $4,000 In stock,
putting on sixty thoroughbred cows etc.
another grand stock and dairy farm vas
to be added to the extensive list Ia this
neighborhOod.
Mr.. Woolley not feeling entirely salts
He'd with the tardy movements Of the pur-
chaser rs to the necessary cash thought
best to take him In the presence Of one Of
Inn bar hnt h.s lfvht
plain as best no could from whence the ne.
cessary was coming Rodgers stated that
hs was from Oaio, had been boarding with
tho we'll known Young family Of West
Bradford, and thut the latter had ana would
furnish the ncce !sary emUunt. An agree
ment WAS signed and the matter was al.
lowed 10 reat for the time being. We
must state that tho banker was not favor.
ably Impressed with the buckeye man.
BY the time tho case had proceeded to
this point 1t was almost evening and the
stranger who registered at the Turks
Head iaado himself acquainted witch sever.
al about the house, nDI worry social time
was indnlged IN during the evening. Some
Of the suciabillty wns paid for and some Is
not bat is to DO on the return Of tho strang-
er.
1t Is said thas one gentleman VIII, bo-
came greatly Interested In the stock part
of the gentleman story went SO far as to
send word to the firm OF Troxel ~ Benz
Beatrice, Nebraska, to bring on a carload
of good horses q. once, rs q goOd buyer was
OH deck. The order WAS Counterinanued
yesterday. After putting in the night,
RodgerA' appeared at the stable OF MIR.
Leraon again at 3 O'Clock on Tuesday
morning and asked for horse and sleigh
togo to NJ .Young's after his cash. As lie
had been there with Mr.. Wooliey tho day
before and had been Introduced as the
farm purchaser, Mr.. Leedom did not hes
late momen', and the tenn was furnish
ed. Tho day wore on and no man nppear-
ed All threngh Tuesday night his arrival
was avail oil but be failed to.put in an ap-
pearunce. Yesterday morning the owner
of the team tecafne uneasy and began to
phone around the neghborhood
1t WAS learned that he had been seen In
Parkcsburg on Tuesday and Detcc i've
Byerly was ordered TO look him up, but no
had flown. Postu.s describing he man and
team wore sent out later in the day, but
no returns came up to dark last evening.
The mans career was looked up and 1t
was found that he had huskcd corn last
fall for John Young and was employed
there for inc. lie knocked around the
country fora time and baconing unwell
was admitted to this Chester County Hos
pital from which institution no was dis
charged last Monday morning. He Is Vt
medium height, rather light build, crook
cd nose light moustnc!c, and two
fingers are crippled. He played the gamc
pretty successfully and with little loss to
any one tho most important item of his
game being lha team, and We are pleased
to state that since commencing tn write this
article " c fad that Mr.. Ell WickersLan,
who re iles one mi;u south Of Doe Run,
phoned to he oifice Of S. Cochran, In
this borough, that n tcniE was ut his place,
and chat same'o reply, which was done
ard MIR. WickeIsAnm will bring he horse
10 the owner 10 day. MIR. Rodgers is not
present, huL s. NH II road TO Ohio or some
oth0s point. = sbably 70 Nebraska to IN
spcct tho uorsrs 10. III stock farm in per-
son.