Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-04
TAKING IT COOL.
An Enelishman Robbed of $4,000
In New York.
-nc Money Is Recovered and the Pick
pocket Rendered CrazY By What
He Had Missed.

New York. September 3.-W. II. Taylor,
wealthy Englishman, arrived here on
Wednesday. He went 10 the Fifth Avenue
Hotel where he was assigned by the clerk
10 room 207. After he had signed the reg.
i,tcr Mr. Tay Tor said casually TO the clerk:
I've no doubt whatever you have a COM
petent police officer at hand?'
con. yes. DO you want to see the
town
"Eh? oh don't mind-aftcr dinner;
but cared u see him more particularly
lust now about fellow who robbie me OF
What in your money would be t}nOD
81 beg your pardOn-thirty thousand
"Yaas Would you Ohllge me by send.
il the officer up 10 my room at your lels'
urc2'
Then Mr.. Taylor, who was still apparent
ly the most unconcerned Of men, strollei
toward the elevator. The clerk stared
after him until he disappeared, and then
called Detective James II. Pryor, and said,
as he looked at Mr.. Pryor very hard in the
eye
There's an English Capitalist.
in 2O7 who says he has been robbed Of $30,.
600"
How much" said Mr.. Pryor, looking
very hard in the clerks eye.
Thirty thousand uOlIafS.
Mr.. Pryor's right eye closed gently, and
he went TO 2O7 without another word.
"Well he was the coolest specimen OF
man | ever met" said the detective, as he
,tood in front OF the Fifth Ayenne Hotel
He turned out TO be a thoroughbred but
was suspicious Of him TO the last. When
| went in he smiled pleasantly, and said
-, officer,
ryeB Been q BIZ UnfoYfuuatei
I was robbed at the pier OF my wallet,
which contained three 300 drafts, my
personal papers, and letter OF identitca-
TON What bank were the drafts onr
soys /. Upon my word, you'll think II
very stupid Of me, but ! cant remember.
They are from the London and Westnin-
ster bank What | says, 'yOu don't
know the name OF bank on which all that
money is drawn No; you see all my
payers were in the wallet. We might easily
go 10 The bank and stop payment on the
drafts Il knew the name Of the hank. but
cant for the life OF me recall II. Very
stupid. by the by, the theft leaves me
quite penDIisss until my portemonnaie sr.
rives.' | thought he meant the wallet
wien be said pnrtemonnsie, and decided
that il was skin game. expected him 70
brace the House for Loan
when he said, Perhaps you'd better have
my portemOnnsie brought upstairs. IL Is
he smaller OF the two bags lying by the
stands ] sent down for the bag, aud when
he opened il, I'm blessed il one part OF ii
wasn't entirely filed with money In five,
ten and twenty-five pound notes. There
must have been several thousand dollars
there. Then | saw the mans csrelessness
was not assumed. and ] told him IL
was dangerous 10 have money laying
around in that careless way. oh, don't
believe all Americans are thieves, despite
my frst experience says he with a Jolly
| laugh: besides We have q system in Eng.
! land Of having a list Of the numbers OF
notes when we take them out Of the bank
! and u they are stolen their numbers are
| published and they become yaiueless.
| That scheme won't work for q cent here,
said I, and then | took the money down
! 10 the safe"
From Mr.. Tsylor's description Of one
man in the crowd, know tnat Big Albany
had been on the pier
when the WaIIet Wss stolen.
| ! went for Albany and his partner, Kelly.
| but both were absen.. This looked sus-
! piCous. When they aren't at work they're
! hiring or spending their Doodle. ! was
rather sure that the pickpockets would be
/ afraid to present the drafts for fear va
would nab them, and kept Kelly at work.
/ On Friday afternoon / discovered Red
/ Kelly, and after little talk succeeded 10
seeiDg Albany. At O'Clock in the after
noon Mr. Taylor got bis wallet He smiled
! quietly, lighted fresh cigar. and went Out
Tor q walk, but he left the wallet in the
safe. He went 20 Philadslphia this morn
ing at 10 o'clock. They are going ont u
the copper mines on Lske Superior, where
Mr. Taylor Is very largely interested.
met Albany last night sfter the return oil
the wallet and told him the fact. about the
drafts. You never saw man 80 crAzsd 10
your life. He threw his hat in the street
stamped bis feet. and no xied like pirate.
No wonder" added Detective Pryor
"his ienorsnce cost him say $4,000.
A Defermised suicide.
LorEyILLE, September 3-Jobn shnson,
yourg man who bad just attained an
msioTiiy, wss arrested this morning snne
attempting TO throw himself besdiorsmS'
from ihe top Of Q freight car he siid ne
b.d tried 20 mske q msn OF himsei ou'
had fsiled and was 10 good and wan,en ~
die. He was taken 20 isil ana siIni.
teen MINUTES h,d climbed 10 the top Oh TN
corridor ,pd sbrsV himself 70 the stons
a,grine below. frscturing his skuiI sn'
| d,i,,g in q few niDutes- He hsd been ae
| ,iopdent for some tine and babe his AN
~ ,c.s, hre Ibis morning, sssinS ihsy
xLu.a k.~s-b., ~ hinA 10 iIofs.