Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-19

found another chapter In the expose Of the opera-
tons Of the ehsraiisr d'iHdNsfrie who under the
swelling title Of evans Bro. 4 Co.. diddled
Numerous Nashingtonians so thoroughly lately
Ihf>s '-'rrs are from the same hand as that in
Yesterday star and for their use we are indebted
70 a prominent member of the WASH npton bar
who upon hearing unauthori zed use of his name
in connection with the operations Of Evans Brc
Co here, immediately wrote 10 a friend i'm New
York city for information concerning the Irm:
NEw YORK Aug. 10 1883
T'--: Dear Sir: From your last favor I
ws> quite satisfied that Won had formed a ,iaht
estimate OF Evans Brothers Il Co. or the indi-
vitual who assumed To that name Still l
Parsned my inquiries concerning them, but found
70 one among business men Of standing who
knew, or could say anything of them | became
convinced That there was foundation To iuS,ifv
u" "oi'' made ~ Their own trumpet at Washin.-
ton while here they were comparatively still: and
remembered seeing no advertisement of theirs
Es-e-
II there Is such concern anywhere as Evans.
FrOLIers X Company, of any substance | con-
C.ude The man here 10 an iInpostor-not one IF
t1eh, bat abusing their name. IL one of such a
hr tley are sham as TO means aud facilities FOR
thr business they advertise. NV last resear. hes
have satisfied me quite well that the 60; J;sau,
m byaus IS an unmiugated impostor will
low state spec ial reasons for thinking So in add-
ton to what before communicated
The 1.-TWO signsi they had-onc at the hall and
the other at the private Office door-cost about
shtillncs pence Plain white paint on equally
bit' k-lut- reuters OF purity on body of Ddg X
ness Tine entire furniture Of the office mean and
limited as II Was, belonged to the landlord of the
premises Sir William slept on the mean lounge
IN ms once in close neig hborhood 10 the 1t.
Nicholas and Metropolitan hotels until within a
month or 81, when, through fear Of alleged bur
glars, he took room with private family
He became impetuously smtten with the pre-
S.dlnS angel OF hOOped skirts In the adioi nj NO
room. aud proposed, on Sunday evening to marry
her the following Monday. The scene of that
proposed slii1nce of skirts and pantaloons being
fHa IL NrNnrN0
street, and after about a months exposure to the
young lady's own, and surrounding network
But the more prudent of the two, she preferred to
know, or u love him better FIRST and She now re-
Juices over her own escape.
The Office is vacated and the individual miss
ing since last "Wednesday morning at about six
O'CLOCK No person was left to respond for him
The evening before, TUESDAY EVENING" he got
tne person IN whose house be rooined to cash
washington city check; and ne 1.-THE proprictor)
had known other Washington checks to be Dre-
vinus.y cashed for him. The names of none Of
the drawers were remembered No New York
chec Ks Were seen that coald learn. When ask
lnS 1hr The accommodation on Tuesday evening
lie took the check from a small bag containiug
gold Of aeonSidcrable amount, though not large
N bulk He sud TO his host that he was going to
w iSnlnytOn the next day, (thc I1th:l that he
would ne hack again on the 10Th instant xhen
ne would Introduce an attorney whom he had en-
GdCSd Tor his business here 10 take charge of his
O1hcr. whl'e ne Intended tn locate himself in
W aSllngtDn. which he liked better for his resi-
def'ce than New York; but as he would he on here
gften al short intervals he would keep his room as
before Tor he preferred il to going TO hotel He
paid the bill for his room TO thai time. and also
sefucd IOr the rest of his Office He did not $ AZ
Who his attorney here was to be-
lie had in his ONCE an unusually large travel
IN trunk, which he removed tO his room on
Hanging his lodging accommodations and there
Ead az different times exhibited two cases con-
,al.,alH lulle 2 humber OF rings, (Which lie said
Were dlaiuoHds) other jcyelry, and several watch
6. NLlGh lie remarked he lad taken security on
monies loaned.
