Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29
"CLEANED OUT"


The Sad Experience Of n British Ohicer In /
New York.
A young man with his toes protruding
through the rents in his stumbling old
shoes, his ragged and patched trousers
bagged in shapclcss folds about his legs,
and his coat sight to see, presented him
self at Castle Garden recently IL am
Lieut.. John Tyler Campbell of the British
army" said he to Clerk kilroy, "and am
hungry
"A fine specimen of lieutenant you
are" said Il bystandcr "You ought to
say YOU are Il battered up old bum, and
somebody would believe you"
"Really gentlemen, what | say to you
is quite true, | assure you ii is am
Lieut.. Campbell, late of the 9th regiment
in her majesty's service. My father is IL
magistrate Edinburgh and am in trUu-
bic.
He related his painful story with com
paratiVe ChcprfulncSS. After serving 10
years in India. he said he recently re
turned to Great Britain and threw up his
command. Then he thought he would go
ont To Oregon, where some relatives have
IL ranch, and enjoy himself after the man
ner of the English tourists in the wild
West. He arrived in this city, cabin
passenger ON the AnChoria, ON Tuesday
last. He had then IN his possession IL
IlCktl 10 l'OGllillt, oregon. $40 Ill money,
and three boxes which constituted his lug
gage. Immediately ON landing. he told Il
cabman to drive him to IL place he should
not have visited This was on Tuesday
evening. On Wednesday, at an early hour,
Lieut.. Campbell found himself in the dis
agreeable state of being pennilesS in II
strange street of ii strange city. Every
cent of his Sl25 was gone. He applied to
a cabman MY dear boy. if YOU will
give me lift to the Anchor line docks, |
will give you - when We get there" At
4 he Anchor line, he produced the boxes, -
but not the 50 SO the cOachman drove off
with the boxes leaving his number and ad-
dress About all the lieutenant now had
was Il ticket to Oregon and aterrible head
ache. He strolled in Il pensiVe mood up
town, Arriving ut what he thinks was
Baxter street. he. under an impulse of
despair, accosted Il stranger and related
his woes The stranger thought he could
fix him out. He did So He conducted
the Borrowing warrior to Il dive, stripped
him of the fine clothing he wore. even tC
his undcrgarments and shoes, and gave
him some rags and Il very small amount OF
money. The lieutenant had now been i'll
the city about 81 hours He had lost his
money, his boxes and the clothes from of
his back. His headache and his ticket fol
Oregon remained. His account of where
he slept ON Wednesday night is vague On
ThurdaV night he repOscd ON Il bench il
the City Hall park During his slumbers
il tramp came along who was the posses
sor of Il hat which was actually worse than
- the one the lieutenant had got from tn,
philanthrOpist who had fixed him out
He also relieved him of the ticket for Ore
. gon. and even of the paper on which wa'
the address of the cabman who had tn,
, boxes. When the lieutenant discovered
: in the chilly morning how his persona
property had deprecated in value durin.
. the night, he had but one thought to con
sole him there was now absolutely moth
: ing about him that anybody wanted
, Money, clothing, ticket. his boxes and al
t trace of their whereabouts We're gone. HI
, had been i'll America Just three days
With IL heavy heart and his mind distract
. ed by the unrcmitting attention required
to keep his baggy trousers up, he strolle,
. OF, he knew not whittier, during the III
tcrval, until somebody advised him to z,
to Castle Garden, Il place of which III
+ had never heard before, he wandered in
, half-famiShed condition about the street
. and parks. When he had told his story II
, the Garden, food and shelter We're gver
/, him. Detective GrOden was set at tn,
, case. The wanderers story was confirm
ed at every point, and his boxes were
, easily found and recovered. Supt. Jack
: son gave him - and accommodations Il
| the Garden, and his friends in SCOTLAND
, will be notified by cable of the interest in!
/ situation of the tourist The lieutenan
is - years old, and undoubtedly. when h
gets out of his Baxter street wardrobe
. will prove to be Il man of preposSesSin
+ and gentlemanly appearance. While no
q in precisely rolllcking spirits, he is by II
: means disposed to regard the occurrenc
in the light of Il tragedy