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the «tlv«r dollar today pattern at par when the gold rnacrrvc ha* bccu reducednearly om-half wilUo the past twoyear*.WttJiH A UAH WKLL8 IN Jill, AT MtiM MII8. TJKNX.The above uaiujd party mumIc a unrulier of fr-icud* anil arlt;|uaiuleice* while in tin* city. And ont rather a wade awatli, | ami Ilia fall- will probubly !*■ u matter of intermit lo a large number of people hero, : am! for tliU roaaou wo clip the follow • ttg j from the PImijknmk of the U tli iual..* When sheriff Bold otoppod tioui tin ; train at tiiti lliiouoiaCentraldepot y eater-(day aud wu* um! by a lew fncudu who » hail learned of hia coiniug, face won n audio of qviet nmupUinancc that might j ho expected ofn UUlii win* hail jiwl por-1 farmed u iliflii’iilt Uiak in u matter)? rnun-m*r. The sheriff‘had juat returned from Meuiplim, where he took tin- defaulter Wocuu* laat Tuesday. A»: account of the defalcation ua giving Uy \V*«u» naagivcn exclusively in the lmt+/.Mlt;x-riJ the tiny After he puaitcd through the city, hut it aiuu appear* timt hi*vvnuon waNeutirely too partial to Irnumdf, aud the coil* of evidence are tightening arouud him. Mhortfl' Kelil wan aoeu hy a rral reporter lnat nigiit and atkrd If he had boon able to ham anything more concerning the mum during hia abort atuv in the MuffCity. lie «ialt;l that Wctuii* hail uot only denied the alory that he told here, but tbot it had Ihwii proven that he attempted U» commit the diabol-leal crime ol araou. n* well an defrauding bit* lirui nod other ln/uae* out of ovar *MNN. When he wo*, put iu jail two ongrooa X' ho wore formerly cut ploy ml by him fa cm I hiui in hi* cell and accuaod him of having bribed Iheui U* burn down a warehouse in whieJt tbore naa alurod o ttsr. amount of cotton, lie desired to have it appear tliat there waa a larger amount iu the warehoiiac than won actually the cae, liud for that reason he idled it ai* that there were largo space* like outarornba in the uoutrc. In thoac catacomb#. Iu- placed a number of bag* aud «» mum iron liaudn a» would be uaed iu the number of lull** uoccaaary U» till the catacomb* The ucgrueanid that he had offered to pay them to act tho.cotton on lire after he let! Meuipbia, hut tbeir eon rage failed them, and after loo abort-age win ili too voted they docidud U« expoae him. Wcouift uruki' down un the train, ami told the aburif! that the receipt that hr had from a man named Hamilton «#» a forgery, aud that what he had U»hl waaa laUehotuI from lUrt to finlah. Mr. L'hiam, of the lirot of Cbiaut. Churchill A Co., which hud employed him. lnci the abcrtf! before he reached Memphis, haring com.' Houtli for that purpose. He wa*» not met at tbr station by hi* lawyer, ** hr expected, aud was incarcerated ill lhoitiuutvj.nl. Hh.dcUk.Ulon will Amount to more t jinn *4i*N. He left fcANlOof till* vritli hia wife, who la a very* estimable lady anil highiv thought of in that city. Aa noon aa.abc heard of hia shortage *b* aeut for Id* employer* and handed them the muuey.anying that -hi knew that It wai a |*art of the amount atohu The blow couuw all the harder U* her a* aim ia in vary dclicato health. It ia want (hatChin-indignation wu* almost at Innxied It when it wo* learned that Wocui*...I I
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The Lake Charles Echo
Lake Charles, Louisiana, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1894
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