The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25

ing these women he was TO receive s., OO0.-
600.
why have you got to marry these
women" inquired the officer.
Because | am so good-looking." was his
reply.
When the officer arrived at the station
the young man gave his name as u. A.
Schach. of all over the country"
PEsTERED BY PRETTY WOMEN.
To Star reporter he related the story of
his troubles. He is % years old, and has
been in this country for seven years. He
has spent most of MS time about the cotton
mills of Springfield, Mass. Every mill he
W Irked in be imagined that all the females
at work wanted nim to marry them. In
this way he was drive from place to place
and was not permitted to work in any fac
tory more than three months. Finally the
DOR fellow imagined that congress passed
law requiring nim to marry all the females
IN the Mas achusetts mills. When he mar
riet them he was to receive the $4,000, 900.
Then his prospective wealth gave HIM more
trouble than mis- pro ipective marriages He
imagined that he " Is to be the victim of a
murderous conspiracy, and that he
would be shot and robbed Of is wealth.
What to do he did not know. Finally he
co !cluded to leave TIE state Of MaSSa-
chusetts and seek an interview with the
President. He then discovered that the
emptiness of his purse prev ntad his visiting
Washington, AMI so he started for one of the
other New England states He first wrote
letter from Spri lgdeld to the President.
The letter was regularly registered and
sent off by the postmaster at Springfield.
That letter was dated Jal. 12, 1889. Not
receiving an answer to the letter, Schach
ent to Hallowell, Me-. from where, on
April %, he addressed another letter to
President Harrison. Then he continued
sending registere letters from time to time
until he had sent nearly dozen.
THE PRESIDENT MIGHT HELP HIM.
Not receiving a reply to any of them he
made up his mi to visit Washington and
ca upon the President. He made a
start two months ago, and last night he
| entered the "Promised Land" Yesterday
was bad day for him, as he was unable to
obtain meal OH the road. II was after
shutdown when he struck the city, and
navlng only 20 cents in his pocket Q looked
| for free lodgi e house. Being IL able to
| find one entereda box car on the Bal til
more and Potomac railroad track, where
his clear conscience permitted him to spend
a comfortable night
| This morning when he arose he went to
barber shop, where he spent his last 20
! cents. He paid 10 cents for a shave, aad
the last 10 cents he pad to the bootblack
|
sent himself to the President. The black
| ing covered the sections of his socks ex-
posed 10y the holes in his Shoes and he pre-
| seneed as neat an appearance as person
could after tramp of more than 500 miles
over the muddy, dusty and sandy road
Having thus prepared his toilet he started
out and fell into the hands of the police.
the era ks have come in such large num-
bers recently that the police tried to get rid
OF nIm without any exp nse to this district.
Schach was told that the Presi lent was at
ais country home in Alexandria, and being
hown how to reach the long bridge he
| tarted down Twelfth street with his Off
clal docu ent in his hand.
When Scharh got out of sight of the
,olice station he turned and made lis way
to the white house. where he asked to see
he President. tie was taken in custody by
Policeman Collins and taken to ponce 'ad-
quarters and turned over t. Sanitary Officer
Frank, who will have him examined by the
police surgeons. Schach is now locked up
at the Sixth precinct station. He will prob
ably be sent out of the city,