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7. 1 ' THE GkEENSBOROPATRIOT VOL. 80. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1901. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. W. J. RICHARDSON. OFFICE: KA.TZ BUILDING-. RESIDENCE: 615 W. QASTON ST. W. P. BEALL, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE: Loan and Trust Bldg. KESIDBNCE : 404 Asheboro St. Office Hours, 11:30 to 1; 3 to 4:30. TELEPHONE NO. 17- E. L. STAMEY, M. I). EESIIDEaSrCH] : S30 So-vitls. Elm OITICE: St. A'. Psrdham & Qrissom'a Drag Store. DrT J. E. WyCRE, DENTIST. NO. 13. SW1HDLERS COME TO GRIEF. A DARING ARREST MADE HERE LAST FRIDAY. ggj-< >ili.-c in Savings Bank Building, South Elm street, Greensboro, N. C. Dr. M. F. FOX, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, liuilford College, X. C. EDWARD BAUM. M. D. PHTSIGIAH AND SUBGEON. C*:=; 12'. S. Elm St., Greensboro, N. C. iivi'R KAK1-S' DRl'G STOKE.) Mention paid to the diseases Of the EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT. Coiisiiliaiiug Hours: 11 A. M.-. 2 i»* and : i" 3 P.M. Gold Brick Men Become Entangled in the Meshes of the Law in At-tending to Work the Gold Brick Scheme in Greensboro—A "Weldon Man's Nerve and the Daring of Local Officers Responsible fcr the Capture-The Swindlers Wanted in Other Places. The city was thrown into a furor of excitement Friday afternoon when it became known that three desperate criminals had been captured while at-tempting to work the gold brick scheme on a gentleman whom they supposed to be a guileless and unsus-pecting citizen. The arrest was a most daring one and the capture is be-lieved to be one of the most important made anywhere in the United States in a long while. The names of th« confidence men are J. L. Howard, alias George Howard, alias Frank Thomp-son, alias Trail Frank; A. L Daley, alias Bonez Gono, and H D. Hawley. The prisoners were placed in jail until Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when they were brought into the court house for a preliminary hearing be-fore Justice Eckel on a warrant charg-ing them with a conspiracy to rob Mr. Paul Garrett, a wealthy citizen of Weldon, of a large sum of money, the amount being uukuown. The case was moved, however, upon an atlHavit made by the defendants, to Justice the mine and four gold bricka, the lat-ter being estimated to be worth some-thing in the neighborhood of $50,000. Two of the bricks were in possession of the Indian at his camp near Greens-boro, and Mr. Garrett was requested to come at once to satisfy himself of the genuineness of tbe gold. Mr. Gar-rett, however, was sparring for time in' which to formulate plans for the oap-ture of the swindlers, and told Thomp-son that he could not possibly be in Greensboro before Friday, as he was compelled to till an important engage-ment in Norfolk Thursday. He sug-gested that Thompson telegraph him Thursday afternoon, if the proposed business arrangement should be sat-isfactory with the Indian, and he would then meet him at Greensboro. Upon Thompson's assertion that he could neither read nor write, Mr. Gar-go forward that Gonez might gaze upon hiscountenance. The inspection being satisfactory, the gold bricks were brought from concealment and exposed to the enraptured vision of the new partner. Scales were brought out and the bricks weighed, tipping the beam at 95 and 96 pouuds, respect-lively. The miner tbeu produced a brace and bit and requested Mr. Gar-ret to bore into one of the bricks for dust to be assayed. Just as tbe boring process was about to begin the voice of Mr. Patterson was heard commanding "Hands up, or Til shoot!" In another instant the party was surrounded and tbe romance had reached the climax. TOBACCO NOTES. Items of Interest to the Grower, the Dealer, and the Manufacturer. MARKET REPORT. The receipts on our market have not been large for tbe past week, but there has been a nice sprinking of the weed, which has kept our buyers busy for the most of the time. We have had a very nice season for the last two or three days, and we are looking for a lot of tobacco uniess it turns cold enough to prevent farmers from mar-keting the weed. The quality of the offerings remai JS about the same, with The miner made a motion as M to7raw a feW. pile8 of *ood wrappers and good a revolver, but before his hand could reach his pocket he was looking down the barrel of the Welden "soft snap's" weapon. Just as Sheriff Jordan came rett wrote out two tel. grams, one of | Into the thicket he was confronted by which was to be sent if the Indian should be willing to take him into partnership, the other if the reverse should be true. The telegram telling him to come was marked thus X with a blue pencil, in order to enable the "ignorant miner" to distinguish it from the other, and read, "Gonez is willing; come at once." Before Thompson left Weldon it was agreed that he and Mr. Garrett were to go to Philadelphia and dispose of the gold in the possession of tbe In-the Indian in a half standing posture, with drawn gun. The Indian looked realistic and murderous, as if he had not been long from a war dance, but it didn't take tbe pluckv sheriff more than three-flftbs of a second to draw his formidable forty-four and com-mand the red man to drop his gun and throw up bis hands on the penalty of death. Something in tbe sheriff's eye told the Indian to obey the command, and his hands went up, while tbe gun fell from his nerveless grasp to the dian chief, Gonez Bono, purchasing grouud. A member of the posse then mining machinery with the proceeds from the sale. It was suggested that the Indian might not wish to goto