Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-19
CLEVER, BUT WICKED.
soHrvETTE FAMILY AND THEIR
MANY UNUSUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
0NE is NOW UNDER ARREST.
fhc SON, known ns Cleveland, =.
Charged With Using the Mails for
rraudulcnt Purposcs-IIis Alleged
schcne--Inhinn Blood I'm Them,

CATE CITY. VA, December ls-(Spe-
risl Young ]. c. Rohinette. who was
hroae.ht to Jail here Saturday by a dep-
tz marshal. on a charge OF using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. was
-,aacd under q heavy bond 10 answer
r. Indictment in the Federal Court. His
-7a~cIlts came to town Yesterday and exc
c,tea the bond, and he returned home
yp5.l them last night
-e Young man is said TO be exceeding
Is sarcwd and is fine penman. He had
a stationery printed representing him
ts. to he q large merchant. CARRYING. in
a4Gaal TO general line of
Hlevc.as, sowing machines, musical
srstrlnents, etc. It Is alleged
ft he negotiated sales by mail, reouir-
!sc his customers to advance specified
r.a in every instance las a guaranty
OF good faith" lie is said TO have receiv-
"a large amount OF money in this way.
last none OF his customers ever received
tae goods.
DEALS IN INDIAN RELICS.
Thu father Of The young man has for
many years been g dealer in Indian rel
fcs aa6 has made much money by the
t-a5n. Il is currently claimed throughout
IRE community in which he lives that
many Of his relics are counterfeit,
bat 50 shiifully executed as TO deceive
ne most perfect connoisseurs All the
lur1+aers OF the family are endowed with
remarkable mechanical ingenuity. They
make guitars. nandolins. clocks, etc. of
hsh order. and can make any article
lhey desire Of either wood or iron
The old gentleman is also a si1ilfuI tax
i6err1ist. and by mounting the birds, an
trra1s and snakes of this country and
exchanging them for those OF foreign
lands he contrived to establish highly
Interesting museum which he. few years
eco. exchanged for a valuable farm In
Tennessee.
The family carries on an immense cor
respondence sd coatrived to secure the
s.4hiiShrnent OF the post-offices Of Flag
PEND and Eodel for their own convent
INTENDED TO DO MUCH BUSINESS.
C. Robinette. who goes by tie name
q Cleveland. had his stationery headed
flag Pond Va. L. S A. evidently
planning to extend his trade abroad The
style OF his fcticious firm is "Collingworth
{. Robinette. purposely. it is thought,
EuPpressing his cUn initials. Colingwortn
formerly lived at Flag Pond. but is at
present employed in Wise county, and
IS believed to be ignorant of the swindliug
scheme thai was being conducted under
his name. An older brother of Cleveland
Robinette. who, il is alleged a few years
: 3
81 the commercial reports, is charged with
being implicated il the mercantile swim
ole but has thus far eluded the officers.
HAVE INDIAN BLOOD IN THEM.
Although not descendants of Pocahon-
tas this family is said TO be highly tine
tu-ed with Indian blood. Their time is
patiently devoted to manufacturing rare
articles, which they manage to sell
through the mails. The account given of
ir,rr - on, Of their
community is deeply interesting and ro-
mantle. However much they may have
cZerstepped the bounds Of law, it cannot
be denied that there is much in their
story TO be admired.
Mr. ". NJ Perry and Mrs. Amanda
Zones, prominent people Of this county,
we're married to-day. Mr.. Perry is the
either of DIR. w ]. Perry. of Gate City,
md Rev. John ". Perry. one of the most
eloquent ministers OF the Holston Con
terence of The Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.