The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-30
Bl0adblin'S New York letter

BTOalllin'S New York letter.
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
! heard ladyat an evening party say
the other night, ooh. if l could only
live in New York; She had bcauti-
full home in a quiet country town and
happy family. Her husband is in good
business, and she herself at the very
pinnacle of her social circle. Where she
lived there was no one above her; in
short she had everything that the heart
Of reasonable woman could desire, but
she was willing to abandon it all for the
social triumphs of New York. Foolish
woman; she little knew the pitfalls that
beset the feet of dwellers in this goodly
city. Like thousands Of others she saw
only the outside and was unable to count
the cost.
Life in New York is sea beset with
perls, and you never know when you
are cut Of danger No better illustra-
ton of this can be found than 4 case
now pending before the courts. For
some reason best known to themselves,
two gentlemen of high social position
who were closely related, brothers-in-
law in fact, became suspicious of each
other and eventually each employed 4
detective 10 watch the other, and at last
detectives were employed to watch de-
tectives; then the detectives entered into
a conspiracy to rob the principals by
means of cooked up reports having the
appearance Of truth to the unsophisti-
Gated mind, but having no foundation
in fact. The plan was to inyeigle one
OF the principals into a disreputabe
house, and then have his encmy's spies
surprise him there. This is very old
game with this class OF villains, and
nearly proved the social ruin few years
ago of one of the most prominent poll
ticiIns in Washington. 70 carry out
this yillainous scheme one Of the detec-
tiycs employed his own wife. AMI she 4
Young woman, who might be supposed
to have some decent and honest in
stincts, was willing for a pecunlary con-
sideration to enter an Infamous house
with man she did not know, and her
husband for money was quite willing to
have her so.
Fortunately for the man he had a
faithful coloreA servant who Informed
him in advance of the plot. The syren
laid in wait for him as he left his store.
She was young and pretty. She exer-
! ciscl all of her Establishments but in
vain; the gentleman passed the peril
| without the smoke of fire on his skirts
and came through unharmcd. Thou
sands of dollars were spent by these men,
for they were both rich, each doing his
| best to ruin the other, till in the end
each discovered that he had nothing
against the other, that they were both
all right, and yet for two years they
have been trying to ruin each other by
the most infamous means, and with the
questionable aid Of New York detectives
nearly blasted each others regulations
for life.
4 few years ago bill was pending
before the New York Legislature which
involved an oyerhauling OF all the Life
Insurance Companies. There was q
country member from one Of the middle
counties who had made himself particu-
larly obnoxious to the Life Insurance
Companies, and a prominent officer OF
one Of the largest Life Insurance Com
panies in the United States employed a
United States detective to lead the man
to ruin. 4 special detective was en-
ployed and sent to hotel near the men,
ber's residence, where he passed for a
railroad surveyor. He made the mem
ber's acquaintance in his home right in
the midst of his family, He offered to
run his railroad right through the mans
farm, and pay him an enormous price
for his land, and in order to settle the
preliminaries he invited the member to
New York to see his board of directors.
Everything was arranged, a magnificent
suite OF rooms was engaged at promi-
nent hotel, and eight detectives were
engaged to dress themselves up in swal-
loWtail coats and white chokers 10 per-
| senate the board of directors. After
the meeting he was to be taken to din
ncr, piled with wine and eventually to
be decoyed into house Of infamous
character, where he was to be surprised
by some other detective. The house
vas 10 be raided, AMI the next morning
the member from the country would
turn up in the police court with his fail
name blGckened ana blasted forever.
/ When the detective who had shared the
/ hospitality Of his home and who had
lurei him down 10 New York realized
the terrible position in which an honest
and moifenllng man would be placed,
his heart snote him; he met his man on
his arrival in New York and told him
that iu consequence Of The sudden nm.
ness Of line President of lhe company
the meeting was adjourned for twu
months. The old gentleman jumped on
The train and returned 20 his country
LyMe never dreaming low near lie MAS