Philadelphia, in which event the two Wolfe. The prosecution was repre- other partners could purchase bis in-sented by Solicitor Brooks and King , rerest In the gold and mine. Beingin-de Kiuiball. Maj Charles M. Stediuan , terrogated, Mr. Garrett said he could A. U. SCALES. J. I- SCALES. Scales & Scales, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, **>* ^ar what transpired. .i,/-,r>/-» v r- Mr. Paul Garrett, the princi and Messrs. G. a. Bradshaw and W. P. Kagan appeared for the defeudauts. The great interest felt by the public in the matter was shown by the hun-dreds of people who crowded into the ! court room, all intensely eager to see GREENSBORO, N. C-Z. V. TAYLOR, GREENSBORO, N. C ROBERT^TDODGLAS, Attorney - at - Law, ■AVISOS BANK Bni-DlSO, G-SSEUSBOBO, £T- C. J.G.BTM U. W. P. BVSl'M.JB., BYNUM & BYNUM, attorneys and Counsellors at Law. 106 COURT SQUARE. Oliver S. Newlin, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, GREENSBORO, X. C. Office :n Wright Building, ei.-'t of Court -. Prompt attention given to all business en-trusted t.. lnni. ' c.G.WRIGHT .AnawAttorney at Law. WRIGHT BUILDING, OPPOSITE COL'kT HOUSE, GREENSBORO, N.C. pal wit-ness for the prosecution, was the first man put on the stand. He told a straightforward and well connected story of the effort made by the defend-ants to work the gold brick scheme on him. His testimony savored more of a romance of tbe wild West in tbe pio-neer days than of the evidence usually heard in courts of justice. Mr. Garrett testified that on the pre-ceding Wednesday he received a call at his place of business in Weldon from a rough and uncouth man who intro-duced himself as Frank Thompson, a wealthy miner from Arizona. Thomp-son stated that several years ago he and a man by the name of Andrew Garrett were engaged in gold mining Arizona, but met with poor success. His partner was called to Charlottes-ville, Va , to attend to the business of j a well-to-do aunt. When they separ- ' ated it was with the agreement that if ' either of them ever "struck it rich" the other was to share in the good fortune. Thompson remained in Arizona and continued his prospecting until about two years ago, when he struck a very rich vein of ore. By this time be had picked up another partner—an Indian Chief by tbe name of Gonez Bono—and they, with the aid of a half dozen squaws, had worked the mine until a few weeks ago, accumulating consid-erable wealth during tbe time. With tbe double purpose of purchas-ing machinery, in order that tbe mine DR.'BURBANK ,|niBnt De worked to better advantage. Optimal. oi'Rist. aud burning up his erstwhile partner, secure the money to pay for his share of the Indian's interest. Thompson thought it would not take more than |4,000 or |5,000 to do this, as the Indian was ui.civilized and did not know the real value of Ihe property. After at-tending to a few other details, in which Mr. Garrett apparently took the greatest interest, Thompson left. After the departure of the miner Mr. Garrett immediately began to put his plans into execution. He wrote a letter to Mr. A. C. Patterson, revenue agent for this district, apprising him of the presence in Greensboro of the gold brick men and telling of bis plans to capture them. He gave tbe letter to Mr. H. A. Mims, a nervy young man of Weldon, and instructed him to proceed to Greensboro and deliver it to Mr. Patterson. Mr. Mims was also instructed - to assist the officers in ar-ranging for the capture. In Norfolk Thursday afternoon Mr. Garrett received the telegram bidding snatched off the disguise and tbe In-dian from the hills of Arizona was quickly transformed into a sturdy but greatly excited white man. A oard was found in the pocket of the miner having written on it "H. I). Hawley. Hotel Guilford " This was to direct the "guileless subject" to the as-sayed, who was to testify to the gen-uineness of the gold. Leaving the prisoners in the hands of the other working tobacco scattered among them Prices remain about the same as tbey have been for several weeks past and farmers have been wonderfully pleased with same. Our sales were good yet-terday and today and we are looking for larger sales the remainder of the week. Mr. J. S. Cobb, of Winston-Salem, spent last Friday in the city. Mr. C. A. Bray, of Bray Brothers, spent Sunday and Monday in Baltimore with Mrs. Bray. Mr. A. A. Walker, chief wrapper buyer for the Continental Tobacco Company, with headquarters in Dan-ville, Va.,spent a short time in the city last week. The following are among the Ala-mance county growers who have sold j tobacco here within the past week: , Eli Graham and sons, A. J. Bolatid, S. I A. Tate, J. M. Hurdle, Hurdle & Miles, | William Tate. Montgomery May, Juuies | M. Newlin, T. N. Mitchell and W. S. i ; Whitcsell. Amoiij the Guilford farmers on the market during the week were J. T.and T. A. Stuart, W. J. Groome, W. J. Rob- SPECIAL PREMIUM $5.00 Of anytbing we sell as a special premium for tbe best bushel of wheat exhibited at our fair next October snd awarded by the judges. This bushel of wheat is to be troni the 1901 crop and cut with a Mc^ormick Binder bought from M. G. Newell & Co. this year. $2.50 in trade also for tbe best bale of bay cut with a 1901 McCormick Mower. We not only receive Implements and Buggies daily, but we sell them. members of the party. Sheriff Jordan erson, A. A. Michael, D. G. Hodgin, H. aud Mr. Daniel returned to town and ! 0- Rudd, B W. Johnson, H. L. Gray, arrested Hawley, who was standing on M< A- Bowman, David Forsyth,Samuel the sidewalk in front of Hotel Guilford. About |400 in cash was taken from the bunco men and their property seized. 