The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-03
WERE IN PADUCAH
DAY OF SWINDLE
But Claim They Were Here
Looking for Murderer.
Detective Moore Makes Sensational
Arrest Of Two Alleged Green
Goods Men.
THREE UNDER ARREST HERE.

d. S. Blackwell, Thomas Warren
and Thomas Tolley, alias Franklin,
the trio accused by Lafayette and
Frank Robinson, OF Milan, Tenn, with
fleeing them out of s47O In a green
goods deal. are under arrest and the
case will be thoroughly aired in the
Paducah courts sixty days after the
deal was pulled OF. Blackwell came
here and surrendered after he had
been located and arrested in Tennessee
but the other two men showed fight
before arrested. They were brought
to Paducah last night by Detective
t. ]. Moore and locked up in Jail.
pending an investigation OF the matter.
They claim they are not guilty.
Blackwell was arrested at SCOTS
Hill. Tenn, his home. and at first re-
fused to return without requisition
papers. but when Detective 7. ].
Moore left two days ago with the nee
essary papers. Blackwell decided to
surrender in this state. He had been
out on bond In Tennessee. Detective
Moore passed him on the train.
Detective Moore then got busy
and succeeded in srresting the other
two men alleged to have been the
green goods operators,
Franklin and Warren are Tennes-
seeans and were found below Lexing-
ton.
Sheriff ]. r. Franklin and Deputy
w. j. Knowles boarded the train at
Lexington They deputized IR. L.
Boaz. car repslrer, and tipped the
business on to Conductor Tom Lewis
Franklin and Warren seemed to .be
suspicious, and when they boarded
the train ten miles below Lexington,
they carried shotguns and pistols.
Conductor Lewis pinioned Franklis
down before the latter could use HIS
gun. and with the assistance of Boaz
relieved the prisoner OF his firearms.
The sheriff and deputy were attend
ing to the other Tennesseean and sue
cecded In stripping him OF his shoot
ing irons. The prisoners were re-
turned to Lexington and then to Pa
ducah.
Warren and Franklin wear detec-
tives' badges, of the Hammond De-
tective Agency" Cincinnati. and claim
they we're here on the day the swindle
is alleged to have been pulled off. but
we're here to find murderer and did
not see the two Milan brothers. The
Robinsons fully identified the men at
Lexington and still stick TO their story
of the fieecing.
The Robinsons allege that the two
once before neeced them out Of 1925,
which is supposed to be the first pay
ment for the green goods. FRANKLIN
and Warren are alleged to have told
the Robinsons that the $4,000 in
green goods would be turned over In
a few weeks after the 1928 was Sc
cured. The operators wanted to see
II the farmers were capable Of making
successful green goods operators be-
fore risking them. This Is the story
the Robinsons tell
Blackwell is accused OF being an ac-
complete, having arranged the meeting
in the st. Nicholas hotel here % May
30, when the second lot Of cash was
secured from the farmers.
This morning in police court the
prisoners sat on the bench and wait
ed for the appearance Of Judge r..
T. Lightfoot. whom they had secur-
ed through a Tennessee attorney.
Judge Lightfoot did not ar
rive in time to take the matter up
this morning and by agreement the
case was held over until Monday
The men are still in Jail unable to
give the necessary bond