, 1874-09-13
4 Fortune Founded on The Celebrated
Amhr0siaI Oil.
Preserving His Rc!:t:tation---A
Tailor Made into Il Doctor.
Forced into the Confederate SerYice---
Crossing tLo Lines.


4tV AAsaA Las IL 1Al1AI 14o4AAAA"SAe"' A 80
Police Court annals OF Chicago than Timothy "
Fuller. Esq, better known Us I" Tim F." Fuller
tho partnership man, and no one his carried or
Lis operations with such success rs he and es-
capod punishment. 1t has been somo time
nearly thzco u1ontha-since "IIm , has been
arraigncd a. the bar of Justice for beating a
'ssucler" out OF Lis wealth, and his quictuess
could no: re accounted for. It appears. how
ever, that he is doing ''sQuaro" business no"
Cat least he claims he is). and as be has not ad-
vert,sed for : ''partner," no one has swallowed
his bait, and been mado a bankrupt By his glib
ness- Tim is getting old, hut is still ncsiTe. and
it is dangerous for q man with money III his
pocket to approach him lie talks 80 suect1r,
and is apparently so sincere In his explanations
of the 4" Yankee notion business" that nine
men in ten, though they may think themselves
sharp and above "srckerdon,," will hand over
their grocnbacks for oEe-half interest in Tins
''stock." When lie has the money in his pocket
to grows CONFIDENTIAL, and coolly informs his
victim that he las bean swindled. The dupo
may become Indignant, ans threaten prosecu-
t;oa; but he is told that he will be fought with
his OWL money, and not get as much as Tim il
willing to give hin fer tho goods. This is gen
orally satisfactory, and tho man who has paid
Tim $500 at Il o'c!ock walks out Ct Fuller &
Co.'s Office at Lalf- past IL with &2dQ and thinks
himself very LUCKY individusn 10 get back shat
much.
Tim has stopped drinking; his New York c1-
perience, q few years age, when he was robbed
cf his watch and 81, 500 while drunk. cured lin,
and Lo looks better to-day than he did threo
years ago. He is about 46 years cid, With
kindly countenance, but his eyes indicate his
character. lie wears nutton-chop wlislers.
which, With his hair. are getting gray. He il
raudid in conversation, and considering his
partnership business " to be Legitimate, Ao
does not seem to caro- whether the public know
bow he carries it on or not. His life l.-s been
In adventurous one, and, believing it would
provo interesting, TRIBUNE reporter called OIL
lin the other day, and requested him to givo AL
outline OF ii for publication. He consented
tnd What he said is given in his own words
HoYlIooD's DAYS.
was born on the Sth day Of August. 1873, III
Erie. "a. aud never had al hours schooling IL
my life. When or years old thought knew
tLaa al! the rest Of tho folks in town, from
tie fact that 60: 4 licking for everything that
was donc whether by my brothers and sisters or
tie other children. got tired Of this, and left
NV home, and started off without . cent or
knowing where WIS going. I was picked u! by
= man at Westhe1d, in Chautauqua County, ny,
and was run on to Silver Creek, and WAS put into
the hands Of a man to learn the timers trade,
living with him. I stayed there couple Of days.
and ss be did not like me be gavo mo d boost on
to Buffalo. In Buffalo was turned over to a
min named Burton, who WAS also timer, BY
Ely boss at Silver Creek. Burton found me
drag, and he sent me to place down EsBt,-l
do not remember tho name, but I subsequently
brought up III Boston.
on THE ER1SY DEF.
I Was taken aboard ship at that port, and for
thrce yearR and twenty days never put my foot
on dry land, making tue voyage Of the world, as
it was called. ! WAS y years Of age when got
back. It turned out afterwards that the man
who took me WAS TN uuclo Of mine.
Ho discharged mo Mt Boston. and sent me to
New York, where I arrived with sos IN gold in
my pocket not having spent cent on tic vay
went down to the wharf, aud saw some officers
coming ashore in dinkcy'' from tho receiy-
ing-ship Forth Caro1na. i saiuted them when
they landed-touched ny Lat saiior-fashiou-
and asked them if thoy did not want T. boy on
much attention to me, but CHG finally said, Lots
take him he will mako good assistant ward
room steward" That settled it, and I went
aboard and shipped regularly. baring no friends
of guardian to Interfere l Btaid on board eight
weeks, becoming so saucy that Was compelled |
10 run away to escape AoEging.
went up TO Catskll. and learned there that
an officer was hunting for me-
ACCIDENTALLY, .lEr wo.IAN-
and shall never forget tcr-vho took a liking |
to me-. She told me about tie officer Of tho |
ucn-ol-war being at the hotel, and i asked hor |
what should do Sic put me into Ler room. |
and kept mo thero until she got me suit OF I
citizens togH, and gave mo $40 III gold, and took
1na in her carTisgc TO the steamer William !
Eosers a;d sent mo up to Albany I kept nv !
hAlof- -clothes,-tuo blue pants nad broad-coi- !
Jared slirt. aud when I got to Albany put
them on. liking them better than the Others be- |
cause they were easier. While Walking by tile
canal, fellow who worked on ono Of tho boats |
came up and began whir1ing mo around He |
Was big boy,-a little larger than waa; aad |
he sayB, How will you trade clothes He Lad |
pretty good clothes on, and I agreed to swap
with him for So to boot. No went aboard his
boat and changed, end had hardly got ashore
before some mcn-of- wars men came along and
Eobblcd him sud dragged him OF, despite Lis
cries that he was not the mau,-that he had
trA3ed clothes with another fellow
ran. and worked my way through maav Diff
entities to Duffalo, and shipped in the schooner
Amelia, Of Toledo, and on tle passage up
SHE WAS EREcEED
"a the beach. at place called Frceport. about Il
niles from Eric. escaped, aud went up to
Erie. and, aftor making my affidavit before TIN
Insurance officer. shipped III the schooner r. ..
;inead, loaded with coal for Buffalo. That very
llghEthere we're nino ct Us in Ler-shc wai
FTecked On tho Canada shore. and seven Of the
rev were drowned. That was tGice was chip
1recked in two nights in succession. Two Of Us
ere picked up by vessel md taken to Cleye-
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