The New York herald., 1876-09-19
A SERIOUS HOAX,

chunky, sOre-eyed man, wearing monkey Jacket
and light trousers and carrying "A baggy g,ngham um-
brela which had seen years OF SERVICE made his ap-
pcarance last evening in first avenue, near Sixth
street. and entered q lager beer saloon. His air
quite mysterious and his language was moro than
alarming. TAT German boy, whose eyes almost pro-
truded from his head tight the skin drawn
his faco, handed the mysterious man glass of lager
beer having first gazed the chinKs in the shutters
TO any OF the metropolitan police were in view.
The man with the baggy umbrella, whose name was
subsequently, ascertained to be James Marvin. native
OF Ireland aged thirty-four years. having blown the
froth OF the top OF the glass of beer, proceeded to
drink 1t slowly, meanwhile fastening horrible guze
the fat boy, who became little frightened at the
contor,ions made by the strangers features, and he
said
"what's de meddhcr. heh' You shake mid do
beer9 Dods goohd beer. aind ids
Tho umbrella laid down the empty glass.
gared At tho bulbous Dyed boy and whispered to him
across tho counter
my God If you only knew what is going to happen
to you within twenty four hours you would be down
on your knees saying your prayers and chewing light.
ming rods"
''Shooin lidnn rohds! Get oud OF de haus; you
are grazy;I gall de bolize said the fat boy ho
picked up . five cent nickel for the beer. But tho
man with the baggy umbrella spoke his speech fol-
lows
81 notify you Dutch boy, to close your shutters
between nine and ten oclock-ycs mako e eleven
oclock-to morrow morning, put all the glasses away
and the soda water bottles and don't como out OF Your
bed until you the carpet crawling around the bed
posts. General Newton ordered como and notify
morrow and to tell anybody that could leave tho
city to to Staten Island or to Sandy
Hook until the explosion has come OIL Mind what
tell you Dutchy, now. or you will be blown up Some
OF the rocks Will be blown five miles. one about
pound weight will do you, III bet"
James Marvin. as hc calls himself, then left the lager
beer saloon mystcriously he entered and began
to make regular canvass OF nearly every house on
the west side OF First avenue The hoy In the lager
beer saloon was thoroughly scared when Marvin lett
the place the latter entered cigar shop,
KEEP; also by German. He stood In the doorway the
pouring of his umbrella aud making little lakes
the dirty floor. He said to the cigar maker:
shut your store early tomorrow Plug up all the
keyhocs and stuff the windows with cotton you
gone General Newton told me at breakfast this morn
ing to visit all the poor unortunatos First avenue
and tell them TO close up their stores The explosion
Will begin at nine O'Clock tomorrow morning pre-
csely If you wish to your life up and take
swim in tho reservoir. Put some corks around your
neck and stay the wator. Dive whenever you hear
report and IL the water shakes ltto IT won't hurt
you. Mind II you dsobey General Newton in this you
VIII not DO able to recover any damages from the
pany"
Tue cigar man was a lttle incrcdulous about the
notification as the stranger had more the look o.
hard working mechanic, front bricKayer Or a stono-
mason, than the appearance which might DO expected
TO DO borne by an aide-de-camp OF General Newton
TDc stranger did not have the appearance Of noxica
tion, and be talked very earnestly, rs II he were
ANXIOUS to preserve the people whom he visited from
any harm by the explosion which ne announced to
take place.
The cigar veuder said to the HERALD reporter, who
called AT great number OF places First avenuc:-'I
60 to dc dhour ven he goes oud und hollow ad him.
''Say, you god do chimcnamsy''
I.seems from what the police say, aud the people
who reside tho side OF
them tnat Marvin had an accompuce, who conhncd
himself altogether to the east side of the aud
did not cross over to the west. Near
Fourteenth street tho UNKNOWN man, who took
east side OF FIRST avenue for his beat told who
keeps grocery store 10 box up his cayenne pepper
and pack Il IN sawdust, 1t would explode added
that If he had any milk cans hc would do vel to send
them odt OF the city early in tho morning Tho
grocery man, thinking that his visitor was drunk,
merely laughed and told hIm to 90 home and 20 bed
he igh, lose himself The but this fellow
mare successful with the women whom he
In tho Railways OF tenement houses, and whc were
mothers oil families, Ms tney believed HIM implicitly TO
be an agent OF tho man who had charge Of the
HaIetrs Point, and whose name they did
know.
Near Thirty sixth street, the west side OF First av
cnue, a baker shop. kept by an Irishman and his
wife. These people alarmed by Marvin last night
and the woman who assisted in keeping the shop stood
IN the door aud talked wth the reporter. while her
husband. VINO In the cellar. burly looking
Celi. camo up and joined in tho conversation.
''Tbe man that you askin' me about hero
to the door last night, and 1t little eight
O'Clock, or may DC 1t was nine O'Clock, and told
close shutters in the morning Tor II We didn't tho
company wouldn't pay for any damage to the glass or
the fixtures In the shop but didn't think much Of
hokcisnt that what you cdil II, Jamcsf lie was So
bcr enough. Tar as raw, but We didn't pct up our
shutters, although some OF tho people on the block
didn't take down their shutters this morning told
Mrs. Cumisky that IL was "A hokc."
The hoaxer went into David Dalys liquor store
Thirtythrd street, and, like prophet Oi evil told
them to up and move all the bottles OF their
paces The DAY OF triDuation at hand and Gen.
cral Newton would not pay Tor any spilled Bourbon
dsIocatcd copper measures
All this time. let IL DC remembered while this impos-
ter raversing First avenue on one side and his
rascally colleague the other, the fncst
police force the world also their
BEATS hut II Is supposed that some Of them mny have
had occasionally into dark entries to shake the
of their watcrproois. Yet not Que OF The police
heard Of this fellow Marvin's movements Ms he trav.
sIled along the avenue frightening poor women and