The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-04

This is surprise party in Paterson, |
want you for said the young man who
gave his name as George F. G0hun. "You
needn't bring aprons or jackets, for Wen
have them ready for you there.
THE MYSTERY BEGINS.
Dots pig zubrise barty," suggested
one of the walters.
Yes, we re taking twenty-five of you be-
cause we want TO have things finished SO
that you can get back to New York by mid
night. have deposited $44 with Mr. Witt,
and when your work is done l will give each
OF you check for 81, which he will pay"
The waters marched in a body to the
Chambers street ferry. On the way there
Mr.. Gohun warned the Germans to be very
secret about their business and reveal to no
one the fact that they were bound for Pat
erson. He said that if any one at the ferry
or IN the Erie depot should ask them where
they were going to say that they were bound
Tor Chicago. The twenty-five walters were
bursting with mystery when they reached
the Chambers street ferry. George Singer,
OF No. AZ Delaney street, was the leader of
the party, and the events that TRANSFERRED
are best told in his own Words
when we got to the Chambers street
ferry" he said, there stood gent with a
gray beard and big diamond in his shirt
front; you could see he was regular mill
lonalre. He looked as all over and said,
Its all right boysn Then he winked at the
ferryman with his hand, as much as to say,
No tickets needed and the whole crowd of
us went into the ferry house without pay
ing cent. When we got to Jersey City
the old gent with a diamond waved his
hand and pointed to the first car of a train.
He told us to get in and we got in. 1t was
kind of smoking car, and the peanut boy
told us it was engaged for US. l noticed
that there were provisions and cigar boxes
and wines and all sorts of packages in the
car.
IT FELT SUSPICIOUS.
at kind of felt suspicious to me. Then
the old gent and another gent with sealSkin
cap and a big ulster came in. The gent
with the sealskln cap eyed us queerlike, and
then he took something out of pocketbook
and gave it in a suspicious way to the young
man who engaged us.
1T felt more and more suspicious to me.
Then two or three gents with queer things
under their arms came in and looked at Us.
They looked like slave dealers and it kept
feeling suspicious to me every minute.
asked the conductor if the train was going
to Paterson, and he said it was. | went to
the peanut boy and says |; Young Teller,
will you do me a favors We are all married
men and we are hired for 50 on a surprise
job in Paterson. Where does this train gop
at goes to Chicago and st. Louis, and it
doesn't go nowhere near Paterson
my God! says l, what is this we've got
intoP / rushed to the conductor and says
l: We're all married men; tell us where
this train goes to. Does it go to Chicagop
1T does said he, kind of excited. Then
jumped out on the platform and yelled as
hard as could to the rest, and they all got
off. Just as they did the train skipped
out"
At this point Mr.. Gohun prepared to van
ish with his satchel, but he was seized by the
collar and marched on the ferryboat sur
rounded by the horror-stricken and wild
eyed walters He protested that he did not
know anything about the matter, except
that he was employed to engage them. The
Germans forced him to give each of them a
check on Mr.. Witt for SO. Then they
marched him to Wits saloon and gathered
in their money. While they were discuss
ing the mystery the young man disap-
peared.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
cts great escape" said Mr.. Singer last
night Perhaps we would never have
come back alive. l feel sure the railway
officials were in the plot. Maybe they in
tended to drop us off at some lonely part of
the road or at some mine where there was a
strike and compel us to work as slaves"
Mr.. Singer slapped his chest.
Dub why ulu buey SeltCU WdlUsIS, DuS
most educated class of labor in the world
Most of us have been head bookkeepers or
officers in the German army, and so on.
Ahal There's where the mystery is. Why
did those gents say we were going to Pater-
son when the train was going to Chicago2
Maybe they intended to make us serve in
the army. Think of that! The most edu-
Gated class of labor! Maybe we were to be
forced to California; you can't tell. Those
30, l-o1 clo daa1 Lars
tell by the diamonds that they wore-regu-
lar big millionaires. There is case for
Inspector Byrnes"
''What time did the train you were on
leave Jersey CityF asked the reporter, who
stood among the shuddering walters.
at left at 7;05 o'clock"
WHAT'S THIS.
The reporter learned within ten minutes
that this was the regular branch train for
Paterson, and that the walters would not
have gone foot farther than that respect
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