Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-04
Pays $240 For cigarettes,
That Turn Out To Be
SaWduSt

When A. C. Waller, the proprietor
of a confectionery at 1705-A West
Leigh street opened one of the six
cartoons of cigarettes he had just
purchased for the sum of $4,000, he
found that they contained only damp
sawdust.
1t will be recalled that Waller won
a sensational $4,000 suit against Rev.
Leroy trasier last year for alternating
the affections of his wife. Knowing
Mr.. Waller the writer was very mucn
surprised to learn that he had let
anyone put the old flimham game on
him, and Immediately hurried to him
Tor an interview.
On being asked how he fell for
the game Waller burst into a loud
laugh. at was perfect" he said. ~
became suspicious the minute the
man walked out Of the door, ran to
the cases opened hem, and discovered
the sawdust, and Immediately tele-
phoned the police who arrived on The
scene five minutes after being call
ed"
/ asked Waller "what in the world
did he intend to do with all those
cigarettes" large cartoon contains
81 boxes with 20 packages to box,
and what was he trying to do--get
something for nothing.
81 wasn't trying to get something
for nothing" he said "a cartoon costs
S54 at the factory cash and carry,
and was paying $4,000 cartoon. |
intended to use them in my Sixth
street store, West Leigh street store,
Ashland, and the country club"
"A white man walked into my sore
Wednesday night accompanied by a
city policeman, the two were talking
together, and the stranger bought
four ten cent cigars, offering one TO
the policeman who accepted and
walked out, leaving the man alone
with me. The very fact that he was
with the policeman made him U. 4.
with me, but it seems as If ne had
picked up a chance acquaintance
with the police, on the outside OF my
store. The man told me that ne
was closing out his store in Ashland
and could let me have six cartoons OF
cigarettes at a reasonable price.
knowing that I had to hold so many
cigarettes in stock for some time, we
agreed on $4,000 cartoon. He drew
up a bill of sale, named a number OF
police l knew who were friends OF his
and said he would bring them Friday
night"
"He was about 5 feet 3 inches,
stout, full faced, had sandy color
complexion, and from his walk had
bad feet. That Friday night he
drove up in WHY'S knight car, had
boy standing in front of my store
to bring he cases in, they were brand
new cases, sealed, and with Liggetts
and Myers written on them. have
and Myers written on them. have
seen a number of the packages and
always seen, and weighed the same;
these were the same cartoons l had
That man must of had them on a
scale when he put the sawdust In be-
cause the sawdust was wet to make
it heavier"
ga number of people were in the
store and I was quite busy, ! looked
at the cartoons. Handed the man
two hundred and forty dollars and
told him to count it. He handed me
the bill of sale. I stuck the bill I'M
der the edge Of the counter; the man
instead of counting the money, walk
ed out; his aroused my suspicion. |
looked for the bill of sale and thought
the fan had blown it on the floor.
searched the floor and couldn't find
it. I then ran to the cartoons and
opened one. 1t was only sawdust.
had to laugh. They had gotten me at
last" :.
/ asked Mr.. Waller how he felt
about it. GAIL in a lifetime l sup
pose," he said, 81 heard that a mer-
chant downtown was caught sleeping
when he bought carr
with the top of the crates only con.
tanning eggs"
The police are expecting an arrest
soon. Mr.. Waller received a tele.
phone call yesterday telling him that
they would return the money if he
would close the case.
Owing to the cold weather the Bird
street golf team has postponed its
trip to play Charlottesville to later
date which will be arranged by the
captains of both teams. On Mon.
day night of this week the Richmond
team, j. Bailey o. Jones, ]. Peyton
and Lonnie Lowry, beat Charlottes,
vile to the score of Charlottesville
I'll, Richmond, 1873; which calls fol-
low scores in this match to win. Their
is now in the making an all-colored
miniature golf league patterned after
baseball league for next season.
Mr.. Marcus, manager Of the Bird St
course has been in touch with such
cities as Washington, Baltimore, New
York, Newark, N. j., Atlantic City
and has proposal before these cities
to put together a paid team from
each Of these cities, that is, four
men from each city will be salaried
men for so many weeks in the sea-
SON.