Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-04
ACRANK,s YARN
He Claims Miss Astor and Vanderbilt as
BIS LntLEaate Eriands.

He Claims Miss AstOr and Vanderbilt as
His Intimate Friends.
New York World.
An alleged intimate friend of Miss As
tor and of William II. Vanderbilt was
arrested Wednesday. He gave his name
as MIR. Butler-''AIr. Patrick Butler, sirH
and SAID he lived at 40. S27 Third av-
enue, His Indignation at the insult
put upon him by the arrest was supreme,
and ne threatened to appeal to his pow
efIui friends for protection. If he felt so
disposed a few lines from him TO Mr..
Vanderbilt would at once secure his re-
lease and bring summary punishment
upon his captOrs. So he ratified on as
ms captOrs, two policemen belonging to
the FOrty-seYenth street StatiOn-hOuse,
hurried him away from the Union Stock
Yards at the foot Of East Sixtieth street.
He mad been caught prOwling around
ana was taken in as crank. His exam
Inatlon was held before Justice Murray,
IN the Yorkvile Court, who committed
him TO await an inquiry into his sanity.
Yaas,' he draWled, in answer to
question by the judge, "Yaas, L went up
TO the stock yards to look after my prop
erty. L own the yards, you know.
Sought them more'n a year ago from my
friend, MIR. Vanderbilt-Mr. William ii.
Vanderbilt. You see, WILLIE always
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and as thought of going into cattle
| pretty largely paid him 100000 for
the place. was up there making ar
engagements for new sheds when these
fellows with a cOntemptuOus glance at
the policemen interrupted me-
Officer Corey asked him how he had
secured the 100000, and Mr. Butler ex-
planned.
ooh, I had some money of my own
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chase, but my friend, Miss Aston, hear
ing that wanted the yards, insisted on
lending me the money. Connie, as she
| begs me to call her, is one of my best,
my dearest friends. Dear Connie" and
! closing his eyes he drifted OFF into
a rhapsOdical reverie Of the young
lady.
Leaning forward in a confidential way
and speaking in low tones, Mr.. Butler,
| told the ''secret Of his life" "Never
have l, ;" said he, "breathed a word of
! this to mortal ears. But now you shall
know all. Some years ago Miss Aston
/ fell madly in love with me, and by little
signs, perceptible only to a lover, she let
me knew that her heart was mine. L was
on the point of asking her to be mine,
when the thought struck me, Does she
eat fatP Through great tjTeS8e 1 ascer-
! tanned that she did not like fat-absO-
] lubCly uaLCu IL IL 4aCI--Gtllu u GOuI6O i
! broke of the match. Poor thing-if she
| had only been different But it would
never do to have two that eat only lean
/ in one family" and the disCOnSOlate gen
| tleman wiped melancholy tear from his
/ eye with the corner Of his cOat-tail.
! Then he went on to describe the inner
| life of the young lady whom he claimed
/ was his friend, detailing infinitely her
tase for chocolate creams and for mOrOc-
co prayer books. His relations with Mr.
! Vanderbilt had been pleasant, but
friends Of the latter had tiled to poison
the mind Of Mr.. Vanderbilt against him
E'Ihe last time l was az dinner at his
/ house." the crank went on, something
was wrong with the fire escape, and he
! blamed me. Now, in the name of all
/ that IS good, what have 1 to do with z
fire escape ?'
Butler is well known about the stock
yards where poses as "the great Irish de.
/ tective" He carries huge memorandum
| books, and when a thought strikes hin
he sits down in the middle of the stree
to recOrdit Daily reports Of his work
are forwarded to Mr.. Vanderbilt, who
! seems to be his patron saint. Nearly eV
cry day he plays a different character
! Now he is "Old Sleuth," with SLOUGH ha
and rough clothes, following up some
imaginary cleW. Then he blossoms OU1
as man about town, wears his hat jaun
tily on one side, and with asprig ofgreeI
in his buttonhOle, talks largely Of hii
mOneyed interests. So he carries him
self during the week, and on Sunday for
sakes his old haunts for the Thirty fourth
street ferry. Here hestays patiently all
day, silently watching the passengers 60
ing and coming and making mental
notes of the profit derived from each
He claimed that the ferry was his, and
worked hard arranging the carriages out
side in line. The hackmen submitted
gOod-naturedly to be ruled by him, and
Obeyed his instructions as they would
those of a policeman, On Sunday Mr.
Butler never spoke of his love for Miss
Aston or of his friendship for willie"
That was purely a weekday fiction. He
is perfectly harmless, and it is thought
] will not be semitic an asvInrn-