Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-03
NEW YORK LIFE.
How Marrying a Wife Transformed a
Drunken Brute Into Re-
formed Man.
A Handsome Swindler-An Old Detective Says
that Birehell will Never Hang-A Pretty
Snake Tanner Talks.
Correspondenee OF the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April 30.-With what
erratic exploits do we change our ways
of getting living. One of the plumb
ers in Sixth avenue lost an excellent
workman a year ago, the man 10 fit
of disgust throwing up his employment
and deliberately turning tramp. Last
week he entered the store, the most
dilapldated specimen of humanity you
can imagine. He had tramped through
New York state, Ohio Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. "The toughest job ever
undertook! 80 he exclaimed; and l have
had enough OF 1t. I've come back to
plumbing. There IS too much oompeti-
ton in this tramp business. 1t doesn t
pay any more.
This man who had the reputation Of
being able to make the best wipe
joinU'' in New York, was welcomed back
by his old boss. His adventure was
simply one more instance of man get
ting weary of working for living. But
usually the operator of that sort strikes
higher in his departure from industry,
aud is apt to become a social swindler.
A man of exceptionally handsome
countenance, stalwart figure, and
soldierly carriage sauntered grandly
down Fifth avenue through the throng
OF church goers. He attracted consid-
cradle attention, especially from the
bright-eyed girls on the promenade, and
he accepted il all with the utmost calm
ness, as though such attention had be-
longed to him from his cradle up. IL
could be easily imagined that this snowy
individual was on his way to the Union
clnb 70 enjoy a late breakfast with
a party OF hearty old oronies. L
knew the man very well. My first ex-
perience was when he came into my office
one day, grasped me by the hand, and
began talking of the days we had passed
together in Paris. In spite of his elegant
appearance l felt that he was an impos-
ter, and firmly assured him that he was
laboring under a delusion and that he
had never known me in Paris. After
that / found that the fellow was a swim
dler of the most brazen and cheapest de-
serlption, his regular custom being to
boldly enter man S office and claim eo-
quaintanceship. One day l was sitting
in the Office of friend when the same
fellow sauntered in. Such perfect COM
pOS1fS anu eErOukeTy 0dS D6eH L D6lAeF0s
seldom seen in man. A bunch of vio-
lets was on the lapel of his coat, his silk
hat shone like the morning, his gloves
were immaculate, and bis smfssmost en-
gsgsng.. He advanced with q 'eonhdefis
steps. and bowed oourteously to my
friend ,sxtendiHg to him his hand and
fixing him with an encouraging gaze. -
"Ah, Mr.. B. he said, calling the
gentleman by name. chow do you do?
/ fear you don't quite recall me. L
knew you quite well in Paris. We ex-
changed cards, if you remember,
and
At that moment a young man at one
end of the desks IN the Office stepped
quietly forward and dropped q heavy
hand on the shoulder OF the caller.
"Get right out OF here: You don Z
know any one in this office.
The handsome swindlsr looked out OF
his mild blue eyes quietly upon the in
truder and inquired what ne meant.
"This fellow Is an impositor, Mr..
B. said the clerk. turning to my