The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-11
A LIBERAL PITTSBURallER,

lilo Is Giving All Ills Money to yIrcinIn
Negroes-A Mysterious Case.
PirrsnuRaH, Pa, March 10.-An un.
known Pittsburgher is playing tho part
OF philanthroplst to tho negroes in
Carolina county, Virginia. This morn.
ing Postmaster Mexican received com.
municasion from T. B. Gill, Of the
Adams Express Company, at Milford,
that county, asking for information OF
the philanthropist. The latter said:
"A stranger about feet 10 inches
high, weighing about $50 pounds, light
hair and mustache and fair complexion,
stopped Oft Richmond train March, 5,
under tho influence Of liquor, and seems
TO be on a protracted ssspree. Money
seems to be no object with him, lie ia
giving It away to negroes as much rs $40
each. 1inclose ! herewith a card, which
10 the only thing Of his Identification on
bis person except railroad ticket, Rich.
mond to Washington. lie declines to
tell his name, business or residence,
Unless his friends lsok after him he will
be moneyless. Any other information
gladly given. II youlearn anything OF
such q man let us hear at once
The inclosure was tho business card
Of Saller 4 Co., and had no other marks
Of any character upon It. inl a5g 81.
Assistant Superintendent of Police
O'Mara was asked II he knew anything
OF such a man. He said: "He seems to
be the same fellow who was in Rich
mond last week. The authorities teie.
Rraphed US that man Of that descrip-
ton was there giving away his money.
He refused to tell the officers who lie
was, but some Of the people he was with
said be had told them he was glass
blower, lived in the Twelfth ward, Pitts.
burgh, and gave the names of some peo.
pie whom the unknown said he knew,
."We called on these people, but no
one seemed to know any one answering
the description. One man came down
to the Office and said his brother, about
10 years old, was missing. Our tele.
grams said this man was about 40 years
old. Then the boy had not enough
money to play any swell game as this
man seemed to be doing. After this we
were forced to give it up. We thought
at one time 1t might be the missing man
Harris, but as no description has ever
been furnished US we had to drop even
that idea"
Mr.. Saller. Of the firm Of saller 4 Co.,
was seen. He said: "a man came into
our store several weeks ago and bought
q suit OF clothes. He was from the
Twelfth ward, a glass.blower, and his
name was John O'Afalley. He said he
was going to Memphis. I've known
O'Malley for years, and gave him one Of
our cards before be left. ! can't describe
him, but think he has black mustache.
O'Malley would not have money enough
to throw it around as the letter says, and
then don't think he is drinking man."
Some Of the friends Of Mr.. David
Harris thought, perhaps, some trace Of
him was at last found. They arc pnz.
zled, however, by the statement that the
unknown man seems TO be on q pro.
tracted spree. Mr.. Harris was never
known BY his associates to drink any,
thing. This was true in marked de-
gree. Mr.. Harris was man about s
feet 8 inches tall, weighed about 100
pounds, had sandy hair, mustache and
light eyes. We're it not Tor the intoxi-
Gated part Of the story, they would
think it worth while to send down into
Virginia, T1'''' -