'i'lie property consisted of several grips and valises containing in addition to personal effects, an assayer's outfit, burglars' tools, a number of keys, a dirk, "doctored" ore, several state maps, railroad schedules, a copy of Bradstreet's report with an alphabet- Hufiiues, J. D. Smith, J. F. Gray, J. L. Davis, Peter Cobb, M. A. Ballinger, Morebead and Johusou, U. W.Gordon, C. R. Harris. J. L. Hawkins, M. R. Duncan, J. W. Phibbs and T. J. Jessup. OOLD AND SILVER CIGARE TTE WRAPPERS The latest invention of the age is the use of pure gold and silver leaf for cigarette wrappers. These gold and silver cigarettes are a new product of ioal list of all the wealthy people in the the Richmond Gold and Silver Cigar- ' Do You Want One? We are headquarters. Cttawav and Solid Disc Harrows with discs guaranteed not to break. A full stock of Wagons and Har-ness. Come to see us. It Pays to be Our Customer. "What we say we do, we do do." M. B. NEWELL S CO. GREENSBORO, N. C. United States, a directory of all the bank presidents and cashiers in the country, etc. Oue of the grips also contaiued a copy of the New York Herald of February 24th. giving au ac-count of the arrest iu that city of the miner, who gave his name there as him to come and possess bis own—th George Howard. He was arrested for one-third interest in the gold bricks | obtainiug and opening valuable mail and the mine. Being a man who be- ' matter wbicb did not belong to bim | lieves in always tilling enaggetuents, and was held under a bond of $2,500. especially when of so Important a na- i He forfeited his bend aud skipped the ture as this one, Mr. Garrett took the town. The paper gave a picture of first train forGreensboro,arrivingbere ' the prisoner which was easily recog- Friday at noon. He was met at the de- | nized. The paper also slated that he pot by his new friend and partner, Thompson, the miuer from Arizona. Mr. Garrett went to the McAdoo House for dinner, while the miner went to engage a livery team to take them out was a member of a gold brick gang. The preliminary hearing was not concluded until 11 30 o'clock Saturday night, when 'Squire Wolfe ordered the ette Company. New York. There is no secret about their manufacture. A Japaueee fibre is used on the outside of the gold or leaf simply to strengthen the wrapper, and when the cigarette is ignited tbe smoke passes through the virgin metal tube into the smoker's mouth, with the full flavor of the ex- \ quisite blend of Turkish tobacco, and without the harmful and irritating ef-fect of burning paper The metal does not crumble, but holds Ihe ash until smoked up or brokeu off. The cigar-ette will not stick to tbe lips, will not stain the liugers, and is absolutely non poisonous. DIVORCED FOR SMOKISC. A PI1-E Charles De Rouvel, the novelist, has New Magistrates. The following new magistrates in Guilford county have been appointed by the legislature for a term of six years from April 1st: Clay township—Thomas R Greason, H. E. Rankin aud J. Henry Coble. Green township—James F. R. Clapp and W. H. Bennett. Deep River township—Joseph A. Davis. Monroe township—C. A. Whitworth, A. J. Lambeth and Frank G. Chilcutt. Fentresstownsblp —John C. Kennett. Morebead township —William Love, W. W. Wood and John Lewis. i. Miner township-John W. Mc- Nairy and John A. Pritchett. Summerfield township-John C. Bunch, C. F. Johnson, C. H. Willson, T. J Rhodes and A. J. Burton. Jefferson township —Walter McLean You must be tolerant," said the before whom tbe suit was Southern Loan and Trust Co. Building*. Koomj 301-3 3, Greensboro. N. C. Prescription Glasses Onlv. three defendants held for the next to the "Dig Injun chiel" and the glit- I term of Guilford Superior court. There tering gold. 'being some dispute as to tbe amount In the meantime the officers of thejof bond that should be required, he].-, law had not been asleep. Upon re- stated that he would take the matter celpt of the letter informing himof the j under advisemeut until Monday. By presence of tbe gold brick men Mr. that time a number of inquiries were Patterson -md with Sheriff Jor- coming in from other places where j worge tbau cijraretteC 8aid De Rou. dan, and they, together with Mr they had been operating and tbe pris-| veK t MlmS, set OUt to locate the swindlers oners knew that if than an.ru in he rs. „"„. -.. ..... with whom to divide his good fortune, | Before the arrival of the -victim" they ' "eased hTTlt would Z,hiI to be Ir- | **-"'^^^ ***** been granted an absolute divorce on \ and Walter Lindsay. the ground that his wife refused to Washington township—J. J. Busick, quit smoking. w. Newton Wright, <;. L. Sockwell and C. A. Tickle. Sumner township—J. F. Coletrane, brought. "Many society ladies smoke i E. F. Paschal, F. F. Glenn, T. J. Har-cigarettee nowadays." "But my wife smokes something he and the Indian chief came East. He had spotted Thompson, Hawley, Daley : rested immediately on a warrant from HARRY POEZOLT, ■ Merchant Tailor, 217', S. Elm St., GBEEKSS080. Latest Styles of Suitings and Trous- 'ings to select from. Fit guaranteed. GE0. W. PKHCHBTT, '^'KHAI. ANP SPECIAL AtiYST FOR KSBS, BOILERS, ANY SIZE, WOOD AND IBCN WOBEING MACHINES?. I Gasoline Engines a specialty. E*ti-ifthe*] ii|»on application. Haft always *' '-ml Hauil Engines auU Itoilero. ' i' r»r prices. " !" tT*V;'lt '7"? co r no'd,;rable I Che Indian) and another, whose name I some other Plac,. "so they sent word to exentandk..ewbutluUe„ftheways|i8UIlknown „d who ed arrest. 