Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-14
BOLD SCHEME TO GET MONEY.
Man in Dallas Texas Posing as Rev.
Nj. o. Alexander.
(AndersOn Mail, 9th. }

Some one is posing in Dallas,
Texas, as Rev. Milton o. Alexander,
formerly of Anderson, but now a
chaplain$ in the United States navy,
and who is stationed at the Norfolk
navy yard.
About 10 o'clock last night Ben
Alexander received a long distance
telephone massage from Dallas. The
service was not the best and it was
necessary for the telephone operators
to transmit the message. The opera
tors stated that NJ. o. Alexander, in
Dallas, wanted Ben Alexander to send
him ,$S5 by wire Immediately; that
he OM o. AleXander) had lost his
purse while en- route to Dallas and
that he needed the money immedi-
ately. The telephone operator at
Dallas, stated that NJ. o. Alexander
wanted the telephone charges-$5.7
collected on this end of the line.
Ben Alexander agreed to- pay the
tolls, and had planned to forward the
money as requested this morning as
soCn as the telegraph company's Of
flee was opened.
But instead Of sending the money,
Mr.. Alexander decided that he would
make some inquiries. He knew that
his brother Milton, was scheduled to
leave Wilmington, n. c., two weeks
ago, to take up his assignment in the
navy as chaplain at Norfolk. So Mr..
Alexander forwarded a telegram to
the Navy Department at Washington
ac,ly, 20 4
partment replied that Rev. Mr. Alex
ander was at the Norfolk navy yard,
ready to embark. Mr.. Alexander
then addressed a telegram to Milton
Alexander in Norfolk, and in a few
minutes he received reply from Mil
ton stating that he was in Norfolk
ready 10 embark.
In the meantime this morning
WalteEDobbins, Mr.. Aleyander's bro
ther-inHaw, received a telephone
message from Dallas stating that he
M. OdAleXander) had called on his
brothef Ben in Anderson for money,
but th3t he hadn't received it up to
thas.th' fsA and asked Mr.. Dobbins to
send II Immediately. Like in the first
message the telephone operators had
to transmit the message. Mr.. Dob
pllS was ISuueSISu 10 Senu $40, Dnt
he knew Of the request made on Ben
Alexander for $35, so he came up
town this morning and sent him the
$35 by telegraph.
After Mr.. Dobbins had tclegraDhed
the $35 he met Ben Alexander. MI
Alexander had received the kilograms
from the Navy Department and from
Milton Alexander at Norfolk.
Mr.. Dobbins then got Manager II.
E. Howard to telegraph the Dallas
office to hold up payment Of the $35.
He then reported the matter to
Mayor Godfrey, who telegraphed the
chief OF police at Dallas, Informing
him that some one is posing in Dallas
as Rev. Milton O. Alexander, and
asked him to detail some men to
watch for the impostor as he called
at the Western Union office for the
money.
The person posing as Milton Alex
ander in Dallas is most assuredly an
Anderson person. He knows of the
relationship between Walter Dobbins
and Ben Alexander, and knows that
Milton Alexander had left his charge
in Wilmington, en- route for some
port to enter the navy as chaplain.
SO far Ben Alexander is out $3.50
for telephone tolls and Mr.. Dobbins
is out $35, the amount forwarded,
and $3.50 as telephone tolls.
The day before Ben Alexander re-