, 1874-08-26
A WEST SIDE ROMANCE,
EoV q HIafch-Peltllcr ReCipr0cat0l
4 Kindness.
a Poor>Widow Unexpectedly
~Made Wealthy.
That Il, if Mr.. Gray =" Pans Out "
Handsomely.
Interesting SlSctcl, OF tho Life ana
- lDcotll ,of ftE,cter.. Bhi1ips.


sDcntIl aot tl'cter..Rlilins.
Potter Philips, d natcb-pcddlor, wloao b''rly
sornl, III rugged drosa, md locomotca BY tho 'ise
Of crutohos, because Of tho loss Of ono OF Ills
neither 1itnbu WAS vol known to tho residents Of
Mis- oty, died OH Sunday, Aug. a. 51fo"waa cs-
seutially one Of, tho srooular people," for, III
though ho readily received Aims or reliof in any
uilano-food, money, Or, clothing from persons
who felt moYod to pity by Ills .appcaranco,
yet, oddly enough, -ho MS quickly re-
secuted any expression 'of sympathy bY
wl1ic, ho might 10 considered a common
atrcot-bcngar, aud would oxclafu, ut Bucl
times, II have money sufficient to pay for what
[ waut I" Tic frequent repetition of this sny-
iug, .,shicl, was 40 inconsistent. ontlrels out
of concert, with his mean +nppoaFanco Inns lod
people ID belioyo that raiiips had quite
IA LONG sTocKINu"
whom hc died; that lo had, iii facs, become pos
scesol or,uonsidorablo property by his pcnurlois
habits aud uisotly n,aunor Of living. Instances
aro not wanting Of such strange occurrences,
sud thus tho sunlor OF t1lo poor pcddlors wealth
has obtained cyodeuoo. Cnacr tho gnidnnco
Of Officer Walton, of tho Sixth Police Pre-
ri1cs, 70 Tribune reporter yestoiday visited
thu late residence Of philipn, on West VAN
Duron etrect. :3[rs. Abby Wagner, III whose
bouso Philips lived for tho past Baron years, anl
to whom ho ,rns indebted for tic most cntofasl
attentions during his ilncss, colvorscd freely
witlthe reportcrns to tic dcccaaca'a manner or
living and his history.
THIRTEEN YEAIs. AGO,
Mra. Wagner saa wlc rosiug at Waterloo.
Ind, ,aho hirod Philips as Il gardener. lie was
thou man abovo tho average weight, and Of
largo frame. After two years service, during
which tho only remarkable icharacter in
Philips .waH noticed to bo liH .dfsuclinn-
tiou to speak OF his a,,teceaonts, ho
loft ;Mrs. Wagnor'a scrvlco In 1867: Airs. .WaS-
nor having uenuwliio oamo to CbicaBo to- re-
side, lhira again rtesouted hlmse.f-a ut her door.
a1d in alch a1i altered co,tsiun US 10 canso tbs
Indy to sAuadcr upon tlfst sensng him. lie was
supporting lila body OH crutchoJ pnrt or Ills loft
teg hnyiug been anlpntatcd; his uotly, formerly
bpruo erect, waa bowed down from pam, md lis
wholo oppeuraucn Yna such NJ b1toAeneu
MUCH SUFFERING AND rnls4tr1oN.