'Squire Wolfe that ne need fix no bond, of the world, and dur.ng the trip was , This was most creditable work on the as they were unable to gi,e bail. part of tbe embryo detectives, for! sheriff Jordan and Chief of Police neither of them had ever seen any of i Soott have received inquiries from robbed of $300 by "a man what wore store clothes and a biled shirt and had soft, white bauds.'' However, he man-aged to reach a town called Greens-boro, N. C., where the Indian was taken sick and was unable to proceed the men tbey were after. After partaking of a hearty dinner Mr. Garrett got iuto a buggy with the "A pipe, your honor," said the novel-ist; "a vicious, bulldog briar pipe." "Divorce granted," said the court without further commeut. The revelation has caused wide ' spread wonderment, as Mine. Rouvel; is an otherwise refined matron of good quite a number of places where one or social standing.—New York World. more of tbe men have been. In some | instances they went under the same ' who was stopping at a hotel in Green-r! , „„ , ■ . ^""er and drove out Asheboro street names they used here and appear to ville, certified to the genuineness of further on the journey. As be In- , 8nd in the direction of South Buffalo, i have alwavs pursued the same methods, dian would not stop in town, Ihomp- carrying along a strong and steady i Mr. A. C. Miller, a wealthy cotton mill son carried him out into the woods and I nerve and a tr Sti an jewelry uompany «6 South Elm St., Greenshoro. Up-to-Date Jewelry of Every Description. i-egant Assortment of Goods Adapted • Wedding and Birthday Presents'. ■nd examine our goods. It's a ""'-"re to show them. Capital, Surplus, the metal. The Indian tbeu appeared to become dissatisfied and wished to rUf"y revolver. They I man of Shelby, writes that he received I dispose of his interest in the mine and left him at a camp, after which he nro- worn fnii„n-...i -•,.,<•> •-. , • ,, ^ .,..,, ._„". .,...„_.>.. . ^^.i were followed, stealthily and unknown! a call five weeks ago from the miner, bricks. Mr. Wheeler paid $7,000 in to the miner, by Sheriff Jordan, Reve- j who told him the B.tme tale that be re- i cash 'for what he considered a "sure nue Agent Patterson, Deputy Sheriff ' lated to Mr. Garrett. At that time tbe ' thing," after which he and the miner Weatherly, Dr. J. T. J. Battle, and j Indian was at Spartanburg, S. C , with started to Philadelphia to purchase Messrs. Garland Daniel and Z. V. the gold bricks. The prisoners are be- mining machinery. On the way he ASS81S, 0?6r Conyers. Near South Buffalo Thorap- Iteved to have visited Leuoir and became separated from his new friend son turned out into a cartway and I Washington. N. C, and South Boston, and partner and was never again able drove a short distance, where the horse | Va.. recently. | to locate the miner. When it was too ! was hitched. He then piloted Mr. j Monday night Mr. D H. Wheeler, of late Mr Wheeler realized that be had Garrett some distance up the creek,! Newberry, S. C , and his son, Mr. S. F. been buncoed. After tbe North Cam-through cane brakes and brier thickets, [ Wheeler, of Hendersonville, N. C, ar- *•» tUSS^^tJ^J^SS^, *'*'*'the ._„. „ wi jt,. ... HH . gold brick men Mr W heeler may have over marshy places and boulders. After j rived iu |Greensboro and yesterday the 8ati8faction of seeing them doing visited the j»il and Identified tbe pris- , time iu tbe South Carolina peniten-oners as the men who swindled the tiary. elder Mr. Wheeler out of $7,000 six A Widow • Love Aflair years ago. Mr. Wheeler was ap- | Kecjiveg a 8etback. if she ha. offen-proacbed at his home by the miner, 8iye breath through Constipation, Bili-vey and K. C. Short. High Point township—H. C. Kearns, W. C. Jones, F. J. Homey, J. W. Guire and W. H. Idol. Jamestown township—James W. Davis. CITY NATIONAL BANK GREENSBORO, N. C. ceeded to Charlottesville in search of his "pard." Andrew. There he learned, greatly to his sorrow, that Andrew was dead, but was told that Andrew's brother, P. Garrett, resided in Weldon. Believing that Andrew's brother might take the place of tbe dead partner, be proceeded to Weldon to investigate. Before the miner had reached this point in his narrative Mr. Garrett was convinced that he was "up against" a confidence man. He determined, how- I proceeding for some distance, they ever, to make an effort to turn his came back over a different route to a caller over to the law. He Informed large brier thicket, a secluded and the miner that, while he regretted that lonely spot, where Mr. Garrett was he was not Andrew's brother,he would | commanded to stand still while his $100,000.00 15,000.00 500,000.00 DEPOSITORY OP TH« United States, State ot North Carolina, City of Greensboro, County of Guilford. be pleased to render bim any assist-ance in his power. This seemed to please Thompson, who made a propo-sition to take Mr. Garrett into part-nership, giving him a third interest iu companion advanced to greet "Big who induced him to go to Greenville : ousness or Stomach Trouble, but Dr. Injun Chief." A jibberish, not alto- : and inspect the gold bricks in tbe pos- Xing's New Life Pillsalwayscure those gether unlike the gobbling of two tur- i session of the Indian. He was carried irou?Ie"J.c'r.*h n hhe«y,I;ein,»!w?e!en!l!* , . . .7. .7 . breatn, banish beaaacbe; best in the keys, was heard, after which the "soft into the woods, where the "gold" was , worid for liver, kidnevs and bowels. soap" from Welden was requested te ; exhibited to him, after which Hawley,' Only 26c at Holtou's drug store. We have every facility for the prompt and intelligent conduct of all business entrusted to us. Your Account Solicited. J. X. WALZZB, President. LEX S. BATTLE, Cashier.
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [March 27, 1901] |
