The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-12
A CASTLE GARDEN MYSTERY.
Mr.. Nisscn's Trunk, About Which Nobody
but ~ Reporter seemed to Care.

CASTLE GARDEN MYSTERY.
Mr.. Nisscn's Trunk, About Which Nobody
bat ~ Reporter Seemed TO Care.
A man who loses an umbrella is firm in the
conviction that nothing is so thoroughly vain rs
n hunt after the missing article. Ho would
change his opinion were no to engage in
search utter an emigrants missing trunk. A
Sun reporter who searched through Castle
Garden after one such piece Of baggage saw
many picturesque things. heard many more.
and finally received printed slip that may be
OF some service to the owner of the long miss
ing trunk in recovering it. The owner OF the
trunk in Question. H. p. NisseD of La Clede.
Pottawatomie county. Kansas. arrived from
Germany on May 8 on the steamer Bohemia.
Mr.. Mic NisSen. relative of his. wrote to The
SuN as follows:
hoard the and not allowed time his trunk
1HS he o & D. hs was
al irst checked from the steamer to Castle Garden
trunk from ,lie immiar and none others
sn and hs Trunk O Sn SG"f n ", la " on h
@Tssr Grf w as to me sn' AT Ua ns an
S Js y ie s5 4. Yeti 9 have 10 I SS
no reply, except the registry return receipt
DESCRIPTION
wooden: painted red fastened with two locks, one
IL p, Ni;sen and The address 'wainego, Kansas
painted on the trunk in white letters.
III WtlueH nutllke oIl'r Stppn MI Dur
ney Biglin the agent Of the Castle Garden Ex-
press. baggage trucks were ranged along
platform outside, and at grated window in
front of his desk emigrants were asking all
sorts o. questions in all sorts of languages.
flinging pass checks through the bars. on the
as T. they thought that half dozen people
could be attended to at once. One man came
in with pretty German girl and rendered one
of the eApressmen II bright. hfty-cent piece.
which the employee declined with wave of
his hand and a laughing remark in German.
: tn
1t IS ten To one we never handled this trunk"
said he after examin ng the letter carefully.
drink ing beer and lounging about and forgot
both he baggage and tho train may bc he Ieft
behind here? No; nobody here would steal it,
excepting another Immigrant. They frequently
steal from e"fh oihsr ana then complaints
something to say about these immigrants.
They get more attention raid to them than any
hc A hey isty the
shores OF America they think that everything
they should go from Castle Garden by boat. and
they. want 10 go by rail. they kick up great
yoy want to Know about III particular
trunk" added Mr.. Biglin. Now. You 60 to
the baggage master and say J. sent you and
gage Master Michael Grant said. Come along
with me" and. following him, the reporter
a curious place picturesque in it's surround
ings; II is, fenced IN from the rest Of Castle
baggage. The trunks and boxes are painted
all the colors of the rainbow, and are frequently
reachrd almost to the ceiling in one place
near the doorway look !nG out on the wild" and
fsnseSas e Sha pa9 NTH t Whre rH ;ram
incoming ocean steamships. Several of these
Darges we.e lying at the dock and in the fenced
was Enthusiastically German. But in the whole
vast array Of trunks there was not
and iron lock. the reporter was looking
for Mr.. Grant hurried through the piles of lug
.;a:c into another hutlikr structure. in which
account books. Tn. walls of this coscy office
Wrr entirely covered with pictures cut from
tlsomcnts. and play bills. They had been glued
ON the walls and then vanished until they
was the work Of "A sta-c-struck bargAgeman.
Mr. Grant pulled out a leath'r-coycrcd book
1t was the unclaimed baggage book. and its
baggage that had accpmulatcd in thr year,
IL seems to me | heard something about
this Nisscn." said N.r. Grant. as hc turned the
nasHss,, but it is so long a-o that have forgot
Finally he shut up the hook with, Il am
sorry Sai il is not therr The trunk may he
suborinN,r with II gold banded cap. next read
Mr., Ni-scn's letter, and said; 1t can only be-
by an cmiGrant's stupidity in not saying he has
baggage that baggage Il ever lost. Now. there
- not single Twin: Chance OF an emigrant be-
Ing hG,.ro4 ahonrl train SO MAS, fast that h?
- u.
Guard men are placed at the railroad ferries to
k"op them from getting on board the ears until
their tckctt ARE punched. and these tickets
Hre not puncACd until the passenger baggage
is all right and safe on board tho ears. SO how
can they 40 without il unless they fail to say
they have any About dozen different an
nuunc. mcntS are made by men in the employ
Of the En- grafton Comm ssioncrs and by the
railroad agents before Immigrants leave thu
Garden, These announcemrnts are all about
bnesnge,, baggage baggage nothing but
inSIago."
Superintendent Jackson was standing be-
tween 4 big safe and a hig desk on the floor
above the room in which the immigrants
swarmcd when the rcpurter showed him the
par graph Of tho lctt"r saving n sent n regis
tered letter To tho Superintendent at Castle
GNrlen. md have received II reply"
The fellow must be q fool to send regis,
got loo ioitcrs day and that can't reme!atcr
whether ! answered this one or notr' llo
looked hnrrl"dly through the indox to number
of the lctt.r books and said No; ! don't lind
any record of any reply, and it would take con
siderable time to find ont whether such letter
WAS over written to me-"
printed slip from Baggage Master Grant. 1t
read us follows:
In order to Facilitate the finding OF emsrants' bag,
pne Of arriyal at Cast' Garden
Was The missing baggage checked on board the vessel
What was done with the check or checks,
W. TIE baggage taken from the baggage room ut Cas-
Wa ii weighed and checked Mt Castle Garden,
Was the railroad ticket purchase, M CAST. Garden
. When and by What railroad did passenger leave New
owe accurate description OF The BAGGAGE. and when
and where II WAS last seen together with any partic
lars that might assist lis IN finding it
"Thcrr!" exclaimed Mr. Grant ~ the
owner will I'LL that cut and send i back to rs,
we viii make another search Tor his rcd trunk,
with tho brass and the iron locks. and we may
find it,
The widows Reply.