Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-05
MExIOANs sMINpLEp.
A Men who Claims TO DO PATHS Age,
Sells TICKETS Galore,

~ "i"" VINO O'"imA 10 Do Fatu'H Agent
Sells tickets Galore.
CRY or MEXICO, Dee ga tremen.
dons sensation occurred here to-day, and
IL the theme Of gossip in all the elubs,
cafes aud places Of public resort For
the last two days the great excitement
has been over tho sale OF tlcketa
10 the National theatre for the PATTI
season OF Ave nights in January
Newspapers have published advertise.
ments Of the performance, and the
crowdb around the National theater have
fairly blocked the streets. Police were
r. qured to preserve order among the
numerous Thong, and II seemed os II the
city had gone mad over the
expected advent OF the great cong
stress. Tho price Of boxes was $50
g night ana seas 81 These were three
times the ordinary prices but had they
BEEN ak times undoubtedly all tho seats
would have been sold In brief space
OF time. Tho ostcnsible agent OF Mr.
Abbey, who was conducting the bilo OF
ticbeiA, WAS man giving the name OF
Mayer, ard he aimed 20 be the BROTHER
OF Mr.. M, r. Ma ar, Mr.. Abbey's frcnu
and business manager. He had with him
letters one Of which purported
70 be from Mr.. Abbey, which
he showed Minister Manning and other
| people. The thtRter has already been
engaged for the PAltI season by MFR. M.
ward w Orrin OF Orrin Bros, proprie.
tors Of tine American circus here, who
knows Mr.. Mayer OF New York
As Mr. Orfln WAS overwhelmed with bust.
ness recording he opening OF his own
show, which il standard institution
! here, he hal no time 90 give other mat
terra attention, else The plot might POSSIBLY
have been dotcrr q The advance agcnt
had lcltrrs 30 some Of the bust known
| people here nnd no ono suspected fraud
| he sale OF tickets began Thursday
motnlrg people were waiting NJ the door
OF the th0Ntrr from On early hour T. get
the first cDOlre. Am ny them wore scores
o. the gil1rd youth Of the city. Seats
were bought IN hole blocks, some per
sons paying $1,000 FIR boxes and seats
on m1.ve. In the course 0t the day ihr
l., Ulcers had taken In SIS, GOO, and pre-.
vious days private sales amounted TO
s68o0 u total Of cash Of S2l 300 Tho
governor of the federal district vas some
" hat suspicious and sent 10 MAYER TO iu4
qure I anyone was Responsible for the
large amount ~ money beng taken from
the public, but Mayer managed 10 avoid
any act that would further excite suspi.
cion. II 10 understood that every seat
was taken for the whole i've nights,
but some well known persons
az Is the custom here, did not pay In adj.
vance but merely gave orders, 80 that the
amount In cash actually taken as stated
does not come up to half the seating ca.
pacIty II the thenterioT Ave nights. Last
night Mayer went 10 the Hotel lturblde,
where he lodged, accompanied by POI
llcemau, ostcnsibly 10 guard him, but In
reality 10 rec that ho deposited all the
money IN the hotel safe. In come In.
genlous way II II said that Mayer trans
fcrrcd over $50 900 In bills on the Nation
al bank and tins Sank Of London into the
rocket II his oycrcoat and deluded the
policemen into believing that all had been
dep sitcd Ia the safe At all events this
morning Mr. Mayer aid not appear az the
box office OF tn theNter, nor was be seen
no thu hotel. The safe was opened and
there WAS only found thcrG $4,000
Ia silver which, 81 course, could not be
taken away. Now the authorities arc
looking FOR Mayer, snd spectators are
weeping and receiving, as beet they can,
the mock coincidence Of friends II n
said to be the biggest thing OF the KIND
ever known AZ this capital The people
are saying mat MAYER was On American,
but he spoke Englsh with Is mark, d
foreign accent Gnd had u German
cast OF countenance, This afternoon
Mayors Interpreter was arrested
at OdzibB, whittier, It is said,
he htd gone 10 make some
arrangements tor excursion trains 10 this
c " Olc theory Is that Mayer has gone
North ny railway aud diligence, and an
other that he Is sesrGtCd here until the
matter blows over, but the sensation IL
Tho topic Of the city, and has absorbed
even tbe attention Of congressman. for
tbs coming OF Patti was REGARDED os the
chief event Of the year Some spgcula'
tors who have gold their tickets for three
times their value are not dlspleased,
aa they say they can retain thei money.