The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
WARRANTS TAKEN
OUT FOR LOGAN
CHEATING AND SWINDLING
CHARGED AGAINST WELL KNOWN
NEGRO POLITICIAN.

claimed That He Used His Omcinl
POSITION I'm the POstOfice to Swim
die Fellow EmplOyes-Assistant
postmaster Warning, One of the
Losers, Began the Prosecution
Logan Cannot be Located and it is
Relieved He Has Skipped-Methods
of the Alleged SwindIer.
william H. Logan, a colored Republi-
can of some prominence and until re-
Gently an employee of the postoffice is
wanted on three warrants, charging
him with cheating and swindling. 1t
VAS believed last night that he had
got wind of the desire of several con-
stables to give him free board and
lodging in the county Jail and he had
left town.
If the facts charged are true, the
negro is one Of the cleverest swindlers
that has recently done business here.
He is charged with having taken ad-
vantage of his position as a Republi-
can of rank and as a governmental en-
ploye to swindle other negroes and
several white men.
The prosecution was instituted by
Mr.. P. A. Waring, assistant postmas-
ter. Mr.. Warning caught up with Lo-
gan before he escaped, and partially
secured himself against loss by COM
pelling the negro to give him a bill
IF sale to three horses, a delivery cart
and the contents of his wood yard on
Randolph street. These are valued at
S4OO. but it is stated that the prosecu-
Tor is still out several hundred dollars.
The amounts that others will lose could
not be learned.
Logan stood we'll up in Republican
circles. He was chairman of the or
ganization in the Fourth district, a
member of the Republican Executive
Committee of the county and mem
her of the Republican Executive Com
mittee of the First Congressional dis
trict.
SwindIed PostOffce Negroes.
Logan's method was to go to one of
the employees of the postoffice and pre-
sent a note, together with a statement
that he needed witnesses to the paper,
and a request that the employee should
sign his name at a certain place.
This was done almost unquestioning-
". but Logan had so arranged it that
when the name was signed in the place
indicated it made the signer the draw
err of the note. The note would then
be taken to Mr.. Waring for indorse-
ment, with the statement that the
drawer needed little money, and that
the amount drawn could be deducted
from his salary at the end of the
month.
Logan's scheme was caught UP with
a few days ago. when one of the en-
ployes in the postoffice denied that he
had ever drawn any note. and that he
had ever received any money. When
brought face to face with Logan he
repeated his statement, Logan called
him a liar. and a fight ensued.
Rush to Secure Money.
This gave the clue to the state Of af-
fairs. and an investigation followed.
An effort was made by Logan and
some of his friends to hush the mat
ter up. but the number he had swim
died was so large that it could not be
done. and in order to prevent his es-
cape warrants. charging him with
cheating and swindling, were taken out
before Justice Naughtin. When Off
Ger Kelley made an attempt to serve
them Logan was not to be found.
Last night a mortgage for $3.50. with
interest from Sept. q, 1899, and $2S
attorneys fees was tOreclOSed Dy La
vna SeigIing on Logan's wood yard
on East Boundary street. Mr.. War
ing is partially secured through the
bill of sale, and as far as can be
learned these two are the only ones
who do not lose. Ellis Reed, proprie-
tor of a money lending shop is report
ed to be a loser to a considerable
amount.
LOgan's Troubles Many.
Logan's career, which up until few
months ago was prosperous, suddenly
turned tables, and began a downward
course and when troubles once start
ed they kept coming. The first mis-
fortune came when he was ordered
discharged from the postoffice several
months ago by recommendation of the
postoffice inspectors. Later, he was re-
instated. Recently, however, he scent
ed more trouble and rendered his res1g-
nation. 1t is said that the inspectors
had his resignation held up and he was
again discharged, though all the in
formation that could be CLEANED at the
postoffice was that he had resigned and
had left the service about Sept. 20.
In religious circles the even tenor
Of the politicians way has been rude
~ broken. He was one of the deacons
of the Second African Baptist Church
and figured prominently in the church
upheaval that finally ended by the CALI
ing in of the police.