The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-17
MIR. scHLAG's ADrEyUREs.
Brnndy on Beer Very Had, bet Becr on
brandy Much More Damaging.


Charles Schag. of Nordt X Schlag, jewell |
lcrs at $40 Broome street. is n genial German.
OF middle age and pleasantly stout but Is very
shrowd in business matters. On Wednesday
morning last he had customer who picked out
$500 worth OF gold watch chains. and ordered
them to be- sent to Jacot Gcrards. Bond
street 10 be expressed from there with other
goods to A. Weed Of stanford. Conn. Who is
A. Weed Z" Mr. Schlas inquired; don't know
him.
Il am A. Wood" the stranger replied. You
can make inquiries about me ut Wood 4
Hughcss =. md at the commercial agencies. II
you don't like the answers you got don't send
the goods"
The customer was tall. well dressed. and pre-
possessing. After he had gone ont Mr. 'hlag
hurried 10 Wood 4 Hughes =. and learned that
A. Weed Is n jcwcllcr OF excellent business
standing and accordingly he fancied that in tho
way Of business 1t would hn we'll TO know more
Of him. Therefore. instead OF sending the
chains to Jacot & Gerard. he put them into
stout pastcboard box and carried them himself
TO stamford on the 2:20 7. VI. train Whom he
entered Mr. Weeds store he saw man that re-
scmblcd his customer.
Il have brought some gold chains here that
were ordered by 4. Weed" he said.
lam A. Wood 4" tho man responded. but
] 0Nn I KNOW WIN you ultttlls i maven 'lN'Itu
any watch chains"
This WINS the fact Mr.. schlng was ovcrioyed.
! He had escaped tho w.ls Of swindler. lie
opened his bundle and showed Mr.. Weed tho
chains. " | haf bald 90 10 come here" he said.
but haf safcd $500" Then he boxed up his
chains and wrapped nm old newspaper about
thcm. rcmqrking that he did not want anybody
| To- know what he was carrying. Alter ~ had
| done this he went 10 the telegraph Office in
Stamford direct and telegraphrd ed b. his firm that
the man who had ordered the chains was n
! swindlcr
This was at 4 o'clock. At about that hour tho
| stranger rcnppcarcd in Nordt S'hlag's ware
house to look at some other watch chains. He
| picked out 5000 worth moro OF them and said
| that as he was about to 60 back to Stamford he
might as well carry them along. \? objection
was made 70 this in view oi tNe excellent stand
ing OF \. Weed. and the chains were given to
him. few minutes nt"twafd Mr.. Srhag .
telegram was received. but IT was too late to re-
Ancr MI schiac hal opened tho box to show
the telegraph operator the Naiuah,c properly NJ,
had saved by his shrcwdncss and had explained
10 the opr rator all the cir 'umetanrcs, he went to
a harroom and drank some beer H. said he
could anoll 10 have little celebration after
what had happened
Tho town Il stanford has just voted 10y tho
handsome rrity ~ 41i to close all ~ iis bar.
rooms on the lsi II November; hut ut present
lquorHnd hesr ar sold under Icons" hv JnstiD'
ofthe ieare Wallaco .Cagt Bills. u,api; fiu Lever
and in the Stamford House. Mr.. S'hlaE w"n,
10 some " these places and drank copiously oi
beer He was in nigh spirits. and rs he told
how he had outwttrl the man who had at
tempted to swindle him hc op"nrithe b y again
and showed the pl 81 clitcring gold He was
alone. At atout o'clorN he visited the STAN
ford House Here h" again showed the conienis
treated an a lounecsS ia the barroom iNc ol
siN times All drink NJ brandy,
The hark". per ird'' " 5 'hlas = misfortune
To- this brandy drinking. because H. says mo-
Of becr" At o'ioek tie Sew YORKER calie,
i9r acarriaec 10 take him down 70 the depot
! Mr. Nichols. the purily livery stable keeper o.
Stamford had luuF4Nnun lifrnsd