Date | 1901-03-27 |
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Full text | 7. 1 ' THE GkEENSBOROPATRIOT VOL. 80. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1901. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. W. J. RICHARDSON. OFFICE: KA.TZ BUILDING-. RESIDENCE: 615 W. QASTON ST. W. P. BEALL, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE: Loan and Trust Bldg. KESIDBNCE : 404 Asheboro St. Office Hours, 11:30 to 1; 3 to 4:30. TELEPHONE NO. 17- E. L. STAMEY, M. I). EESIIDEaSrCH] : S30 So-vitls. Elm OITICE: St. A'. Psrdham & Qrissom'a Drag Store. DrT J. E. WyCRE, DENTIST. NO. 13. SW1HDLERS COME TO GRIEF. A DARING ARREST MADE HERE LAST FRIDAY. ggj-< >ili.-c in Savings Bank Building, South Elm street, Greensboro, N. C. Dr. M. F. FOX, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, liuilford College, X. C. EDWARD BAUM. M. D. PHTSIGIAH AND SUBGEON. C*:=; 12'. S. Elm St., Greensboro, N. C. iivi'R KAK1-S' DRl'G STOKE.) Mention paid to the diseases Of the EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT. Coiisiiliaiiug Hours: 11 A. M.-. 2 i»* and : i" 3 P.M. Gold Brick Men Become Entangled in the Meshes of the Law in At-tending to Work the Gold Brick Scheme in Greensboro—A "Weldon Man's Nerve and the Daring of Local Officers Responsible fcr the Capture-The Swindlers Wanted in Other Places. The city was thrown into a furor of excitement Friday afternoon when it became known that three desperate criminals had been captured while at-tempting to work the gold brick scheme on a gentleman whom they supposed to be a guileless and unsus-pecting citizen. The arrest was a most daring one and the capture is be-lieved to be one of the most important made anywhere in the United States in a long while. The names of th« confidence men are J. L. Howard, alias George Howard, alias Frank Thomp-son, alias Trail Frank; A. L Daley, alias Bonez Gono, and H D. Hawley. The prisoners were placed in jail until Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when they were brought into the court house for a preliminary hearing be-fore Justice Eckel on a warrant charg-ing them with a conspiracy to rob Mr. Paul Garrett, a wealthy citizen of Weldon, of a large sum of money, the amount being uukuown. The case was moved, however, upon an atlHavit made by the defendants, to Justice the mine and four gold bricka, the lat-ter being estimated to be worth some-thing in the neighborhood of $50,000. Two of the bricks were in possession of the Indian at his camp near Greens-boro, and Mr. Garrett was requested to come at once to satisfy himself of the genuineness of tbe gold. Mr. Gar-rett, however, was sparring for time in' which to formulate plans for the oap-ture of the swindlers, and told Thomp-son that he could not possibly be in Greensboro before Friday, as he was compelled to till an important engage-ment in Norfolk Thursday. He sug-gested that Thompson telegraph him Thursday afternoon, if the proposed business arrangement should be sat-isfactory with the Indian, and he would then meet him at Greensboro. Upon Thompson's assertion that he could neither read nor write, Mr. Gar-go forward that Gonez might gaze upon hiscountenance. The inspection being satisfactory, the gold bricks were brought from concealment and exposed to the enraptured vision of the new partner. Scales were brought out and the bricks weighed, tipping the beam at 95 and 96 pouuds, respect-lively. The miner tbeu produced a brace and bit and requested Mr. Gar-ret to bore into one of the bricks for dust to be assayed. Just as tbe boring process was about to begin the voice of Mr. Patterson was heard commanding "Hands up, or Til shoot!" In another instant the party was surrounded and tbe romance had reached the climax. TOBACCO NOTES. Items of Interest to the Grower, the Dealer, and the Manufacturer. MARKET REPORT. The receipts on our market have not been large for tbe past week, but there has been a nice sprinking of the weed, which has kept our buyers busy for the most of the time. We have had a very nice season for the last two or three days, and we are looking for a lot of tobacco uniess it turns cold enough to prevent farmers from mar-keting the weed. The quality of the offerings remai JS about the same, with The miner made a motion as M to7raw a feW. pile8 of *ood wrappers and good a revolver, but before his hand could reach his pocket he was looking down the barrel of the Welden "soft snap's" weapon. Just as Sheriff Jordan came rett wrote out two tel. grams, one of | Into the thicket he was confronted by which was to be sent if the Indian should be willing to take him into partnership, the other if the reverse should be true. The telegram telling him to come was marked thus X with a blue pencil, in order to enable the "ignorant miner" to distinguish it from the other, and read, "Gonez is willing; come at once." Before Thompson left Weldon it was agreed that he and Mr. Garrett were to go to Philadelphia and dispose of the gold in the possession of tbe In-the Indian in a half standing posture, with drawn gun. The Indian looked realistic and murderous, as if he had not been long from a war dance, but it didn't take tbe pluckv sheriff more than three-flftbs of a second to draw his formidable forty-four and com-mand the red man to drop his gun and throw up bis hands on the penalty of death. Something in tbe sheriff's eye told the Indian to obey the command, and his hands went up, while tbe gun fell from his nerveless grasp to the dian chief, Gonez Bono, purchasing grouud. A member of the posse then mining machinery with the proceeds from the sale. It was