The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-10-28
A Wealthy Began.

A Wealthy BegSar.
The old story of preferrlng to beg
rather than work, and of becoming rich
from the aims given in charity, was very
forcibly brought out before Magistrate
South at the Central Station yesterday
morning, Nicholas Hauk, sturdy old
beggar tall and broad-shouldered, but
slightly STOPPING, and with gray hairs
that carried no veneration with them,
was charged with being a beggar; and
special officer testified that he had found
him begging at Second and Buttonwood
streets. Recognizing in him an old Of
fender the Magistrate sent him to the
House Of Correction for thirty days-a
sentence very distasteful to Hauk, who
always complains that they do not give
good enough food in the city institu-
tons. The history of the man, so far as
it can be learned, is a remarkable one.
He claims to be seventy-seyen years old,
is of German descent, and has been a
beggar for nearly forty years. What in
duced him to take up such business
whether it was financial troubles, or
utter laziness and dissemination to work,
or at first real necessitv-is not known !;
but it is certain that through it he mas
managed to accumulate much more OF
this worlds goods than falls to the ord-
nary worker. Different stories are told
as to his wealth. Some say that he owns
several houses in Camden, valued at
many thousand dollars, and has also laid
away very pretty sum in cash. Con
siderable sums have been found upon
l.; orraSta1 hut Nyasfarloxy ID
evidently been a poor day with him up
to the time of his arrest, for he had only
one dollar in cash with him, and note
for eighty dollars.
Hauk's stand of late has been at Sixth
and Arch Streets, and for short time
he has been boarding over Charles G..
Ockins' saloon, 312 Market Street He
was a good boarder," said Ockins yes
terday, land always paid me very regu-
larly every Saturday night. l don't
know where he got his meals, but he
used to 90 out somewhere every morn
ing and didn't come back till night.
didn't know much about him, and
Schwarz, up the street, can tell you more
about him." Mr. Schwarz also keeps a
beer saloon, class of residence to which
Hauk seems to have been partial. In
deed he was German in all his tastes as
we'll as in his thrifts. Mr.. Schwarz re-
membered him very well. "Why, he
was my best boarder," he exclaimed
when told of the old fellows arrest.
''He was with me two or three years,
but | was glad to get rid of him when
they sent him to prison while ago. He
used to be awfully particular about his
food, and was always saying that il
wasn't fit to eat but he used to drink a
good deal of beer and wine, My other
boarders were mostly workingmen, who
could not afford to take more than a
glass of beer at time, but Hauk would
take ten, fifteen, or twenty day, and
wine, too. Sometimes he would say my
wine wasn't good, and would send out
| and get some that was more expensive.
When the old fellow was on the streets
he used to wear glasses and pretend that
he couldn't see much, but | noticed that
when he was playing bagatelle with me
he could see as well as | could, One day
when he was going out we noticed him
take off his coat and double one arm
under, so that people would think that
he didn't have but one arm. o, he was
a smart old fellow, but he always paid
me right up for everything, and didnf
owe me cent when he wen
away. When he was sent to the prison
he gave me twenty dollars to take carr
of for him, and he always seemed tt
have all the money he wanted"
This last arrest is not by any means
the first time Hauk has been behinC
prison-bars, but he seems as incorrigiblt
as Dickens Dutchman, Langheimer
He was taken up in Centennial times TO
begging around the main building, anC
his last trip to the House of Correction
was but short time ago. He Away
returns to the old business, however
and by strict attention to duty, if so i
may be called, has probably now amasset
enough to keep him in comfort for thu
rest of his life, if he were willing to rest
He does not seem to be a miser, as beg
gars are so apt to be, but has taken t.
the business simply because it appear
to bring in more money with less exer
ton than an honest calling. -Philadel
rohia Press.