The Coconino weekly sun., 1891-11-19
NEW YORK LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

A downtown hotel man was relat- ing some of his experiences with ''green goods men, when he said, "It's astonishing what trade these people have, and the class of custom CTS they get" "Why, I've had em take right out of my hotel here, two ministers of the gospel, and a bank cashier, the leading doctor in west ern town, big enough to have thirteen other doctors at least, two deacons, a postmaster, and lord knows how many ordinary countrymen. When l got this hotel a few years ago, was struck with the number of men from the south and west who came here, regis tered paid days rent, and went away and never returned. They would reg ister and almost before they could be shown up to their room, some one would come in and ask to be taken right up. The some one was generally young. and was always "a friend of the family" didn't tumble for some time, and then l made up my mind to tackle one of the fellows.
 This one was . postmaster, he had just got in from some Texas town, and young fellow had him in tow, lead ing him out. l said to him: Here, come here a minute" audI took him in the hallway and closed the door. l told one of the clerks to telephone to headquarters for policeman. l said to the Postmaster: "Who is that fel- low that is with you?" He tremblcd all over. Got red up to the roots of his hair. Then he said it was an old friend of his. l said to him you're lying, and you know it." He broke down and said, he'd give me all the money he had, if I wouldn't give him away, and he did. He shelled out $l,600, that he had in belt around his waist The policeman came in, and made him go out and speak to the swindler, who stood on the corner waiting. He was foXey fellow, for he suspected something and wouldn't recognize the postmaster.
 Il made up my mind to put stop to this business in my hotel. It twasn't long afterwards that two ministers came from an Iowa town. The fellow got them out of the house, and the fellows came back the next day and confessed that they had lost $500. They denied that they were ministers and wanted me to help 10 get it back. didn't do anything for them; they had return tickets home and went there penniless. About week later the bank cashier came. He belonged to Texas bank and brought S3,000 with him. He got here about 10 o'clock in the morning and at 1 o'clock came back without a cent. He told me the place he had been in when he lost it. It was down next to the bridge. I sent around to headquarters and a detective went down town, and came back in another hour with every cent of the money. How he got it I don't know.
 "The doctor came next, he was 5l years old and was going to Germany. He had $l,j0O in $2O gold pieces. Each piece was sewed between his shirt and piece of muslin, each piece sewed separately. We'll they got him in a three-card monte game, some where. He didn't know where. He never got his mon y back Irenlem- Der four countrymen who got their money back, with the aid of hcadqual- ters men, and l remember at least d dozen, including the two deacons. who didn't get their money back, before we drove the gang away from my place. In the few months they operated here they didn't get less than S25. .OOO.
 The Presbyterian Board of Missions in this city received by the last mail from China the following letter from their Missionary at Soochow.
 "A serious riot has occurred at lchang, the present head of steam navigation on the Yangtse-Kiang, some 900 miles from Shanghai. The alleged cause is the same old cause of killing children. All the foreign houses in the port were demolished, and the foreigners driven to seek ref uge on steamboat which fortunately happened to be lying at anchor in the stream, This fresh outbreak, follow ing SO closely on the assurances of the Chinese Government, given to the foreign representatives at Peking, that they were fully able to protect their own people and protect foreigners, gives an omnibus outlook, not pleas ant to contemplate. The whole YanUStn VaIla. g,,,,,, ;,, f