The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-13
SAVE GAVE TRIED HERE
But Somehow it Didn't Work Worth
Cent.
TIE GOVERNOR HONoRS REQUIsITo
Sheriff Suits Tells Of the sick G M They
Worked in His own. They Are Noted
Criminals With Long Bad
R cords.

A requisition from the Governor of In
diana, for one of the confidence men
now in jail at Greensboro, mas been hon
cred by Governor Ayccck, and Sheriff B.
T. Suits, of Ottumwa, Indiana left here
on yesterday afternoons train for
Greensboro to get his prisoner.
The man wanted is the one known there
as Frank Thompson. He is charged
with "buncoing" an old farmer in IN
diana out of $1,000, and his method of
getting the money is interesting.
One day young man. dressed in the
rough garb of a miner, appeared at the
home of Thomas Daharty in Southern In
diana. Daharty is an eccentric BUT we'll
to-do farmer, who came from Ireland in
early youth and has not been back to
the old country since. The young miner
said he was Daharty's nephew, and talk
ed Familiarity about the various members
Of the Daharty family and his father and
their neighbors, left back n dear Old
Ireland" He explained to his ''un
Gle" that he had come to this coun-
try few years ago, had dritted from
New York, where he landed, to the West
where he had become a miner In his
mining operations he had been success
full so far as discovering a rich bed of
ore was concerned; all he lacked was a
little capital to work the mine. For
enough TO enable him to do this, he was
willing to give half the returns from the
mine. The old farmers eyes twinkled
greedily at this, and the young man said
no more for day or two. Then one day
he casually resumed the subject by re-
marking that he must leave in a few
days for Ottumwa to find a man willing
to stake" him He added that he thought
he would have little trouble in getting
600 or $4,000, as he was not only
going to give half the profits Of his mine
TO the man who put UP "the dough" but
that he bed two huge lunps Of gold, al
ready taken from the mine, and he pro-
posed to leave these as security with the
man who loaned him the money.
THE CONDITIONS WERE HARD.
He thought these hard conditions, but
he was bound to have the money, as with
$4,000 working capital he could soon be-
come immensely wealthy.
The old farmers eyes now positively
danced with avarice and he asked why he
couldn't be taken into so good a thing
The young miner told him that it was
nothing more nor less than the lack of
money The old farmer said he was not
so entirely destitute of 1.-The long green
as some folks appeared to think. The
young man asked how much Of 1.-The filthy"
he could shell out in a pinch on such
gilt edge security" and bright prospects
as he was offering. At first the farmer
didn't know, but finally he decided that
81 600 would size his pile. If the fortunate
young miner could do the whole business
on that capital, give him half the profits
and leave his gold as security for the ORR
ginal capital advanced. why it was
trade.
The young man was doubtful He went
over the whole scheme with his uncle,
and he couldn't figure the thing down be-
low $40, eco to save him Then the uncle
grew sorry that he couldn't scare up the
SO 600 he was still shy, but he couldn't;
he said he had gone the limit in that
$1,000 lie hated to see the profit go out
of 1.-The family" and he thought with
the right sort of economy, his nephew
might do considerable business on $1,000
Finally the nephew said he'd try, and
the two set off for Ottumwa, where the
"nephew's'' gold was in a vault for safe
keeping, and the ''uncle's' money was in
bank
Arrived at Ottumwa. the young man
cautioned secrecy. The old man drew
cut his money and the young man found
an old forty-niner miner whom he had
left in charge of the gold bars. The
forty-niner was the man known at
Greensboro as A. L. Daley or J. L. How
ard.
BUT THE OLD MAN WAS EASY.
When the gold was exhibited the old
farmer showed some suspicion as to its
genuineness. The NEPHEW was glad he
mentioned it, the bars must be tested,
SO that there could be no doubt that the
whole thing was on the square. He
asked his ''uncle" whom he thought they
ought to get to test it. The uncle
knew no better person for such Job
than some jeweler. The nephew sud-
denly remembered, however that he had
Just heard in the hotel office that
United States government assayer was
stopping there. In that case he would be
the best man in the world for such a
job. No one could ever question his YER
dict on a piece of gold He'd go to the
office and see if such an official was still
in the house. He came back and said
the clerk reported the assayer as still
there and had given him the number Of
the room.
With gold bricks IN hand they went to
this room and knocked--the uncle the
nephew and the forty miner They
were hidden to enter. The nephew in
/ troduced himself, told his business and
introduced his companions.
Though the man appeared to be q COM
plete stranger, he was really con
federate and is now under arrest with
them at Greensboro as H. D. Hawley
He examined the gold bricks. knocking
them, scratching them, pouring mysteri-
Gus liquids on them and doing other
queer things and locking wise. All