beiofe gong TO w ashington he was not seen to
have much money. He did not tell his host he,
was going 10 Washington, but was going to III
noiS TO look at some coal lands, in which he had
O. PrQIes,ed TO have an interest OF about 200
acres, and through which he to build as per
agreement. railroad. He exhibited papers of
that nature either just before going or after his
return from washington His host received a
letter from him, dated at Cincinnati SAYING that
he was going 10 Washington, and requested his
letters there: which was done-perhaPs eighteen
or twenty Of them
As 10 his departure, he did not say 70 his host
tnat he was going early the next uiorning-the
lin instant-bUt the next morning. before six
o.cIock' ne procured carriage, and after taking
al ais baggage, (cayng none Of his effeC Is his
TOoin-hot even pin, consisting Of the large
Iank and new valse he had bong ht he was
i'eaiI by Tue servant to say TO the driver, - We
nave Oit llttl- tmei II IS quarter 10 Six-Chris-
TOPPER street IL the nearest station; and since that
minute his countenance has not been seen or
htdrd from here Now il happens that the Chris
topper street station is upon the Hudson River
hallrOad, which Is a convenient route to Canada
Dut most announcement and out-of- the-way one
10 reach Washington. II be took any conveya nee
al that street 1t was TO 60 North-the carriage was
houcsd u 20 in the right direction for Christie
Pher street which Is on the Hudson River side of
tAr town, and as far up as Washington Parade
Oround. some distance north Of the st Nicholas
while the sutton for Washington city passengers
Is down iowa, nearly as far as Wall street
lie refined the key OF his office and OF bureau
h occupied, but lcE no effects in them
] learn that gentleman claims 20 know Evans
brothers, Of Londoni but that this man il no,
one OF them. though there is some reasOu to think
D has been In their EMPLOY as travelling agent In
h Hope-if there IS such a house lie talked with
MS hust- native of Denmark said he had been
t'eI.i ana from his conversation il seems that he
must have been.
As a. the reality of such ! house I'm London I
nave examined the most recent London Directory
could Lay hands Oa-!e57-and, after a most
tl1sOGSh examination of ii, report that find No
bIIkers Of tina; name nor in the name OF any
iFdls any clue Ia the existence of such house ia
London az That time. Nums roUs of the name If
W NJ Evans but anurdin1s 10 cine. In the elass
lotion OF bankers in London. or having agents
there, find e Derby Bank, Derby Sln'T Evans
Walker Evans and Henry Evans; limited circu-
it;cn- t !3;Si2 " Also, W m and Sam1 Evans q
GO, Derby; draw on Jones. Llovd Co Lon
don In the slHIe volume, besides the general
directory Of names. there is a street difectory-=
and looking at Parliament street found
no Evans AZ all or the name Of any pany look
iIg D. Il that represented I examined every list
In The volume, which 1 thought might help me,
but without success.
remarked that Sir William said to his host on
La return from W ashiugton, that he had sold one
81 the watches (oefOre referred to) in Cincinnati
10 = >Dutherner IoT Slt0 which was worth $50
upon VIII Il lie had lOlned $50. He told his host
(hT- Gilssy. the cigar dcaler) that certain Of the
rigs L- had, ne brought from England, and that
On making loans on such property he took bills of
sic and II the looms not repaid at the st pu-
lat-d tine lac could Sell-that the sale If the watch
IL C!Hailn1ti. where money not 50 plesty rs
in New York, was prOblbly TO raise tue wind for
PsrsOnI rHsrases, and Mr.. Gilscy says ne does
not believe Evans went further west than Cine in
Brt:. Tor he had not time 10 20 10 Illinois, aud a
gentleman from that STATE had his return talked
v.th Linn, and tie operator betrayed his lgnorancc
Of the State.
! believe have about exhausted my budget.
gathered chiefly from the worthy host who had
Eo reason To suspect bis lodger unti his depar-
tire. which by the way was the ght time for the
early Northern train, whereby lie could reach
Canada or BaffIlo by the night Of the same day
nav merton that among the varied accom-
rlislinen;s VI the gentleman he was musician
rOald PLAY the piano entertainingIy. and had a
rsS:e for Sacred a. well secular mUsic-had
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