suggested that the Indian might not wish to goto Philadelphia, in which event the two Wolfe. The prosecution was repre- other partners could purchase bis in-sented by Solicitor Brooks and King , rerest In the gold and mine. Beingin-de Kiuiball. Maj Charles M. Stediuan , terrogated, Mr. Garrett said he could A. U. SCALES. J. I- SCALES. Scales & Scales, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, **>* ^ar what transpired. .i,/-,r>/-» v r- Mr. Paul Garrett, the princi and Messrs. G. a. Bradshaw and W. P. Kagan appeared for the defeudauts. The great interest felt by the public in the matter was shown by the hun-dreds of people who crowded into the ! court room, all intensely eager to see GREENSBORO, N. C-Z. V. TAYLOR, GREENSBORO, N. C ROBERT^TDODGLAS, Attorney - at - Law, ■AVISOS BANK Bni-DlSO, G-SSEUSBOBO, £T- C. J.G.BTM U. W. P. BVSl'M.JB., BYNUM & BYNUM, attorneys and Counsellors at Law. 106 COURT SQUARE. Oliver S. Newlin, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, GREENSBORO, X. C. Office :n Wright Building, ei.-'t of Court -. Prompt attention given to all business en-trusted t.. lnni. ' c.G.WRIGHT .AnawAttorney at Law. WRIGHT BUILDING, OPPOSITE COL'kT HOUSE, GREENSBORO, N.C. pal wit-ness for the prosecution, was the first man put on the stand. He told a straightforward and well connected story of the effort made by the defend-ants to work the gold brick scheme on him. His testimony savored more of a romance of tbe wild West in tbe pio-neer days than of the evidence usually heard in courts of justice. Mr. Garrett testified that on the pre-ceding Wednesday he received a call at his place of business in Weldon from a rough and uncouth man who intro-duced himself as Frank Thompson, a wealthy miner from Arizona. Thomp-son stated that several years ago he and a man by the name of Andrew Garrett were engaged in gold mining Arizona, but met with poor success. His partner was called to Charlottes-ville, Va , to attend to the business of j a well-to-do aunt. When they separ- ' ated it was with the agreement that if ' either of them ever "struck it rich" the other was to share in the good fortune. Thompson remained in Arizona and continued his prospecting until about two years ago, when he struck a very rich vein of ore. By this time be had picked up another partner—an Indian Chief by tbe name of Gonez Bono—and they, with the aid of a half dozen squaws, had worked the mine until a few weeks ago, accumulating consid-erable wealth during tbe time. With tbe double purpose of purchas-ing machinery, in order that tbe mine DR.'BURBANK ,|niBnt De worked to better advantage. Optimal. oi'Rist. aud burning up his erstwhile partner, secure the money to pay for his share of the Indian's interest. Thompson thought it would not take more than |4,000 or |5,000 to do this, as the Indian was ui.civilized and did not know the real value of Ihe property. After at-tending to a few other details, in which Mr. Garrett apparently took the greatest interest, Thompson left. After the departure of the miner Mr. Garrett immediately began to put his plans into execution. He wrote a letter to Mr. A. C. Patterson, revenue agent for this district, apprising him of the presence in Greensboro of the gold brick men and telling of bis plans to capture them. He gave tbe letter to Mr. H. A. Mims, a nervy young man of Weldon, and instructed him to proceed to Greensboro and deliver it to Mr. Patterson. Mr. Mims was also instructed - to assist the officers in ar-ranging for the capture. In Norfolk Thursday afternoon Mr. Garrett received the telegram bidding snatched off the disguise and tbe In-dian from the hills of Arizona was quickly transformed into a sturdy but greatly excited white man. A oard was found in the pocket of the miner having written on it "H. I). Hawley. Hotel Guilford " This was to direct the "guileless subject" to the as-sayed, who was to testify to the gen-uineness of the gold. Leaving the prisoners in the hands of the other working tobacco scattered among them Prices remain about the same as tbey have been for several weeks past and farmers have been wonderfully pleased with same. Our sales were good yet-terday and today and we are looking for larger sales the remainder of the week. Mr. J. S. Cobb, of Winston-Salem, spent last Friday in the city. Mr. C. A. Bray, of Bray Brothers, spent Sunday and Monday in Baltimore with Mrs. Bray. Mr. A. A. Walker, chief wrapper buyer for the Continental Tobacco Company, with headquarters in Dan-ville, Va.,spent a short time in the city last week. The following are among the Ala-mance county growers who have sold j tobacco here within the past week: , Eli Graham and sons, A. J. Bolatid, S. I A. Tate, J. M. Hurdle, Hurdle & Miles, | William Tate. Montgomery May, Juuies | M. Newlin, T. N. Mitchell and W. S. i ; Whitcsell. Amoiij the Guilford farmers on the market during the week were J. T.and T. A. Stuart, W. J. Groome, W. J. Rob- SPECIAL PREMIUM $5.00 Of anytbing we sell as a special premium for tbe best bushel of wheat exhibited at our fair next October snd awarded by the judges. This bushel of wheat is to be troni the 1901 crop and cut with a Mc^ormick Binder bought from M. G. Newell & Co. this year. $2.50 in trade also for tbe best bale of bay cut with a 1901 McCormick Mower. We not only receive Implements and Buggies daily, but we sell them. members of the party. Sheriff Jordan erson, A. A. Michael, D. G. Hodgin, H. aud Mr. Daniel returned to town and ! 0- Rudd, B W. Johnson, H. L. Gray, arrested Hawley, who was standing on M< A- Bowman, David Forsyth,Samuel the sidewalk in front of Hotel Guilford. About |400 in cash was taken from the bunco men and their property seized. 