The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-10
JUMPED A MOVING TRAIN
s. PRETzEL sKIPS LEAVING BIS
WORKMEN IN A LURCH.


WORKMEN IN A LURCH.
The Weshboard Manufacturer Fails TO
Pay OF His Bands and While Passing
South Bound Train With One of His
Creditors He Jumps Aboard and Is
capes-The story of Bis Tricks.
s. Pretzel. who came here from Atlanta
q few weeks ago and began the manufact-
ure Of washboards, has skipped and left his
workmen in the lurch for their pay.
EPretzel left the city yesterday by boarding
the South Bound train for Columia, about
half a mile from the city. He had six men
employed in constructing the washboards.
and when they asked for their wages last
Saturday night, Pretzel told them be would
settle everything Monday as soon as he
could collect from Guckenheimer & Sons, to
whom be had been selling the washboards.
Monday came but no money was forth
coming, and Pretzel didn't show up at all.
Yesterday the men started out to find him.
They met him coming out Of Guckenheimer
& Sons and tackled him for their money.
He said there was little discrepancy Ia his
lumber bill from Dale. Dixon & Co., and he
would have to look into that before any
wages could be paid.
DEMANDED THEIR WAGES.
The workmeu told Pretzel that it didn't
make any difference to them how many
discrepancies there was in his bills. All
they wanted was what justly belonged to
them for their labor and they wanted 1t
right away. They told him that they
had stood enough toolishness and were get
ting a little tired. Pretzel told his ex-em-
ployes that under the circumstances he
would have to borrow money to meet their
demands and il they would walk around
would get the money. Pretzel said he and
Mr. Cohen were warm, personal friends,
and be wouldn't have any trouble in getting
what be wanted.
NOT so BAD AFTER TO ALL.
The men went with Pretzel to Cohen's
and be went inside and came out again In q
minute or two and invited all hands around
the corner for a drink After getting the
drinAs Pretzel told his late workmen that
he had got money to pay them and would
do so as soon as he could see Mr.. Cohen
again for a minute. On the way back to
Cohens the washoOard manufacturer told
the men that he Intended TO 60 to Charles
ton and Columbia to establish the business
because it wouldn't pay in Savannah, and
he wanted them to 60 with him.
He said be knew he hadn't
treated them exactly right, but would
make amends for it in the future The men
had begun 70 think by the time they got to
Cohens agaiM that Pretzel wasn't such a
store epd told the men to wait for him a
few minutes.
SKIPPED BY A LANE DOOR.
They waited. The few minutes passed.
and Pretzsl wasn't in sight They fingered
q few minutes longer and then c. r.
Tucker, one Of their number, went into the
store 10 find out what was de-
laying the wRshboard man. But
Pretzel wasn't there. He had gone out
the lane door and disappeared. When
Tucker reported to his companions that
Pretzel had given them the slip they were a
mad set OF mon. They went to the railroads
ami inquired about him, but 10 one had
seen him. The men separated after awhile
feeling pretty blue over their experience
with washboaIds. ana with no hope OF ever
meeting again the man who had defrauded
them Of their wages. While walking along
West Broad street by himself shortly ter
ward, Tucker came face to face with Pref
eel. The latter cursed under his breath as
he saw his ex-employe, and Tucker de-
nanded his money.
PLANNING TO ESCAPE.
~ haven't got any" said Pretzel, "but if
> 4 "a
Tucker agreed to go and Pretzel never
stopped I'LL he got to the brickyard on the
Louisville road, over mile out west of the
city. He told Tucker that one Of the men
employed there owed him money. They
walked around the brickyard, but Pretze
said he couldn't see the man he wanted and
he guessed he was at the store at the forks
of the Augusta and Louisville roads. Back
10 the store Tucker went with Pretzel, who
hung around there awhile under pretense of
waiting for the man who owed him money,
Thicker got mad and told PretZe that he
believed he was fraud and was trying to
beat him. The washboard manufacturer
got indignant and said he would come back
60 the city at once and get the moneY and
show him that he wasn'ua frand. Tucker
told him that was just what he wanted and
they started back.
JUMPED TRAIN
About a half mile from tho city they met
the South Bound train going out. Pretzel
asked the conductor where the train was
going. and when told to Columbia he turned
to his companion and remarked that he
guessed he didn't want to go there just yet.
About that time the last coach of the train
was passing and Pretzel made Jump from
fuckers side and got on the rear platform.
Tucker yelled to the trainman TO throw
Pretzel OFT, but the train was increasing its
speed every moment, and his voice was lost
in the noise.
Tucker came back to the city disconsolate
de said he is poor man from Boston, and
was depending on the money Pretzel owed
him to pay his board.
The swindler is tall, thin man with a
slight stoop and rather dissipated look.
He has dark hair and sports a mustache.
He is a hard drinker.