New-York tribune., 1886-01-07
PIER, THE DEAF-MUTE.
SOME OF HIS WONDERFUL ADVENTURES.
A STORY OF HIMSELF THAT READS LIKE THE ARABIAN

NIGHTS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Adolph Pier, the Austrian who,
while fegning to be deaf mute, engaged in sys.
tematicsly robbing his employers A. L. Singer & Co.,
is still languishing in the County JAIL The officials say
that Pier is the most unique character in the jail.
lie holds himself aoof from the other prisoners but
to-day he was In q communicative mood for the first
time. 81 have been lied about shametully" he re-
Marked but if these slanderers only knew half nv
history they would have no need to draw on their inn
aeinatiOns for facts. You see, am q young man. I
am twenty years old. 1t does where
my birthplace was. so long as it was in Austria.
have two sisters both of whom actresses and arc
known all over the continent. and an elder brother
who is wealthy horse dealer in Hungary. A wealthy
relative of ours died while lad and left the
bulk of his fortune to family My sisters, with
their money, fitted themselves for the stage; my
brother went into the business of horse dealer while
J., having some 200 as my share, concluded to
spend the money in travelling and seeing the world
always had passion to see foreign countries. and
when only fourteen my parents gave permission to
make short trip to England liked London, and
among the first acquaintance made there
young Germans who engaged in teaching deaf
muto institute. They taught me the mute alphabet,
aud it the experience gained while fraterLizing
with them that caused TO the character of
deaf mute in Chicago. You see this is the toughest
place 1 struck have been all through Persia,
Afghanistan. Egypt, India, China, and Australia. and
always able to get along until came to Chicago.
Here could get nothing to do, and when my money
out desperate enough to do almost anything.
The deaf mute scheme harmless enough, but it's
funny isn't it, that got work a dummy when
couldn't get it by having my iull sensesl
1" stayed in England for few months-to return to
my story-then returned home and got clerkship in
he In whi in
Vienna that | fought my first duel. fought three
Others in of which my enemy fatally wounded.
/ went to Egypt and Alexandria, joined
bound for Central Africa. We were going to hunt for
tropical animals, elephants and rare BIRDS and
taken along account OF the experience had gained
while employed in the Zoo at Vienna When the trip
was finished l set out for Persia, and when about
twenty-five turned up at Teheran where was made
superintendent of silk factory. The Europeans at
Teheran told me that the Shah who had only a short
time before returned from his trip to Europe, had
brought with him a German wife. This woman had
lived in the street with in Vienna and when
she learned of this she sent word for to call her,
met her in the gardens surrounding the palace with
her attendants. She told that while the shah was
riding with his suite aid passed her house. he caught
sight of her face aud smitten with her. He sent
an aide TO ask her to become his wife, of them,
and tle promise of fine clothes and lots of diamonds
made her consent She veiled just like the native
Persian women. aud the same kind of dress but
she was friendly to me because came from Vienna.
- | stopped in Teheran about a year and then went
TO Calcutta. Willie on the way from Calcutta to
Sumatra was shipwrecked and after being two days
ia mid ocean with six Others merchant clipper
along and picked up and we were taken TO Hong
Kong. | spent about three months in china, then
went to Toxic, Japan, and from there | went to
Australia. year later was in Madagascar ana on
the way from there to Aspinwall was shipwrecxed
second time. We were picked up again all right and
taken Liverpool and tor the last three years have
lived in England. supporting myself mainly by teach
ing nguages came to America last August, coming
directly to Chicago, and what has happened to me
thea already known. In all my experience thus
is the iii st time was in JAIL and when get out of
this am gong back to England aud will settle down."