Evening star., 1909-05-09

$4,000: DR.. r. Lee wilkins, $4,000: W
e. Sisson, Sc, 100: G. w. Goods. brother
Of Chief Goods, Manassas. Va. $1,000
Chief Goods, when seen by q reporter
for The Star last night. said he had been
| investing with Davis in small sums for the
| past five years and continued to do SO un-
til last fall. when he made several in
ef1ectual efforts to withdraw his money
He secured notes and at times received
interest at the rate OF six per cent Re-
Gently. however, the interest ceased te
be paid.
Believing Davis all right he at times lei
| the interest remain with Davis with the
understanding, OF course, that 1t would be
added to his account. The chief said that
ne was Introduced to Davis by his 1, uncle sns
that the latter is believed to have a large
sum invested with Davis.
| The chief also explained that the tota
| amount secured from members OF his
| family in Alexandra and vicinity VIII
reach $4,000 This amount included wha,
was invested by his mother. brothers ano
| sisters. The amount he placed with Davis
was 81. GOO and the interest at the present
| time would make the total $4,000
been investing with Davis for the past two
years. Davis. he said. promised interest
at the rate Of per cent. together with
profits accruing from buildings in which
the money was to be used in erecting.
He also secured notes which he does
not believe are worth the paper they are
written on. DR.. wilkins said he was in
Washington all day yesterday looking aft
er his interests. He explained that he
also received some interst from DAVIS:
w. E. Sisssn, who resides at 2Tl9 Duke
street. and whose loss is 100. also spent
yesterday in Washington. He said last
night that he had been investing with
Davis for the past three years. Davis
also guaranteed him 6 per cent interest,
together with the accrued profits other
wise made. On several occasions he re-
ceived interest.
Davis has other clients in Alexandria,
Davis secured something like $4,000 from
Alexandrians, 1T is believed. 1t is also
reported here that number of his vic
TINS reside in Front Royal, Va.
Letters From Claimants.
Letters taken from Davis at the time
Of his arrest show that several OF his
patrons were crowding him for money,
some threatening him with prosecution.
others with civil suits, and one young
lady intimated that he might be violently
dealt with should she run across him.
Her letter reads:
my Dear Mr.. Davis: / am sick of
your promises. / am also tired of seeing
strangers on embarrassing questions. You
are using my name Illegally TOO mucn.
/ shall report 1t. Don't dare see me
again without the money you have prom
ised. l won't vouch for your safety II
you do. and II you come to the office
again I'll Immediately report you."
Another letter found in his possession
was from counsel for one OF his clients.
This letter reads:
After an examination Of your state
ment in regards to the money Of Mrs.
Duca, l wish to advise you that do not
understand 1t. Your account for 4,9S6 81.
the money received from Mrs. Duca, and
you charge that q number Of payments
pears. you only claim to owe Mrs Duca
S4,1i9 You told me. May 3. that you had
paid Mrs. Duca 1886. 70 by way Of inter-
est and profits on her money and you
book. admitted to me that you had on
deposit for her at the building association
81, $50, and you told me that that was
all the money you received from Mrs.
Duca. I wrote you yesterday that did
not propose to have this matter running
indefinitely. wish to let you know that
this is the last communication pro-
pose to write to you or give you an op-
portunity to adjust this matter"
Still another OF the disappointed ones
wrote:
Il am still waiting for you to send me
the money you have agreed to. Why did
you telegraph as you did? It seems need
less to urge this matter. You know l
need this money"
IT don't seem to be able to talk to you
either by calling at your ONCE or by
Phone" wrote another lady, ''as I called
up again today and you were not in.
am very badly in need OF some money
and would like very much il you would
turn mine over to me right away. This
is very important"
A letter received by Davis from the at.
torney for another of his alleged victims
gives an idea OF the nature of at least
one Of his alleged fraudulent transactions.
The letter reads:
Mrs. Barber called at the ONCE again
this morning and instructed me to say 1t
is absolutely necessary that you secure
of 500 and $1,000. respectively. and record
them without delay. The alternative will
be suit In equity, which l am authorized
to bring for the purpose of having the
deeds of trust released, and, of course,
If you compel me by your failure to
promptly secure these. releases to take
this action I shall have to make you a
party to the bill In equity and set forth
history of your transactions in this
returned to the house she wrote me a
letter. which has just been delivered, In
which she says she. has no recollection
whatever of signing a s., 600 note for Mr..
Davis in 1903, and feels positive she did
not do so. II she is right about this II
will explain your failure to find such a
note. In her letter she also refers to the
payment Of $75. which she insists you
understood was to be applied to the In
Mr.. w, and under which he is threat
anfnp n forthwith QdvArtf9p