The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-05
REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE
.. stoInmctz with a Man who
! ulm the Publishers Personal
' GA Highly Sensational Story
INN New York.

kAIu
1sla New York.
=, ycRK, June 4.-There's a new
NV NOW about Prentice Milford,
f ~. de-, dead body was found in a canoe
rss sl.eoshead Bay on Memorial Day.
!, ' a.,g 4 new story, but a story so out
s !. ~" "', ordinary that it almost passes
s' os r., morning Of Saturday, May %
~ o -" week before Mr.. Multord's
4, y, became known-John @. Stein
r rs1,. a commission merchant Of Chi,
a n.,'' wolked up Cortlaudt street from
4 5.G ferry and turned into Broadway !;
y. g' .,,r;ea in his right hand n small
i !, satcheI and az he swung around
I. sa,eer the satchel came in contact
y \, 'V an atEletic-lool;ing man OF about
l l,lr five H. ,vho WIS looking up and down
a. '' street in evident bewilderment.
"; Y: g,s;rmat7 turned to apologize, but
~ , ,s,: with deprecNting gesture.
s:s , nothing, sir, said the stranger,
an = sm:.e. SAY nothing at all. 1t
y" an " accident, and u triiling one, and
...Asns fortunate for me. viii you
r.. ;a'i tbe Kindness to tell me where |
HS ~, familiar with New. York, but
E Ti II0rIgq.ts se be
II .yor orc a. the corner of Cortlandt
mt and Broadway" replied Mr..
S ij,, "This," pointing in1 the d.
s ,'.i o: Trinity Church, "is Broad
vn and this indicating the, Elevated
,,iir5,d "is Cortldrdt street.
Tho other nal's face assumed a quiz
~. AZ expression. "Indced!" he ex-
t ,Si. elcyatirg his eyebrows. "1n.
SsrSm he repeated, rs he turned and
ioStcd searchingly at Mr.. Steinmetz.
,sTS sir, while | am thankful for your
STARVATION, | must admit that twenty
Srr bours has made /. most marvellous
r ,i in the appearance Of the streets
II Kew Yorl;-a most marvellous change,
Il i vas nov NJ. steinmctz's turn to
loE ostonished. He assured the strang-
n That Broadway was Broadway and
Csrtl,,t. street WIS Cortlaudt, and
vb;l, /. was listened to with polite con-
tiS.o ian e yeas apparent that his
rt,elcn; was doubted. He appealed to
i pojlccn!an. who Corroborated'what he
Ia saii, but the stranger smiled and
h,ok his head.
sYhere is City Hail ParkP Could all
et,c tall structures have been reared
hanightfn With this he pointed to
he other side OF Broadway and i'll the
tiraion of the postot.ico. There was
E,h.a. III the mans manner TO indicate
rtail arrangement. His eye was calm,
is manner rational, his tone subdued
ul bis words eloquent. The roar and
kEle Of the tr0Gicon the street seemed
toui;se, and the moving throng to
rtoaish him, for h. moved from one
EOtto another, as though fearful of be-
Eg Knocked down.
That followed is best told in Mr..
Ednmctz's own language. A reporter
hand It IRON him Monday evening in
He Holman House.
"lhad an appointment" said Mr..
SeiEmctz, but the man interested me
nmuch that put a question or two to
bin, and then he interested me still
ror. gave him my card, and he
Gked where ChicHjo was. Then l
Ekcl him his name, and he said it was
Bier Richings, and that he was an
itot I played in the Park Theater
nR 1921 up to 1888, he said AL
"loG can imagine" continued Mr.
Eeiamctz, that nv establishment
bowed itself in my face. The man be.
t'r me was certainly past forty, but
sltsinIy not past fifty. Therefore,
Itsn he said he played in a theater in
Nl-.eyenty years ngc-E was dumb
h7ndcd. Oh, yes, he went on, my
h; appearance in America was in
Guy MaHnerihg" I was n law student
b london before that, and when quite
iNrpling | was an officer in the Brit
Ehamy, stationed at Madras. lett
HeT York in 1910 and went to Phila-
dsilhia. Nearly twenty years in a
!i9ck company is something Of a record,
sntit! My venture in the Holiday
, A this moment" broke off Mr..
SSicinmet,, "thc geutleman's face sud-
SSeaIy paled. His knees shook and his
Ihsaes trem5led. As l looked ut him
ns iacechangcdine xpression-changed
I9E!Iy-and he appeared to increase
.No inches or more in stature. His
Fo're-%Eich u moment before was deep
ll;i AID sonorous-took higher key
1 he gaspcd Brandy! brandyH I
'alded hin across the street, intending
ESQ TO- Hudnuts, but as we reached
he rqID he exclaimed, I'm all right
ioW. II you will walk with me as far
tAo Third avenue II station at the
'Ei,ige III be- obliged to you.' Then he
.l,Si a card case out OF his pocket,
,oS = card ont OF it. and handed it to
i i' The name printed on it was Prem
Walked with him to the Bridge, and
That time he had recovered. On
'0liiay lust read in tho newspapers
ne finding OLA dead mnn who was
ati.icd S Prentice Milford. The de-
tpilon tailed precisely with that OF
'e \ 1'aa WHO called for brandy, and not
a.! with that OF the man who asked
"a' mad become OF City Hall Park.