Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-19
BUSINESS MEN eAMBoozLED

BUSINESS MEN sAMBoozLED
Carroll Bros and the Carroll Supply
Company of Yorkville, o. A. Nell, of
Clover Wood G. Pursley Of Filbert,
Fred E. Smith of Tirzah and possibly
other merchants Of York county are
out Of the sum Of several hundred
dollars each as the result Of the scheme
of a number Of very smooth film
Hammers who interested them in pro-
posed retail merchants wholesale as
sociation which proposed to sell goods
to the retailers, members OF the or
ganization at prices below the average
wholesale charges. According to the
scheme this cooperative wholesale
grocery was to be located in Charlotte
and all the stockholders, the said
stockholders being retail merchants,
were to take stock in the siam Of $500
each, get a dividend on their invest
ment and also get goods for retail
cheaper than they could be purchased
from almost any wholesaler. The York
county merchants mentioned came
across with their $500 each with the
exception of Carroll Bros, whom It Is
understood paid only part.
A representative Of the alleged CO.
operative corporation came to York
vile several months ago accompanied
by "a woman who said she was his wife.
He stopped at the Shandon hotel for
several days. He was man Of good
appearance and a good talker with
apparently gilt cage references from
banks and business people. He pro-
fessed to be very much interested in
religions affairs and in alh> things
worth while. The merchants whom he
approached, most Of them, were much
struck with his proposition and several
fell. =.
Several weeks ago the York county
people began to. smell rat and after
careful investigation in Charlotte and
elsewhere they discovered that they
had been buncoed. Several of them
have placed the matter in the hands OF
John r. Hart, Esq, and Mr.. Hart said
yesterday that there was little that
could be done, and that 1t looked a.
though the merchants had lost their
money for good.
The representative who worked the
York county people Is said to have
been one Walter Callman who came
to Yorkville in May, claiming to be
from New York city. Callman, 1t is
alleged was a partner Of one George
Shaw who is much wanted in Charlotte
for his connection with the co-opera-
tive proposition and who is fighting
extradition to Charlotte. The follow
ing from the Charlotte Observer OF
yesterday, gives a little more light on
the matter:
"The elusive George A. Shaw, de-
scribed as a combination Get-Rich-
Quick Wallingford and Blake Daw,
who is alleged to have touched the
bank rolls of SO Charlotte and nearby
town merchants for $500 each in a
scheme to organize a cooperative
wholesale grocery store in Charlotte,
is still fighting eXtradition to North
Carolina in the Birmingham, Ala.'
courts.
Several charges of embezzlement of
funds amounting to approximately
$4,000 have been made against Shaw
as we'll as one of false pretense Tor
giving check which was later found
to be worthless.
Attorney F. Marion Redd, who with
E. II. Cansler, is representing the
men who claim to have been bum
last night from Coleman & Coleman
attorneys in Birmingham, who are
handling that end of the case for To-
cal parties, saying that Shaw's ap-
Deal for release from the Birmingham
iail has been denied and the prisoner
had been demanded by Sheriff wal
lace, of Mecklenburg county, who has
been on the scene of action since last
Friday night.
Shaw Immediately appealed from
the decision of the court and the
amount of the bond will be argued by
rival counsel this afternoon. Coleman
& Coleman will move that the bond be
placed at $4,000 and Sheriff Wallace
will remain in Birmingham until the
bond is fixed. It is believed that II the
court agrees to the high bond to be
asked for, Shaw will be forced to with
draw this appeal and will then be
brought to Charlotte. IL the bond is
placed at low figure, it Is believed
that Shaw will make getaway ano
that it will be practically Impossible
to bring him here.
Shaw is under a $4,000 bond for
his appearance before a Georgia court
at a later date on charges similar to
those brought by the North Carolina
parties, but it is hardly possible that
he will appear there, as he will be i'm
mediately rearrested, If discharged, by
North Carolina officers and, If found
guilty and sentenced to jail, Woulc
be arrested for this state upon the
completion of his term.
The Charlotte men who were VIC
tins of Shaw are not attempting tc
bring Shaw back to North Carolina
for the purpose Of getting back their
money, they say, but are willing tc
go to any length to have the man pun
ished to the full extent Of the law.
Shaw is said to be one of the clever
est film Hammers" who ever work
ed" in this section. He arrived in
Charlotte with first-class rating IN
commercial circles, and also gave sew
eral Birmingham banks as references
as to his financial standing. Every
one of these references was examined
and all stated that Shaw was all that
he claimed. He had high priced au-
tomobile and gave his address in one
of the most fashionable sections OF At
lanta, Ga.
Men with whom he came in contact
here state that he had a personality
which Immediately won their friend
ship and confidence and that this fact
is the reason he was able to draw
such a large amount Of money from
the $4,000 which he had collected
and placed in local bank.
The scheme evolved by the counter
part of the famous Wallingford is
said by sound business men to be a
good one, and it is believed that the
men who were the victims of Shaw