Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-02
TWAS ONLY A TRICK.
Randolph Waldouski Is Said to Be
Alive and Kicking.
HIS CREDITORS ARE AFTER HIN.
He Only Took a Bath and Then Leaves on q
Train for Apollo.
CONSIDERABLE MONEY ON HIS PERSON

Randolph Waldouski the Brereton ave-
nue. house and sign painter, is still in the
land of the living Notwithstanding the
fact that he was seen to plunge into the Al
legheny river, be is to-day said to be alive
and well, and his clever ruse, it is alleged,
was only to throw his numerous creditors
of his track.
As was reported in THE DISPATCH last
week, Waldouski was hard pressed by
creditors and that in order to rid himself OF
them he proceeded to the Sharpsburg
bridge, where he disrobed and found rest in
the translucent waters of the Allegheny.
.Waldoush did not commit suicide. On
the other hand, he simply exchanged his
working suit for suit of tailor-made gar
ments, after which he boarded a West
Penn train eastward bound The report of
Waldouski's suicide created sensation in
Lawrenceville, owing to the fact that he
was considered a well-to-do tradesman.
When the rumor of his suicide became
known. it was reported that he was in debt
many Thousand dollars
Ten Judgments Issued
During yesterday not less than ten judg-
ments were issued against Waldouski by
men who claimed that he was in debt to
them for labor and purchases which he had
contracted with them.
On last Saturday a judgment was obtained
BY Armstrong & McKelvey for the sum of
$3.50 for material which had been bought
from them. A judgment for a builders
lien was also given for the house which he
had caused to be built on Brereton avenue.
His numerous creditors out Penn avenue
are confident that he has not committed
suicide.
On last Saturday, the day Of his alleged
suicide, he went into the store of Solomon
Goldstein. at Twenty-seventh street,
purchased an entire outfit excepting pair
of shoes, which he bought from Abraham
Pearlstein, the shoe dealer at No. 2S38
Penn avenue. When making the purchases
Waldouski said that he wante1to purchase
q new outfit because he was going out of
town on some particular business He
boarded Penn avenue car and when near
the Sharpsburg bridge he alighted. Under
the bridge be disrobed and bathed.
How the Story Started.
A boy named Sanks saw him enter the
water, and, thinking the man would drown
himself, gave the alarm. Officer George
Riggleman was notified, and when he
reached the shore he found only q we'll
worn suit of clothes The clothes were
taken to the Seventeenth ward police
lstation, and it was supposed that the man
ihad committed suicide by drowning. On
further investigation it was found that in
tstead of drowning the man dressed himself
I'm the new suit which he had purchased and
lboarded train at Sharpsburg for Apollo,
on the West Penn Railroad. He was posi-
lively identified by several persons who
= knew him.
Had Lots or Cash.
The constables in the Fifteenth ward will
keep a sharp lookout for him, and in case
he is located he will be placed under arrest
charged with fraud.
Mr. Pearlstein says that when Mr..
Waldouski came into his store be had 5000
in cash Not cent was found among the
effects of the man which were discovered
on the river bank, near the Sharpsburg
bridge