Ho rented Il small apartment from Airs. Wagnor,
and Immediately commenced to traffic III tasclles
anil 'blaeklug. ,calrYing LIS "ales n
os, which was stripped acro1s hts Ghost;
asblluolsly 1T Ills towly calling, and WAS not
known to exuend n penny either Tor food or
clothing; 1o seems to hnvo become 81 biosaod
with t1o worlds wealth that to tho surprise OF
thoeo sho lnow him ne daEcd: to rent Az atrs. Mas
rolled by, aud no .clanso iii tho padular'n out
ward appearance to nllcato auccoss WIS obsorv-
ablo III fact he scen1od to ithink it necessary to
WORT harder than before in order r" to mako
living, "for he added thu collection Of old books,
old liats. aud old clothes Of eyc1y description to
lia lowiy calling. ,lsiaing botlnles ho would
wander forth on tho etrcotH, and oitly mako Ills
return to lis room when hight had raton;
TIL: 9ATHEnfH0s OF THE DAY
lo would deposit in this small room, a'd after
rosJnE TOR aomo time ho would throw h!ulsolf
upon lis rudo pallot-hut not to rleop. Iho
buiily cxertions IL tho day oaused hib injured
limb to aclo ut night tiino, and consequently
many wese tho calls upon Mrs .o,' Wagner lwhon
aietapco. On July 8 last. Philips was :obbed of
eco whilo he WAS going through ono of tho bye
ttteots Of the city. TnAt cilcumstanco
seemed to affect Lis mud very, mueh,
for ofton sinco that occurrence lo llns
beetl heard to cry out. rs in q nlomaut OF ao-
attraction, "'r4oy'ro going to rob me- But hls
habit Of carly riaiug, although 1t may hnya 1nado
hip wcnlthy, did not bring lim health and wiz
dun. Iaflecd, lila filthy habts. aucl as all
mlsors ere charged with boing guilty u. wore
ton. His acquaintance with water was very
slight. Airs. Wagner said TINT slle uoyor know
btm to, make an ablunon. Ills room, as raay be
supposed, from tue accumulation Uf old boots
aud ullnea, hats aud vests, blark,ng-n9Scs a''a
tl,>caided cutlery picked ont Of the aluka nnu
asl.-sarres, cnlltou an odor not less forinldAule
aud iis.,i.ulg to delicate nos.tis shan
TIE FAMOUS srEScAss OF COLOGNE.
Despite. tho r'rotcstaton OF good Mrs. Wagner,
whuto sympathy tor the maiucd mau "without
friend to iaxo caro- Of him." got tito bettcr Of
hpr judgment, Phillips would not allow Ills room
TO DO cleaned more tllnn once III threo nontlls
aud thou under his own aulofintcnlouco. Tlia
il:4, want Of pcraonal cleanliness. and over
n{r fr- ,t .3xnI 1.Is
lug lialb to tenr dorm Philips sYstom, md they
succeeded. lilo tell III about nix wooks ago.
Whilo performing kintl Offices for him,
Mrs. Wagner was nude tho recipient
of such Information. now 10 her,
monny and propolty-go to l1r. Gray, broker,
ana get my paYas aud documents from him."
Ho at 1irHt obicctod to leco!yo medical atteud-
ance. ans to tho physiciau'a inquiry as to lis
relatives
rALsps aAspGD OUT
~ l!aya nono. WlaL do you want to know for?
Don't mako any fuss about NO."
On Thursday Of last week he again told HRS.
WAGNER that, IN return Tor tho kindness she had
extended to him, 10 meant to leave to lor what
no was possessed Of and subsequently Ao
cau'oa paper to bo written, which Ao eigned,
aud BY which Lo asss.gncd to Mrs. Wag-
nar Ma property: Phillips died OIL Buntuy
na n Iss,n ne wIs ~ o. years Of Hgo aud as fur NJ
csu 90 ieetnca, he waH native OF Champagne
County, o. 1lo mover spoke OF layi1,g auy rcla-
hyes, WIS not known to belony to or bo allIliatc1
with any Gesg'onn aouomluatiou was uoycr
heard to psGy; u1ten heard to sweas, aud seemed
by mlterly ucthoa.
MS MOTTO THROUGH 1arx,
as reelected by his reply to tho doctor, neomoa IN
10. leave mo 70 myself I am no one of co,,-
aaa s9aaepes ust do ''? IT, SstEs RefHpss ;e S ssss
Of his early lifo, and BIT IttIa I''"'i ~
lis later days, even BY tloso among whom le