'i'lie property consisted of several grips and valises containing in addition to personal effects, an assayer's outfit, burglars' tools, a number of keys, a dirk, "doctored" ore, several state maps, railroad schedules, a copy of Bradstreet's report with an alphabet- Hufiiues, J. D. Smith, J. F. Gray, J. L. Davis, Peter Cobb, M. A. Ballinger, Morebead and Johusou, U. W.Gordon, C. R. Harris. J. L. Hawkins, M. R. Duncan, J. W. Phibbs and T. J. Jessup. OOLD AND SILVER CIGARE TTE WRAPPERS The latest invention of the age is the use of pure gold and silver leaf for cigarette wrappers. These gold and silver cigarettes are a new product of ioal list of all the wealthy people in the the Richmond Gold and Silver Cigar- ' Do You Want One? We are headquarters. Cttawav and Solid Disc Harrows with discs guaranteed not to break. A full stock of Wagons and Har-ness. Come to see us. It Pays to be Our Customer. "What we say we do, we do do." M. B. NEWELL S CO. GREENSBORO, N. C. United States, a directory of all the bank presidents and cashiers in the country, etc. Oue of the grips also contaiued a copy of the New York Herald of February 24th. giving au ac-count of the arrest iu that city of the miner, who gave his name there as him to come and possess bis own—th George Howard. He was arrested for one-third interest in the gold bricks | obtainiug and opening valuable mail and the mine. Being a man who be- ' matter wbicb did not belong to bim | lieves in always tilling enaggetuents, and was held under a bond of $2,500. especially when of so Important a na- i He forfeited his bend aud skipped the ture as this one, Mr. Garrett took the town. The paper gave a picture of first train forGreensboro,arrivingbere ' the prisoner which was easily recog- Friday at noon. He was met at the de- | nized. The paper also slated that he pot by his new friend and partner, Thompson, the miuer from Arizona. Mr. Garrett went to the McAdoo House for dinner, while the miner went to engage a livery team to take them out was a member of a gold brick gang. The preliminary hearing was not concluded until 11 30 o'clock Saturday night, when 'Squire Wolfe ordered the ette Company. New York. There is no secret about their manufacture. A Japaueee fibre is used on the outside of the gold or leaf simply to strengthen the wrapper, and when the cigarette is ignited tbe smoke passes through the virgin metal tube into the smoker's mouth, with the full flavor of the ex- \ quisite blend of Turkish tobacco, and without the harmful and irritating ef-fect of burning paper The metal does not crumble, but holds Ihe ash until smoked up or brokeu off. The cigar-ette will not stick to tbe lips, will not stain the liugers, and is absolutely non poisonous. DIVORCED FOR SMOKISC. A PI1-E Charles De Rouvel, the novelist, has New Magistrates. The following new magistrates in Guilford county have been appointed by the legislature for a term of six years from April 1st: Clay township—Thomas R Greason, H. E. Rankin aud J. Henry Coble. Green township—James F. R. Clapp and W. H. Bennett. Deep River township—Joseph A. Davis. Monroe township—C. A. Whitworth, A. J. Lambeth and Frank G. Chilcutt. Fentresstownsblp —John C. Kennett. Morebead township —William Love, W. W. Wood and John Lewis. i. Miner township-John W. Mc- Nairy and John A. Pritchett. Summerfield township-John C. Bunch, C. F. Johnson, C. H. Willson, T. J Rhodes and A. J. Burton. Jefferson township —Walter McLean You must be tolerant," said the before whom tbe suit was Southern Loan and Trust Co. Building*. Koomj 301-3 3, Greensboro. N. C. Prescription Glasses Onlv. three defendants held for the next to the "Dig Injun chiel" and the glit- I term of Guilford Superior court. There tering gold. 'being some dispute as to tbe amount In the meantime the officers of thejof bond that should be required, he].-, law had not been asleep. Upon re- stated that he would take the matter celpt of the letter informing himof the j under advisemeut until Monday. By presence of tbe gold brick men Mr. that time a number of inquiries were Patterson -md with Sheriff Jor- coming in from other places where j worge tbau cijraretteC 8aid De Rou. dan, and they, together with Mr they had been operating and tbe pris-| veK t MlmS, set OUt to locate the swindlers oners knew that if than an.ru in he rs. „"„. -.. ..... with whom to divide his good fortune, | Before the arrival of the -victim" they ' "eased hTTlt would Z,hiI to be Ir- | **-"'^^^ ***** been granted an absolute divorce on \ and Walter Lindsay. the ground that his wife refused to Washington township—J. J. Busick, quit smoking. w. Newton Wright, <;. L. Sockwell and C. A. Tickle. Sumner township—J. F. Coletrane, brought. "Many society ladies smoke i E. F. Paschal, F. F. Glenn, T. J. Har-cigarettee nowadays." "But my wife smokes something he and the Indian chief came East. He had spotted Thompson, Hawley, Daley : rested immediately on a warrant from HARRY POEZOLT, ■ Merchant Tailor, 217', S. Elm St., GBEEKSS080. Latest Styles of Suitings and Trous- 'ings to select from. Fit guaranteed. GE0. W. PKHCHBTT, '^'KHAI. ANP SPECIAL AtiYST FOR KSBS, BOILERS, ANY SIZE, WOOD AND IBCN WOBEING MACHINES?. I Gasoline Engines a specialty. E*ti-ifthe*] ii|»on application. Haft always *' '-ml Hauil Engines auU Itoilero. ' i' r»r prices. " !" tT*V;'lt '7"? co r no'd,;rable I Che Indian) and another, whose name I some other Plac,. "so they sent word to exentandk..ewbutluUe„ftheways|i8UIlknown „d who ed arrest. 