The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-06

A recent issue of the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER printed the following inter
esting story of A. D. Oliver, who had
a criminal career in Ohio and served
terms in the penitentiary before com
ing to Georgia:
The mysterious murder of A. d.
Oliver, the Get Rich Quick Wal
lingford of the South" at Leesburg,
Ga. on the night of February 17th,
has recalled to Detective Dan Gala
han that chapter in the criminal
history of Oliver had been written in
Cincinnati. 1t also brought to his
mind one of the most disagreed bic
experiences in his long career as a
man hunter, he says, when he arrest
ed Oliver under his real name, Chas.
Blazer, On a charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
He was one of the mots remarka-
BILE criminals of my age said Gala
nan. And he looked like a farmer.
One day in 1912 Detective Gala
han, then assigned to hOtels and
banks, was in the Gibson house. A
stranger registered as Charles Blaz-
er, Columbus, Ohio. Callahan did
not like his looks and was not salts
fed when the clerk told him the new
guest was a banker.
At the first opportunity Callahan
went to the mans room and discoy-
cred cards of the ''Viaduct Bank,
Columbus, Ohio" Upon inquiry at
The clearing house he learned that
there was no such institution. Gala
han notified Chief of Police Dietsch,
who would not consent to having the
supposed banker arrested.
Blazer afterwards presented a GER
tilted check for $3.50 on the Viaduct
Bank to the Duhme Jewelry Com
pany ana went away with $40 in jew
elry and the rest in hard cash. Her.
man Keck, head of the firm, obtain
cd warrant for the man, but he had
disappeared.
Located in Tampa.
Blazer was next heard of three
years after the Cincinnati affair in
dulIJd, L Id, anu D6ICCllh6 A'AllGll1bhj
with requisitiOn papers. went there.
Previously, Callahan declared, Chief
of Detectives Sullivan of Louisville
had been locked up at Tampa, where
he had gone to get Blazer for forg-
ing bills of lading and obtaining
eight cars of corn from ZOrn & Co.
of Louisville. The chief was charged
with carrying concealed weapons.
Sullivan and Mr.. Zorn, who was also
arrested, were fined 5000 and costs.
Governor Jennings of Florida, a
neighbor of Blazer, would not honor
Callahan's paper. Blazer had mar
ried a society girl of Tampa, and was
operating saw mills, flour mills and
other plants.
Detective Callahan finally prevail
ed on the governor to give up Blazer.
With his prisoner, the officer having
purchased two railroad tickets for
Jacksonville, hired buggy and drove
to Ybor City, where he caught the
northbound train. With writs of ha-
beas corpus 80 deputy sheriffs pur-
sued them, but Callahan hid Blazer
in baggage car, got him to Atlanta
and surrendered him to the United
States marshal.
Detective Callahan's arrest in that
city on a charge of kidnapping follow
ed. After being in jail seven hours
he was released on bond, and with
the permission of the governor Of
Georgia he secured Blazer from the
federal auth Orities and brought him
to Cincinnati. Blazer was hidden in
a baggage car during the journey.
A jury in the common pleas court
found Blazer guilty. His sentence
was five years in the penitentiary.
Attorney Thomas Darby defended
him.
Those who knew him say that Bla-
ger, or Oliver, was a genius of per-
No character outside of
book covers possessed a greater fac'l-