, 1880-05-08
" GENTLEMAN JOn,
He Tells Why lie Played tY1s r.,..
4f4e Ikcvs Ylr. nuw As e1

aisc How Or. Dlx.
Eugene Fairfax Williamson, beta, t,,-.
as Gentleman Jo," to whom the rpcen.ssA1 n.'ssa
sccution Of tho Rev. Dr.. Dix was trasaS r. I
been sentenced to the State Prison n, H.. ny
years and six months. lie felt in ~, NV
tl[sconcertad, and whom on lila sv.nt. w "aa
Tdmbs jocularly observed that bs hi y ttsa ae
years and haf worth of first~o,a.s I'm "',se y
WINS anxious to know what ",tb y ~
would giye him In the State psison". !" a. ~
had not, llc said, ever dono alesltImats d.s,e 4 y
work i'll his life. On reporter 'a.tlns NJ!
aftor ilo was sentenced what ho wonId h.aa Ma
lone had fa been acquitted, be ss,a aH ny
would llavo sent out 800 moro lcttets to.snnsa
row. o.E;,,,. 4"e
"Well, feel like II; It Is In me: dae,,t,.
p'1re a,3d a2a simple, suppose; ttcannos b ~.
Wien asked about tho forgery aud also l.,
Dix nifair hc said: ".'e va
:" I was walking along Penn avssnu. i,
rittsburg one dny, when picked ID iu' ht,sl y
die OF letters. IN which we're Bo,Ne banESsaxs. W.
f1,s 'ey TnG1s @fsd }ro ooal9 nv 13ys s1'snEo Eot
burg, I thought would use :ons q Al f ~
drafts, md 50 signed 1t, and Sent it br hs.ss hss
IN New York to pay for jawelry and fanssys AMI
articles tint. Il ordered. These thins!s tihIins!
DID MT d9 q.i re nny good. for ! gars &s1,
Washington Chtlis, OF phiiSdelpiGiiao iii osG},ss s}9sss
away cups and salicers. YUu Know. erss ia,
haps, ttat to every lady who calls Upnn Kim I5,
lle gives away n cup and Bnucer, on which i
inscribed his portrait and Ills autoR7apb.
ODD fancy, y It not? Chiids Is q ,great f!tendi
peculiar. The cup and saucer iii i.
one of his. fa1lclcs, md mine VA
similar ollp In regard to tho giving awny ~
The irwelry which this forged check b%ous6t' % Y I
dot!'t know why It IS, but have an uason:
trollable bent tfat way. Why, DO you know
| to be married; Issued cardsof invitation RT.
inE the names Of tho Bishop and the Rstar
who wcr1 to perform the ceremony. EYery.
thing was quito regular, and suppose must
hive Issued over Thousand invitation
They were responded to almost uua1i
"lV1o was tic Indy ?" - -
Catholic churches lii Geneva. They IL Il
ways open, you know. went down there ID
sec the ftlll.. kept aside, 80 that no ona
lretls OF MY frisnds end their friends wsianis
for the ceremony to begin, but It did not Be-
Gin. There was nobody to begin With I tn
]oycd 1t immensely. That was ona Of llart
res ot t. %liat M my, !, call my practical jokes
| 49, LII" AAAn3 Aettc4o A4A you btuQ " 1T
Dlx?" W.
"Tlere l!as been great exaegeration ahou
that. did not send moro than 22,0W. Il
true I sent about twenty female pawnbloker
to tho house, and 1 think enjoyed II abob
US much rs any Joke ever perpGtrated Il
my llfo. saw every ono OF them, pre,t
fiearly. go up the steps to tho house. ltd
seen. 50 sMpre.nely funny to sec those won
en- with their lung noses, their black eyes
their swartly complexiohs, and shatbll
dressed going up the steps Of Dr.. Dtx'a hous
to bny. old clothes. 1t Was 90 absurI!,
never Intended TO annoy Dr. Dix; l did %
think ,nbout that. 1t was simply m idea p,
the same tl,tnE to the'yery best friend ! ert
Iat. Ind no lll-wil! ag,llst Dr.. Dix.
never Ind nry trouble with him personh!ll
1 hui Il little at rrlnty Chapel a few Seai
ago, but that was nil over. and very few pet
Die knew anything about 1t" -.