The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-03
ACCUsERs
SADDER AND WISER
THEY CHARGE HIM WITH swIND-
LING huT HE is FREED BY :
JUSTICE JOHN.
COSTS ARE RENTED
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CASE, WHICH INVOLVED ONE OF
MISTAKEN IDENTITY. ENDS
WITH DEFENDANTS DIS
CHARGE IN COURT.
COSTS ARE RENTED

Two sad, dumfounded, but decided
~ wiser. men sat in police court Fri
day. They were P. f. Taylor and
August Sfewert. who had charged s.
NJ. Ball with obtaining $40 each from
them by false ~pretense. They had
paid the $40 to become travelling
agents. or managers. for a Philadel-
phia concern. The $40 included the
cost of the outfit they were to use.
They could IL afford the money. They
believed themselves victims of a
swindling yame. and now they were
taxed to pay $3.50. the cost of the
court, for causing the arrest of Ball.
After police court adjourned Fri
day Justice Crutchfield RENTED the
costs he had taxed the plaintiffs in the
case against s. NJ. Ball. He a ar
rived at the conclusion that they had
suffered enough without adding this
additional burden.
Ball was discharged by Justice
Crutehfieid. He had nothing to say
when a~rraigned. He let Taylor and
Siewert tell their story.
They told how in response to an adj
vertisement they had called upon Ball
in Murphy's Hotel. He promised to
give them a job with the George
Clews Company. of Philadelphia, as
agents, and afterward as nag
ii they proved capable. They paid him
$50 for IN outfit. Their outfit vas
long in coming. Bal left the city be-
fore IL came. Taylor got anxious.
Tuesday he saw a man In Murphy's
Hotel who looked like Ball. He APP
preached him and wanted to know
how about the see and the sample
case. The man denied that he was
Ball. n Taylor. in a great fear that
his $40 was gone for good and all,
had the man arrested. He proved to
be Jean J.. Crandall, Of Washington,
ID. c.. an agent for a New York pub
fishing house. He had 81 hard time
to establish his identity. and the news
papers told OF his difficulty.
Siewert Acsusc Bali.
August Siewert saw thu story OF
Crandail In the newspapers, and he
came to police headquarters with his
tale of woe. He, too. had paid Ball
$40 for a job and a sample case. and
neither job nor case was in sight The
Newport News police had seen the
story in the newspapers and found
Ball was in their city. They
wired Richmond police headquarters.
Captain Mcmahon, OF the detective
bureau, asked Siewert If he would
swear out a warrant against Ball. He
said he would. and did so. Taylor
also obtained a warrant. and Captain
Mcmahon wired the Newport News
police to arrest Ball. which they did.
Detective Atkinson was sent after
him.
Balls arrest did o disturb him
in the least. He had heard thai Tay-
lor's sample case was on its way and
he wired that person to withdraw
his charge. Taylor did not do so,
and so Ball was arraigned in police
court Friday on two charges of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Crutciifieid Hears Case.
The two compliments told their
story. Judge Crutchaeld asked IL they
had received their sample cases. Tay-
lor said his was al the express office.
He was sent after it, and he brought
1t into court. The case was opened.
In 1t were a few hooks-"The Life
of Roosevelt, THE White Slave Traf-
fic." Home Help Hints" and one or
two Others of a similar kind. scissors
and what appeared TO be cheap-jack
junk. all al which, according TO the
value placed upon ii by the police
officers who saw il, would be dear
at $40.
Ball never said a word The con-
tracts he had given Taylor and Slew
ert were produced. and then Justice
Crutchfeld discharged Ball and or
dered Taylor and Siewert 10 pay the
costs. which amounted to $3.50 In
ach case. Neither had the money
and they spent an anxious hour till
friends came to their relief.
Captain Mcmahon has t~eiegraphed
TO the Philadelphia police for infor-
nation about h firm Of George @.
CLOVIS & Company. The concern, ac-
cordiae tea prospectus. conducts It's
business from a building at the corner
.af, Eighth and Locust streets.