'Squire Wolfe that ne need fix no bond, of the world, and dur.ng the trip was , This was most creditable work on the as they were unable to gi,e bail. part of tbe embryo detectives, for! sheriff Jordan and Chief of Police neither of them had ever seen any of i Soott have received inquiries from robbed of $300 by "a man what wore store clothes and a biled shirt and had soft, white bauds.'' However, he man-aged to reach a town called Greens-boro, N. C., where the Indian was taken sick and was unable to proceed the men tbey were after. After partaking of a hearty dinner Mr. Garrett got iuto a buggy with the "A pipe, your honor," said the novel-ist; "a vicious, bulldog briar pipe." "Divorce granted," said the court without further commeut. The revelation has caused wide ' spread wonderment, as Mine. Rouvel; is an otherwise refined matron of good quite a number of places where one or social standing.—New York World. more of tbe men have been. In some | instances they went under the same ' who was stopping at a hotel in Green-r! , „„ , ■ . ^""er and drove out Asheboro street names they used here and appear to ville, certified to the genuineness of further on the journey. As be In- , 8nd in the direction of South Buffalo, i have alwavs pursued the same methods, dian would not stop in town, Ihomp- carrying along a strong and steady i Mr. A. C. Miller, a wealthy cotton mill son carried him out into the woods and I nerve and a tr Sti an jewelry uompany «6 South Elm St., Greenshoro. Up-to-Date Jewelry of Every Description. i-egant Assortment of Goods Adapted • Wedding and Birthday Presents'. ■nd examine our goods. It's a ""'-"re to show them. Capital, Surplus, the metal. The Indian tbeu appeared to become dissatisfied and wished to rUf"y revolver. They I man of Shelby, writes that he received I dispose of his interest in the mine and left him at a camp, after which he nro- worn fnii„n-...i -•,.,<•> •-. , • ,, ^ .,..,, ._„". .,...„_.>.. . ^^.i were followed, stealthily and unknown! a call five weeks ago from the miner, bricks. Mr. Wheeler paid $7,000 in to the miner, by Sheriff Jordan, Reve- j who told him the B.tme tale that be re- i cash 'for what he considered a "sure nue Agent Patterson, Deputy Sheriff ' lated to Mr. Garrett. At that time tbe ' thing," after which he and the miner Weatherly, Dr. J. T. J. Battle, and j Indian was at Spartanburg, S. C , with started to Philadelphia to purchase Messrs. Garland Daniel and Z. V. the gold bricks. The prisoners are be- mining machinery. On the way he ASS81S, 0?6r Conyers. Near South Buffalo Thorap- Iteved to have visited Leuoir and became separated from his new friend son turned out into a cartway and I Washington. N. C, and South Boston, and partner and was never again able drove a short distance, where the horse | Va.. recently. | to locate the miner. When it was too ! was hitched. He then piloted Mr. j Monday night Mr. D H. Wheeler, of late Mr Wheeler realized that be had Garrett some distance up the creek,! Newberry, S. C , and his son, Mr. S. F. been buncoed. After tbe North Cam-through cane brakes and brier thickets, [ Wheeler, of Hendersonville, N. C, ar- *•» tUSS^^tJ^J^SS^, *'*'*'the ._„. „ wi jt,. ... HH . gold brick men Mr W heeler may have over marshy places and boulders. After j rived iu |Greensboro and yesterday the 8ati8faction of seeing them doing visited the j»il and Identified tbe pris- , time iu tbe South Carolina peniten-oners as the men who swindled the tiary. elder Mr. Wheeler out of $7,000 six A Widow • Love Aflair years ago. Mr. Wheeler was ap- | Kecjiveg a 8etback. if she ha. offen-proacbed at his home by the miner, 8iye breath through Constipation, Bili-vey and K. C. Short. High Point township—H. C. Kearns, W. C. Jones, F. J. Homey, J. W. Guire and W. H. Idol. Jamestown township—James W. Davis. CITY NATIONAL BANK GREENSBORO, N. C. ceeded to Charlottesville in search of his "pard." Andrew. There he learned, greatly to his sorrow, that Andrew was dead, but was told that Andrew's brother, P. Garrett, resided in Weldon. Believing that Andrew's brother might take the place of tbe dead partner, be proceeded to Weldon to investigate. Before the miner had reached this point in his narrative Mr. Garrett was convinced that he was "up against" a confidence man. He determined, how- I proceeding for some distance, they ever, to make an effort to turn his came back over a different route to a caller over to the law. He Informed large brier thicket, a secluded and the miner that, while he regretted that lonely spot, where Mr. Garrett was he was not Andrew's brother,he would | commanded to stand still while his $100,000.00 15,000.00 500,000.00 DEPOSITORY OP TH« United States, State ot North Carolina, City of Greensboro, County of Guilford. be pleased to render bim any assist-ance in his power. This seemed to please Thompson, who made a propo-sition to take Mr. Garrett into part-nership, giving him a third interest iu companion advanced to greet "Big who induced him to go to Greenville : ousness or Stomach Trouble, but Dr. Injun Chief." A jibberish, not alto- : and inspect the gold bricks in tbe pos- Xing's New Life Pillsalwayscure those gether unlike the gobbling of two tur- i session of the Indian. He was carried irou?Ie"J.c'r.*h n hhe«y,I;ein,»!w?e!en!l!* , . . .7. .7 . breatn, banish beaaacbe; best in the keys, was heard, after which the "soft into the woods, where the "gold" was , worid for liver, kidnevs and bowels. soap" from Welden was requested te ; exhibited to him, after which Hawley,' Only 26c at Holtou's drug store. We have every facility for the prompt and intelligent conduct of all business entrusted to us. Your Account Solicited. J. X. WALZZB, President. LEX S. BATTLE, Cashier. |