Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-31
Coal OIL JOHNNY
ho,t Eccentric OF Al ,icn who Got Rich
Quickly w tho OH negiuus.

haott feccutric Of All ,fen Who Got Rich |
Quickly 10 tic OIL negluus.
The wealth of Mr.. Steele Better
known as Goal Oh Johnny has un.
doubleday been oveuated-t that Is 10
say, his wealth in cash. At the timc
the Pittsburg sanitary commission
made an offer to donate soldior'a
monument 20 the county making tho
largest contribution, the producers
Of this section AGREED TO set aside for
TINT purpose the proceeds from their
wells for one day Mr. steele con
tribu,ion for that day was ~ 500.
which was a fair gauge OF what his
wells wero doing.
The farm and tho con1unctivc intcr-
csts bequeathed to him by his grand.
mother he probably could have dis.
posed OF for 100000 or moro when
The same came into his procession,
but 1t IL doubtful II at any time hc
possessed moro than 100000 In cash.
His expensive ecccntiicitics were
many, but did not include, as often
reported tho purchasing and giving
away OF u hotel in Philadelphia. The
story probably grew out OF the fact
that while in Philadelphia at ono
time he experienced some difficulty
in securing hack and finally bought
ono outright; that when ho sut
through with the rig tho driver
asked him what to do with II and ho
told him TO keepit II was ON that
trip to Philadelphia that he, while
with SlOcum, the fellow who was
Showing him the world. attracted
SO much attention by going about
with bills Of various denominations
tied in the buttouholgs OF his cloth
ing-by making small purchase
with good sized bills. taking no
change back, and even lightingcigara
with his money.
Another Of hi7 cccentricities on
that trip was the forming OF q Negro
minstrel troop at random, for cac.
Of the members Of which lac bought
suit OF clothes when he engaged
him. He brought his troop here
and that was about al he did with It
The details OF his doing- in Phila
dclphia, New York, Saratoga au,
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