The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-21
CHARLES ADLER'S
FLOCK OF GULLS.
He Engages Himself to Sixty
one Silly Women.
Emily schorkopf Is Wheedled Out Of $500
by Him-Lured Back From the North,
He Is Now Cooling Off in Prison.

of embezzling $500 from Emily Schorkop f.
The following interesting details concerning
Adler's arrest were obtained last night from
Detective James Rogers, who had the case
in hand and who made a particularly neat
job of it:
1t seems that about month ago, Adler In
serted an advertisement in morning paper.
stating that he desired to engage some
young, well-educated woman to act as his
companion ON a trip to Germany, with pos
sible future chance of his marrying her.
Although the lad" was most vague, the
result proved what bewildering number OF
silly females in large city manage to escape
the fool-killer.
No less than sixty-one females swallowed
Adler's advertisement. While Adler, per-
sonalIy, is not particularly beautiful, being
big, quite fat, with an unnatur ally devel-
oped paunch and a remarkably red nose
Illuminating pasty, VIII lite face, still he has
a most bewheedling tongue and can pre-
var icate about twice as fast as horse can
run.
Armed with his tongue Adler called on
all the SiXty-one WOuld-be trlDpers to Ger
many, aud, incredible as it may appear, he
made arrangements to take them all to Ger
many as his wives (the matter being, of
COuio as tCtQ vi olliSi9 oilu NV
Having gone so far all right, Adler unhlnged
a little more tongue, buttered up his goose
farm a little more with further batteries,
and turning loose a few more picturesque
lies, proceeded to work the flock for all the
available wealth it had
OF ALL THE SILLY WOMEN.
OF all the silly women none was sillier
than Emily Sch0rkopf. The woman is
young and green-very green. She is
stranger in the city, and an imperfect En-
glish scholar Adler stuffed her up with
lies, and soon found that she had $500 to her
credit in the Bank of California In half
an hour after he learned this he had her at
the bank drawing out the money.
At his suggestion it WAS drawn out in
gold. and at his further suggestion he volun-
teered to carry it for her to the Golden West
Hotel on Ellis street. where she was stop
ping. Inc money was to be Kept IN the
hotel safe until their joint departure for the
German springs. En- route TO ems g. street
Adler lied a little more, and Emily saw
eight Spanish castles rising IN the clouds,
with herself as queen and with Adler as her
most devoted cavalier.
At the corner OF Ellis and Market streets
Adler suddenly changed his lies, and star
inX eXcitedly at man in a passing street.
car. exclaimed: "Great heayensl there is
the villain who robbed me OF 5000 in gold
and diamonds in the Baldwin Theater two
nights ago. Run up to the hotel, my love.
I'll capture the scoundrel. place him In the
cooler and fly back on the wings of love to
YOU.
ADLER JUMPED ON A CAR.
"Run, darling, run. Don't let him escape
and I'll be at the hotel on your return,
said Emily. Away jumped Adler on the
car, and away went Emily to await his COM
ing back in the hotel boudoirs. She would
be waiting there yet had not suspicious
arisen that Adler had been hurt or became
a y ord IND har IN
ton her fears to the hotel people. These at
once sent her to the police, where her eyes
were opened very wide.
Detective Rogers took hold OF the matter
and found that Adler, on the day he re-
ceived Emily's $500. had gone 10 his lodgings
at 208 Octavia street, and after hurrle-lly
packing up left for parts unknown. Miss
Schorkopf mOurned her loss bitterly, but
never thought that Adler was base de-
ceiyer. A few days ago she was strength
ened in her faith in Adler by receiving a
letter from him. dated Victoria, b. o., In
which he babe her be of good cheer for he,
Adler, still f0ndly loved her and would
make everything o. K. "some day."
Then Detective Rogers took more pro-
nounced stand in the case and telegraDhed
the following little billet douX to the flown
gallant:
Darling-My mother has just sent me $500
to the bank. Please come here to me al once.
| cannot leave here TIL l get the money. Then
we can go 10 Germany. Your loving EMILY.
THE BAIT CATCHES THE BIRD.
"Pn just bet cookie that the $500
catches my bird, said Rogers to himself.
adler will never let $500 go floating
around loose with such goose of a woman
hanging on to It," And it did. The wires
burned with the haste that Adler used to
send his reply to the trusting Emily. "Pll
be down on Sunday sure, weetheart, was
his answer. Then Rogers haunted the fer
ries and railroad depOts waiting for Adler.
Yesterday, having TO leave the city for
while he went to brace up Miss Schorkopf
in the hotel and warn her not TO let Adler
talk her over in case he met her before he,
Rogers, did. WHAT was his surprise, on
entering the hotel. to meet Emily, hanging
on the arm of Adler and gazing lovingly
into his face, come out Of the ladies' en-
trance. 1t was evident that the $500-bat
had been too much for Adler, and he had
come down ahead of time.
lie had evidently improved his oppor-
tunity, for the woman was more infatuated
than ever with him. AS soon as she saw
the detective she said: "Oh, Mr.. Rogers,
he's come. he's come. It's all right now
He's going to marry me and L wont do any
thing against him." Rogers was somewhat
disconnected at this change of the baTom-
eter aud asked her before Adler whether
sha had not sworn to n complaint against
Adler for embeZZling $500.
right nov. He's going to marry me, amt
you, sweetness?" Adler nodded his assent
Then Rogers had his back up. He placed
Adler under arrest and ordered them both
upstairs to the room they occupied. Then
he gave Adler the hottest verbal dressing
down he ever received in his life.
ADLER GAVE UP $40.
''YO GU stole this woman's money, you dirty
cur now give IL up at once-at once, do you
hear" Adler whimpered and objected and
Emily backed him up n0bly, kissing and
hugging him and protesting against the
officers action
Finally Adler threw $40 in gold on the
bed and said that was all he had left of
the $500. Rogers picked it up and told
Adler to come with him to the City Prison.
Adler objected, and when Rogers placed
his hands on him fought like tiger. FL
naly Rogers, who was much hampered by
Miss SchorkOpf hanging around Adler's
neck, managed to Call assistance from the
hotel people, and removed Adler down
stairs, leaving Emily fainting away on the
floor.
From the hotel to the prison Adler was
hurried away in great shape, where he is
now playing checkers behind the bars, his
lurid proboscis Illuminating the gloom like
a thousand fire flies. Detective Rogers fears
that Miss Schorkopf will further demon
strate her unfitness to be at large by refus-
ing to appear against Adler, but this will
not save him, tor there is no danger but
that he will receive all the law that the case
calls for.
Acting under the advice of his cellmate,
RAYMOND, charged with the murder of Jack
Ratio, Adler declined to make any state
meDt. Quite number of letters from the
would-be-companiOns- to- Germany and pos
4 l.. a A al ~ fl,at