, 1879-07-22
ARMRIED'S PENSIONERS.

Nese York sim. Jaip In.
Two scars ago q tall old man applied to
August Scleslau, tho proprietor Of a lager beer
saloon ut 1870 Forsyth street, for lodgings. 11o
said that hts name was Henry Armricd, and bis
occupation was that Of a pcddlcr. lie dealt
altogether in teas, which be mixed sklfully md
sold at a fnr profit to druggists. ie wus nlIot-
ted rear room on tho lrss floor. In which he
lived until Wednesday morning.
lilo WINS nearly 10 years OF agc, but hts indus
Try was un1aRglng, Aud he lived comfortably.
lie enid he MAS Unmarried, and IL he hati any
relatives, none OF them ever went to sec him.
tic was u good tenant, keeping Ills room tolcr-
nbsy tidy, and paying his rent punctlally cvcry
week. Dut there was ono objectionable fcasurc
about him. It WAS bis extraordinary npi I'M
accountable lovo for cats. More than two dozen
OF them were pensioners upon hin, nnu they
used to swarm through tho window Into llis
room every morning to receive their daily meal,
1e neyer failed to hare It ready Tor them, and
four-footeu friends than 10 fcel himself Every
morning from two to three quarts OF milk wcro
LETT at the door Of Ills room, oil Of which was de-
voted to the CATS susteuaHce.
Tho great heat OF the mast few llaTs affected
tho old nun severely. flo persisted In doing
his work ns 1lsilhl, but ho grew very wenk, n,,il
when he returned to lila home In the evenings
he was so iant that 10 was glad to throw him
more Than a'tailY exhausted. and, alter renatu.
,ng for a short time In his room, he went into
the sntoon, aud asked tle proprietor for n pecn
Of tce. lie was Eiynn n larcc piece, and as he
golng 10 uta Tonight"
Ills Iandlosd tried to joke him Into better
spirits, but he shook bts head, md with heavy
Sigh went into l1is room n1.d locked the door.
morning Mr.. scheslau, lndng that his lodger
had nut gonc ont 10 work ut thu usual |l0tr,
went to tho 1oor and knocked. No nrswcr wns
returned, n1l.l when he called tho old mans
tic hlsslug md mewIng Of the cats that Ind a.
sc.nb1cd for their morning meal. Remembering
lis todcer's gloomy words ind manner the pre-
cohilg night, Mr. SchrslAu bccnme alarmed, and
reported the circumstances. Officers Muller,
brady. md Cullen Wcrc sent to the housc, asii
on bursting open tho door OF Mr.. Artlrteila
room thcy found the dead body Ut the old man
lily swnrming With cats. sIany Of ibc,n ind
Jumped upon thu bed, and two ut tho largest Of
them were licking the dead mans face.
Tue oi!1cors tried to clear thu chamber OF the
hr,ltcs showed light, c!awlng md bling iercejy
whcn they woro attacked. FtnallY, their as
aa!lants. who WeEc liuntmeta, wero forced tn
l,cat retreat, md held council Of war outside
tie door. Que D{ them remained to watch tic
room while the other two went back to tile
statlon.lloNsc. reported progress and asked Tor
fresh Instructions.
They were ordered to take their long night
care not to allow themselves to be scratched or
bitten. Tlrno orders tt!cy carried out IN part,
but not cpttrelY, for though with the for!nldal,lo
rlEht-cnbs they were enabled tn beat most OF
tue eata out Of tue chamber. few Of the brlltes,
even moro fcrucious md stubborn than tleIr FOL-
lows. Wrnt Under the bed, nilI delcl all efforts
10 get thcm pnt+
Tic orccrsSwcrc at last ablo to approach, the
body, aud they found i uniuIused. tTlle old
nlati con]l mt hayc been long deal wlcU bis
body Wns found. for woman who occupies an
room says she heard him wandering
nbuut his apartment at M carly hour oil
Wednesday morning. An inquest Will be bald.
not been cxamnrd.
Yesterday afternoon German, who dbl not
tell bis nntnt, called nt Mr.. Schealau'8 saloon
md nskct! tn see the dead man. ue wns tlisap-
taasc,, 10 hv Morsur, uild said t,lut liz and the
old pcddcr had been friends In 1ertupMY,
w!'sro The inter had accumulated a great deal
ot lnuney. lio was concerned tu The revolu-
sataya tund, carrytng with lin ths bulk Of lis
earnings, mitch Of which. hts friend thinks, |
must be concealed tn bis trunks. He was
known in Germany a. Henri AlMlrop. md only |
adopted the title ot AEnrIcl When liio came to
A'neriss. lle was unmarried, ul.l Gs yuars Of |
aGe. From the ti'na pf his horaood his lore Tor
rats knew no bounds, a,Hi ha always l,nl a dozen
Or inorc Ok these animals around hin.
lis eats worr COLLECTED from MI paris OF tho
l,,g them together. liz taught thun yarsons
tricks, IND they had grow, so familiar with him
that fl!s call wt'G!tl brn. them to ILLS room at
my hour q, the day Or night. At meal times,
Mrs. Schcslau anys, they would all enter by h,s |
.y,ndow, and sent themselves erayoly upon the |
Eoor. liz had name lot each ono Of them, nrl
shun hp said ''Jocl,n or Fritz" or "F'auss,'
thr animal oehsgnatea stepped from tho ranls,
toolt hls portlon Of foo1, uul retired decoroualy
10 It's placc.