The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-14
dad" HAMILTON GONE,
And With Him Wont Money belonging Il
Other peoplc,


Other People.
New York, Jan. 13.-"Dnd" Hamil-
ton, who was one OF the best known
figures IN the lower part Of this city
until nine months ago, when he opened
n hotel Mt No. o. Clarkson street, has
disappeared, and several OF his guests
are clamoring for money thoy deposited
with him. For the past fifteen years
Dad was the proprietor OF the
Miners Arms n hostclry at No. .
Front street, where he rcapcd fame as
boniiacc besides considerable riches.
His patrons were mostly Cornish
miners, who in their visits to this
country always put up at Dads" who,
to use his own tavorito expression, was
known to every man, woman and child
in Wales" and they always recon.
mended their relatives and friends to
90 10 the Miners Arms.
Nine months ago in company with
W. D. Hamburg, q young EnGlishman,
Hamilton opened IIamilton's hotel at
No. u Clarkson street The concern
was organized Us a stock company,
claiming 4 capital OF 100000 and incor.
porated under the laws OF the state OF
New Jersey with Daniel Hamilton as
president and W. D. Hamburg us secre-
tary and treasurer. According to their
charter, the company were prohibited
from doing a banking business.
Hamilton always carried on q bank
ing business Mt the Miners Arms hotel
in front street. His drafts on the old
country were always honored and his
patrons had the greatest confidence in
him. On opening the Hamilton hotel
in Clarkson street Mr.. Hamilton car
ried on banking business in his own
name, according to the statement made
to reporter last night by Mr.. Hamburg.
For five days before January l." said
Mr.. Hamburg, II was i'll and did not 60
to the hotel. On January l l went
there and balanced the books. At 8
o'clock went up town to see my rela-
tives and did not 90 back to the hotel
until the next morning. LEARNED then
that Mr.. Hamilton had left. His family
told me that he was sick with the grip,
but ! have not seen him since.
To-day | had four Welch miners
here who had deposited money with
Dad and had taken his draft, payable
Oh the other side. On arriving there
and learning that the paper was no
good they came right back here. Their
loss will probably be $1,000. Mr.. Mar
tin, another miner, is out about G340.
He sailed on December l6 on the Um-
bria or Teutonic. He could not get his
money wher he got to Europe, and
communicated with his sister, who, I
understand, called on General O'Beirne
at Ellis Island to-day to make COM
plant.
II do not know what my loss here
will be, although think Hamilton has
everything. l have not been able to
straightcn things out yet. I will not
commence anvaction against Hamilton,
but will try and carry on the hotel bus
mess ii | can tide myself over for the
next two months, which will DO very
dull. During that time I also expect
that ! will be receiving visits from
many miners. l believe the amount OF
the loss to them and myself will prob
ably be $4,000.
II have tried TO find Hamilton, but
have no. the faintest idea where he is.
dc was very nervous man and l think
became involved in some way or other
and used the money to .straighten him
self up, thinking that he would be able
to get loan to pay the drafts. He
probably got turned down on the loan
and was foolish enough to run away"