Omaha daily bee., 1883-11-14
zACCHEUS FROM LARAMIE.
Robbed Of a Trip to Europe by {
Friend"
An Acquaintance Formed at st
Louis Results DisaSterOusly
in a Bowery Hotel,
McAdams's Hurried Departure.

New York journal, Nov. 10th.
Iaccheus Whitworth came to New York
last Thursday night about 10 o'clock and
came to grief in five breaf hours there
after. Whether, like his patronymic in
scriptural lore, he climbed a tree or not is
unknown, but that he is now up a tree
in common parlance, will be seen from the
record of his adventures. Some weeks
ago he left his home in Ceskihou county,
California, with a large drove of sheep,
seeking to market them at Laramie, Wy.
oming Territory. A plodding, weary
journey over he found himself at his de-
stination on Sunday, October %. He at
once epened negotiations with dealers in
South Down chops and hides, all wool a
yard wide. The whole lot of stock was
readily sold for $4,000 in crisp notes and
gold, which the joyous possessor took at
once to the Laramie Bank, and purchased
herewith n draft on Liverpool for e5 IL,
intending to enjoy a trip to the old coun-
try, if not to locate there.
A stop-over ticket tor New York was
bought, and the happy ranchman at once
set out for the Mecca of his hopes. A
delay of a few days on the road added
a little variety to the trip, and Kansas
City was reached Monday last. AT that
point a pleasant but needy young man
ca.ie upon the train, wishing to go to
New York. He had not, in fact, sufi-
clent funds to pay his fare, and Mr..
Whitworth very kindly advanced the
requisite amount, so interested did he
become in his new acquaintance. In
fact, the young man was no less a per.
sonage than William st. j. McAdams, of
st. Louis, nephew of the captain of the
Park police of New York-so he
said. The recently acquired friend
was soon on the best of terms with
the Westernranchman Amedium.sized
man, ne was of benign face and facile
tongue, IN age apparently under thirty
years. When they reached the metropo-
lis Thursday evening they went to the
Van Dyke House, at the Bowery and
Bayard street, where both gave specimens
of their cl,irography and were assigned to
o No. ., Mr.. Whitworth footing the
bill. A pleasant stroll through the Bow
cry and its adjacent boulevards was the
next thing on the card. The clerk of the
hotel says that the gentlemen returned
about the solemn hour of midnight redo
lent with the perfume of mountain dew.
The friends retired to their apartment,
and Mr.. Whitworth ignored passing
events from that time until s o'clock yes
terday morning, when he awoke. MIR.
McAdams was missing, and the draft of
f512 and sos in currency had also van
ished. The young man had told Mr..
Whitworth that he at times worked in q
cigar factory in the neighborhood of the
hotel, but inquiry there failed to give
any information concerning him. Captain
Beatty, of the Park police, is not
related to the person who claimed such
close ties with the officer. The %unfortu-
nate victim of this peculation had not
money enough to telegraph his loss to
Laramie. AS he told his story to Captain
Petty, of the Fifth Precinct, he was quite
overcome. He is a swarthy, s~unbrowned
man with dark tangled beard and speaks
with h accent common in the north OF
Ireland.
The clerk at the Van Dyke House said
it was not uncommon for guests to leave
at any time of night and no track was
kept of them if their bills had been paid,
and he thought no blame could possibly
be attached to the house.