The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14
ORTIZ STEIN A PRISONER.
OFFICERS BAGGED HIM WHILE BE
SLEPT AT STONE MOUNTAIN.

Talk0r-A Brl1uanL h6COrC IN Jour-
nalsm-Tired of Being Hounded By
the Police-A Sketch OF His Career.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 13.-Orth Harper
Stein, the mysterious $4,000 man who the
Atlanta police have been SO excited over
for week past, was arrested last night at
Stone Mountain. He is now in jail at
Decatur, the county seat of DeKalb, six
miles from Atlanta, on charge of carrying
concealed weapons
liam Orth Stein," he said quietly. 81
am tired of being hunted down, now do
your worst"
lie certainly does not look like the mur-
derer, forger thief and abandoned criminal
that be is reported to be. He is about 2S years
old, decidedly intellectual in appearance,
thoroughly well educated and talks well.
ARRESTED IN BED.
He was arrested in his bed at the hotel.
He left Atlanta at o'clock yesterday after
noon on the dummy for Decatur. and there
took the train for Stone Mountain. Stein,
whatever else he may be, is a versatile and
thorough newspaper man. He first came
10 Atlanta about three weeks ago, and was
given work on morning paper. For about
a week he reported theS enate proceedings.
He contributed a number of special
articles. In to-day's paper was a poem
THAT Story Bout Jim," signed J. B. r.
written and left here by Stein. His name
here was Raymond.
In to-morrow's paper will appear a me-
teorological article on Dryferth's rain ex-
periments, which was written by Stein
while he was at work for the paper. His
copy is a peculiar, round, plain hand, with
never a scratch in it.
TRIP TO ROME.
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There he met Editor Martin of the Rome
Tribune. Martin was a reporter on the
Kansas City Star in 1884, while Stein, then
going under the name of John Bell was
city editor of the paper. Martin recog-
nized Stein and knew his story. Ii was too
good not to print. Then the
Atlanat papers printed it and the
Georgia police from Nickaiack to Tybee
have been looking out for the $40, ,O00-man
ever since. Stein went from Rome to Cal
houn. where he was arrested and got out
on a writ of habeas corpus. Then he came
to Atlanta. He played hide-and-seez with
the police until he tired of it and left last
night This morning the news of his ar
rest came.
AN EvENTFUL CAREER
STEMS life has been one Of strange vicissi-
tudes. He was born in Lafayette, Ind.
He began his newspaper career on an after
Doon paper in Leadvllle, where he was
made city editor. He was drinking then.
He was in Denver soon afterward and
wFotea play in which there were several
local hits. He was "done up" on account
of this. Then, as John Bell, he was city
editor of the Kansas City Star.
woMANsAND A MURDER.
There he became intimate with the mis-
tress ot George Frederlcks, owner of q
variety theater. One night Fredercks found
him IN the woman's room. All that is
known then is that the two men started to-
gether down on dark stairway, Fredericks
slightly in advance, and Bell shot Fredericks
III the back OF the head and killed
him. This trial brought out the fact that he
was then going under an assumed name.
be was defended by his own father,
tnen lawyer IN Lafay Ind. epd John
W. Watford, a Kansas City lawyer, who
had then recently removed from Carters-
vile, Ga. Stein was convicted and given
was acquitted. Stein then went back to
Lafayette.
STARTS A PAPER.
His father died and STEMS mother gave
MIN blank checks on account of d s., 600 in
surance policy to start paper. Stein made
1t a bright weekly, the Comet. After sink
ing about $1,000 in it he filed up check
Tor the remainder of the 5000 and skipped
with another woman. His next work was
some way. while writing up a strike on the
Iould system, he csntrived to get quite a
snug sum out of Supt Hoxie of that system
and skipped again.
CAUGHT A PHYSICIAN.
lie next appeared in Baltimore. He pub
lished story of the Whitechapel murders,
SO ingenious and graphic that wealthy
physician took great interest In him. Stein
worked him for $3.50 and left. He staid
AfrerWar6 nd
vile. leaving usually with some
Dodys money, and finally landed
IN the pententiary in Florida. The exact
nature of bis crime there is not known. It
was some sort of phosphate swindle. Stein
says that be was released by q special act
OF the legislature. Then be came to Geor-
gie The summary given is by no means
complete or it would fill O book.
KILLED A MAN IN CALIFORNIA.
Editor Martin of the Tribune saws that
stein killed q man in San Francisco and
that he got $4,000 out of Mr.. Vanderbilt
on some plausible swindle. All there is
against Stein in Georgia, so far as known
Is the charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons. Stein does not appear to be apprehen-
slVe at all. He says that he was tried for
murder and acquitted, and that he has
nothing serious to answer for now. He
worked on newspaper here in Atlanta as
late as four eeks ago.
JOKE ON THE POLICE.
The best Atlanta story on Stein. and
there are several of them going to show the
mans nerve and shrewdness, is one brought
out at police headquarters tonight. Friday
detective Laoney was informed that a
certain young man here knew Stein per-
ssonally, and might be induced to assist in
.ne search and point him out. The de-
sSective found this young man. Finally
NC got on track the
young man directing him where to go. They
VISITED several houses of ill-fame. At all of
Sasl sueln the young man wsuld remain in the
ek outside aud the detective would 90 in
"a az each place it was ascertained that Stein.
t;o man closely resembling that descrip-
sOra' s,On' had been there only a few hours be-
ho.s, Finally the young man was left at his
ts' and the detective set out to watch
80" resorts. In fact, this had
cle;n en advised by the young man who
1ort ed 70 know STEMS habits Then the
tbs. man disappeared. 1t is known now
He as sne young man was Stein himself,
,scSa ua1 shaved his slight beard and mus
20 oe .h put with that exception corresponded
"e Inscription which the police alreadv