New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-31
PERIL OF a FAT WALLET.
An English Millionairs and His Expari-
enea with New York Thief.
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Gu TWO uuIluICu pSjuiSiS,ssS " w " ia
expression Of placidity. His trousers
were loose and the pocket on the right
hand. side was made very ample and
very deep, aftera design Of the owner.
Aleatfer wallet of large size slipped
easily into this pocket. The gentleman
was Mr.. ". q. Tay Tor, q millionaire
tourist from London. 2
1.-THE foot of the gang-plank on the
pier stood 4 crowd of people awaiting
the tourists. Among them was another
large man, who wore dark clothes, had
y clean shaven face, and is known to
the police as Albany. s s..
The two mon came together in the
crowd, and Albany easily slipped the
large leather wallet out of the ample
pocket and retiredto a beer saloon in
Tenth Avenue Just below Twenty third
street. The bar-keeper advanced fifty.
dollars on the walletan Albany. with
his friend and assistant James, other
wise known as Red Kelly, went off
fora days trip to Cones Island.
Meanwhile Mr.. Taylor. had driven to
the Fifth Avenue hotel, where he WITS
assigned to room No. 2O7. After he
had signed the register, Mr.. Taylor said
casually to the clerk:
II have no doubt whatever you have
a competent police officer at hand ?'
80, YES, do you want to see the
townp''
.sEh? On, I don't mind after dinner
but feared more particularly just now
to see him abouta fellow who robbed me
OF what in Your money would be called
$50, 1000"
II beg your pardon. Thirty thous-
and
..Yaas. Would you oblige me by
sending the officer up to my room at
Your lcisure9''
Then Mr.. TAYLOR who was still ap-
parentlvsthe most unconcerned of men,
stroile.l toward the elevator. Tho clerk.
stared after him until he disappeared
ana then called detective James 81.
Pryor and said as he looked Mr.. Pryor
straight insthe eye:
There's an English capitalist in 207
who SAYS he has just been robbed of
$50, COO. -
SLOW much?'' said Mr.. Pryor, look
ing very hard into the clerk s. eye.
'.$3O.OOO."
Mr.. Pryor's right eye closed gently,
and he went TO 207 without another
word.
"Well, he was the coolest specimen
of a man I ever met" said the detec-
tive Yesterday us he stood in front Of the
Fifth Avenue hotel. He turned out to
be thoroughbred, but was suspicious
OF him to the last. When 1 went in he
smiled pleasantly and said:
..Oh, officer, I've been bit unfortu-
nate: was robbed at the pier Of my
wallet, which contained three $40, 900
drafts, my personal papers and letters
of Identification.
'.What bank were the drafts drawn
on?' says /.
Upon my word you'll think it very
stupid Of me-but can't remember.
They are from the London and West
minister bank. /"
..Wilatn' says I, ''you don't know
the name of the bank on which all that
money is drawn?''
..No. You see all my papers were
in the wallet; we might easily 60 back
to the bank and stop payment on the
drafts if / knew the name of the bank,
but can't for the life of me recall it.
Very stupid
1T seemed to me- said Mr.. Pryor
yesterday, '.that this was a little too
tishy, and looked him all over care
fully. Then he said:
.'By the by, the theft leaves me quite
penniless until my portemonnaie ar
rives.n
II thought he meant the wallet when
lie said portelmonnaie. and decided that
it was q. skin game. expected him to
brace the house for . loan, when :. he
said: Perhaps You'd better have my
portemonnaie brought up stairs. It il
he smaller Of the two bags by tho
DESK
= sent down for the bag, and when
he opened it I N blessed if one part Of
il was not entirely filled with money, in
Ave, ten and twenty-five pound notes.
There must have been several thousand
dollars there. Then lsaw that the man s
carelessness was not assumed, and ]
told him that it WAS dangerous for him
to leave bis money lying around in that
way: =.
''Ol,, I don't believe all Americans
are thieves, despite my first expert
:ence. said he with jolly laugh. .Be-
sides we have 4 system in England of
having list taken Of the numbers of
notes. when we take them out of the
bank, and it they are stolen the NUM-
bels are published and they become
va.ueless.''
That scheme won { work for cent
here, said, and then I took the mon
ey down TO the safe. After that I sent
the following ADVERTISEMENT down
town:
THE rOcKE1sBooK LOST IN TWENTY
Ih1ld street car with papers and passports in
name of Taylor. will be negotiated for in strict
confidence. Room No. 2O7, Fifth Avenue
hotcl
Il made believe the pocket book was
lost in a Twenty third streetc car because
! knew the same gang that had worked
the piers would work the cars and
wanted them to know that I suspected
them. Mr.. Taylor seemed somewhat
interested in the case, but BY no means
as muchsas thought he would be.
Well,fI got no answer to the adver-
tisement and the next day I went down
. 80. ise}7Ciio "cn1y. tuiIu SGFecG gang.
They are the worst set of pickpockets
IN this city and there seems to be no
emu to them. The one horse cars are
crowded by the people who come from
the ferries and the Albany boats late in
the afternoon. The members Of the
gang jump on the cars, crowd through
10 pay their fares, and get in their fine
work on the way out. They usually
get on at Ninth avenue. and ride
to Sixth where they jump into the
elevated cars when they have struck a
victim, and slide out OF sight. l know
them all. From Mr.. Taylor's descrip-
ton OF one man in the crowd l knew
that Big Albany had been on the pier
when the wallet was stolen. I went
for Albany aud his partner Kelly, but
both We're absent. This was suspicious.
When tIleY are not at work they ara