The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31
KLEIN's AMERICAN RECORD.
The Man Who is reported as Having
Lea the samoan Natives
From the PhiEade !Dhia Press.

From the PhiEdde ,phid Press.
John c., or, as he is Familiarity known,
Jack, Klein, the American now in Samoa
and whose name has figured in diplomatic
dispatches exchanged between this govern
ment and Germany as the American who
led the natives in the attack against the
German marines with such disastrous re-
suits 70 the latter. is g well-known figure in
new p per circles in this aud nearly every
other large city IN this country.
He l. a naive Of Sau Francisco, and is
about 80 years old. He is hail fellow well
met" with q prodigious swagger aud an in
satiate thirst after tho Sensational. He is a
regular Bohemian, kind and generous to a
fault, and will share his last dollar with
friend or even a casual acquaintance if he
thinks he stands more IN need of it than
himself. His fist experience in journalism
was in his alive city, San Francisco, where
he was a reporter on several papers. In
that capacity he made the acquaintance of
Henry Wharf, the fnaucer. Several
months before the latte 3 pecuniary en-
barras- meHt Klein eft San Francisc3 for
New York to procure a situation on one Of
Mr. Willard Pacific Steamship Com Dany's
boats. He stop,el q while in Chicago,
where he worked as a reporter on one Of the
papers of that city.
FROM HERE TO NEW YORK.
In the meantime Mr.. Willard failed, and
Klein abandoned his seafaring intentions.
He then drifted to this city, and was en-
gagged for several weeks on a morning paper.
Philadelphia did not suit him, however, or
his longing "for change" came over HIM
sooner than ordinarily, and he extended his
travels to New York. In that city he again
caught on" as a reporter, and remained for
several months.
While he was il Chicago a news item was
flashed all over the country that John C.
Klein, a newspaper reporter of that city
had fallen heir tO,a fortune estimated all the
way from 81, 900 900 to $1,000 900. The
fortune, however, never materialized He
next came into newspaper notoriety by the
Geographic accounts Of how John c. Klein,
a reporter on one of the morning PAYERS of
St Louis, had captured a fleeing murderer
In that city at the point of a revolver after
an exciting chase.
OFF TO SAMOA AS CORRESPONDENT.
Mr.. Klein next turned up in this city
about year after his first visit, on the ton
wave of prosperity, as the advance agent
OF theatrical company. He was here sew
eral days and then went to New York,
where, in about a week, his connection
with the show business ceased, and he again
Joined the ranks OF the pencil pushers.
When the Samoan troubles doomed up
likely to bring these islands of the Pacific
into prominence as a news center for a time
Klein was dispatched to that point as cor
respondent for a New York paper He has
always be considered as hustler" and
it IS not likely that he could long remain
among exciting scenes without taking a
hand,
In appearance he is tall, strongly but not.
stoutly built, with blue eyes and rugged
features. His bravery is unquestioned.
Whether his desire for sensational newspa-
per notoriety will be satisfied by this last
epls de, which has brought him into inter
national prominence remains to be seen.