, 1876-11-19
The Pool-Buyers on the Anx-
ious Seat.
Diamonds Bought Because
Hayes Was Elected.
How a Rich Lawyers Will Has
Been Attacked.
A Sirens Wiles Destroying Ply
sician's Family.
An Ex-Chicago Banker Sent to
Sing Sing.

Sing Sing.
Capers Of New Don Jnan---The Esai
pof Revelations.
Special Correspondence Qf The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Noy. 16-Of all the utterly dis
consulate men in the world, those fellows il
this city whose money is tied up in the pools
sold on the election results are the most mis-
erable. Those who bet on the Republican side
will not give up, while those on the Democratic
side who imagine they are winners are unable
to secure their winnings. It Is estimated that
there is an aggregate Of Sc, 500, 600 held in the
pool-boxes, Of which John Morrtssey holds
81, $50, 900. The feelings OF those who have
made Investments in the pools may be imagined
when report was bulletined and extensively cir
culated last Saturday night that one Of the pool
sellers had absconded that day with over half
| million dollars Of pool money All day Sunday
! inquiries We're made among the booksellers to
tho truth Of the story, and not until Sundays
| papcrs definitely contradicted the rumor did the
| excitement tnalfy subside.
| DOMESTIC SIDE OF THE BETTING QUESTION.
] It is related Of Republican politician who
has wagered heavily in favor Of Hayes and
| Wheeler that he lamented on the morning after
the election that he had lost. To console lis
| wife, who looked daggess at him he confessed
I his folly, he said: NOW. my dcar / had in
tended il had won to expeud it all in buying you
! magnificent pair Of diamond solitaircs, the very
thing you know you've set your heart upon.'' She
could not smile even with this explanation, but,
woman-hSe, % bore e. the tnwurd pain without m out.
home t% IN happy mood exclaiming he entered
The '0R 8Iic Smiled tbs ass t%e' Sn ny ny
said nothing, She read the Times in the morning
was all true. The next Saturday the wife quietly
proceeded to Tiffany y and selected a pair Of sol
!aires worth s5oo Still she said nothing. bat on
herself were to join a theutre party to see the
''Shaughraun, " when she surprised her other half
by wearing the diamonds. lie asked her where
she obtained them, and when she explained that
she bought them at Tifany's upon the strength Of
bis statement that he had won On Hayes, he was in
OF those internal pools, and It may be months BE-
fore can get it out, and perhaps never But he
did nothing Of the kind. He informed her that the
next time she bought anything OF that sort she
had better DO It with cash in hand-she might make
better bar5ain-that's all!
HOW He PLAYED CHICAGO ON HIS VICTIM.
Day before yesterday man calling himself
Jacob Gibbs Conrad was sentenced to four years
Imprisonment in the State Prison for swind-
ling This man has every appearance Of one who
has seen better days and has enjoyed intelli-
gent and refined society. Yet he is IN adroit and
practced swndlcr, and the story Of his VICTIM the
Rev. John 4. Edmonds, Of the Asbnry Methodist
Church. Washington Square, is interesting: Cou-
rad came to him a resident OF Chicago, a MEM
ber Of the Wabash Avenue Church, and stated thnt
he had formerly been prosperous banker OF
that city, worth at one lime Sl70, 600. He had
invested heavily in real estate since the fire. and
mortgage. He boasted Of having given the Wa
bash Avenue Church $40, 600 in the days Of hts
prosperity. and in fact talked 30 gliby Of Chicago
.t$otr% Sc $r-o
soul, firmly believed in him. He loaned him some
money and allowed him to remain guest at his
house onc day he BEGAN to inqnire for his oyer
aud they found it ut pawn shop, ana on further
investigation 1t appeared that Conrad had pawned
it.. Ne was arrested, and confessed his gnift The
police asccrtained that he had played Chicago
upon other Victims and WAS in fact a fraud Of The
first class. He is now likely to spend four years
at Sing Sing.
RICH LAWYERS WILL.
There Is controversy pending in the courts
concerning the construction Of the will Of the
late John q. Power. This gentleman was one
f the oldest and best-known lawyers Of the city,
and had practice which was worth $50, 600 per !
anDum. Yet be moved along SO quietly that |
outside OF the profession he was seldom heard OF. /
Mr.. Power was noted for his sharpness and legal !
acumen in drawing wills, and in his practice had
wills to IN uncommon degree. Probably among all
A0t SAA- |
it could have been expected that his own will would
have deded flaw. lie has been dead little over
and ID now his wd0~ petitions tss IA fhe
certain bequests. Tie Roman Catholic in
stitutions Of this city are interested in
has wider interest than The win Of IN ordinary
tcstator. Mr. Power provided in his will that, af
ter certain heqaests should be made, the BAL
ance Of his estate, which amounts to about $500,
200, shall be divided in three parts, one to the
widow one to O nephew. and one to the Roman
to be designated by the widow and bis ex.
ecutors. One Of the executors has since died. and
the widow decline to name tho institutions, SO
that the other is powcress. There are minor
issues involved in the construction Of the WILL but
the moral OF it all is that rich men designing to d.
'ue their property Gfter eath hua better hand over
the deeds to the beneaclaries beforehand.
HOW SIRENS w1LEs DESTROYED FAMILY.
Some months ago young physician in this
:ity in his walks {for he could not yet afford
:arriage) noticed handsome woman nearly
very fair day, who invariably stared at
lin in manner that surprised him, az
veil US causing him annoyance. He
tance, and was inclined to treat the whole affair
IS Z Joke. One day. shortly after he had left hts |
'lHcc Il District Telegraph messenger pluced in his
lands note. He thought it was from one of his pa
YES request to call immediate1y at u house in
Vest Twenty-third street, near Fifth ayenue- He Z
t1eteu at once Tor tue place, and, on arriving
iicre, inaurcd for Mrs. W, whose name was / !
yen in the note, and was further surprised Oh
eihg ushered into the presence Of tue woman
'honl he had noticed on the street. His astonlsh
aent was increased, however, by her .
DOLLY informing him that she had ex-
austed every expedient to make him speak
D her, and now she had summoned /
i'm to her presence to tell him that she had been
mitten with his peraonal charms, and desired his
cquaintaucc. Then she told him, IN reply to his
bjections to this game, that she
1an ETC., bat she loyed him, and desired hia to
I'VE her In return His vanity was nattered, and
ae thought flushed across his mind thut he could !
ave some amusement out Of this adventure Fatal
ecision! From the moment he tolerated this IN
awful love he became this woman's victim. She !
ompellcd him to meet her almost daily, to accept
Eesents from her hand, to partake OF suppeEs. with
er, and trent her with marked attention. At first
told his wife everything, but as the affair pro-
rcssed he feared to tell her more, and at Inst
is wife heard derogatory reports Of her husband
ON others 80 often tilat she taxed him with H. |
lelity. aud MI his e.orts ut explanation and u.s.
frances Ut fatlzrulness were in vain The injured
ife returned to her home, and now the physician |
little better than wreck, though with fatal in
tuation he clinss to the Woman who has ruined
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