The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-09-07
TRAvIS'S NERVE
Colored SWindler Says News
papers Here Misrepre-
sented Him.
MORE COMPLAINANTS
East Orange Negro Says the
Man Swindled Him
Recently.

William Travis, who has been masquer-
aiding under the name and titles of "C.
C. johnson, M. D. and D. D." and robbing
the Syrians in this city, was arraigned
before Police Justice Hoos in the First
Criminal Court this morning on two
charges-obtaining money under false pre-
tences from Mrs. Selene Zion, of No. o.
Gregory street. and practicing medicine
without a license. He was heid LOT tne
Grand Jury and will remain in jail until
he appears on the Hill for trial.
Some more interesting details were
learned about this audacious and inter-
esting negro, but his nerve 1s not snaken
in the least. The publicity given MS
operations hereabouts and the details OF
his career have filed him with anger ana
he is now in the mood to refute all that
has been said by holding that he ls re-
spectable and guiltless physician VINO IN
adyertently prescribed here though he had
no license.' He takes this stand not only
with those ignorant enough to be gulled'
hut has the impudence to attempt TO pun
the wool over a newspaper reporter
evas who knows all about his workings.
In court this morning Travis's counsel,
anr snra egins. the colored lawyer called
> .News'' reporter to the prisoner VINO
dictated the following statement
.aro tbe Editor of The News
I'm one of your recent contemporaries
q series of stories affecting my pfoAeS
sional standing and personal character
anpeared obviously for the purpose OF en-
tertaining the public with reading matter
ont of the ordinary line. THESE scraps u
oil
Information gathered from Trespohsipie
persons and garnished by the writer ny
adding to the entertainment ana ihahiiis
mo anpear ridiculous The reporter Woulu
Hhordlv venture on any such undertaklng
70 undermine the confidence placed III
,oneer settled physician. And indeed any
sucb effort would have missed its purpose
hv exciting the disgust instead Oh the
nerriment of your readers.
Nv acontemporaries" the man means Is
sues of "The News"
..Do Won mean to say that there was no
foundation for the accounts printed ABOUT
vour arrest?' asked the reporter.
"Yes.'
aDid YOU not practice medicine without
,;oansa without even applying for Ii
cense? Did you not rob every one you
could right and left? Were you not con-
victed and sentenced in Brooklyn for
similar crimes? In short, are you not
thief and a bogus physician Tnese
questions were put as they are mere
nrinted. and the mans reply was
.sWen. never mind printing the state
ment. What you say was true enough
now that you put it in that light"
when Judge Hoos called the case the
two complaints were read and counselor
snraggins moved for the dismissal OF the
charges. The motion was denied. Travis
went back to a cell and Chief Murphy
saws the likelihood is that he will remain
hah,nd prison bars for some years.
A negro named Taylor Jackson of No.
24e Main street, East Orange, call
I'd on the Chief and identified
Jackson as man who had in
duced him to buy two tickets for Wash
ington on the representation that ley
were to 60 to the Capitol to settle a
financial matter in which. Travis SAID
jackson was interested. though the latter
never knew of it until Travis told hiIa.
Travis got ore ticket and fed. He after
wards disposed of it for money.
Travis swindled Mrs Charlotte Johnson
Of Newark out of a watch and $50. She
told Chief Murphy and Travis admitted
his guilt.