Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-24
THOMAS IN TROUBLE.
A Well-Known Delawarean's
Creditors in the Lurch.
AN ATLANTIC CITY SENSATION.

''Ned" Thomas. of smyrna, Accused Of
swindling Atlantic city Liquor Dealers.
Shipped His Goods 90 Points Outside. |
His Creditors VIII Prosecute the Man. /
A dispatch from Atlantic City gives the /
following account of the latest oscapade /
of "Ned" Thomas. dashing Delawarcan |
whose checkered career is well known in
all parts of the peninsula and ia some of
the leading cities of the United States
particularly ia philadelphia
"The sensation of the evening is the
news of the deliberate skipping of a well
known man named Ned Thomas in COM
pany with some 81 400 which even
loose moralist would scarcely say was
rightfully his Thomas has been spend
ing the summer I'm the congenial employ
mont of keeping the ongress Hall bar,
and 10 was yesterday morning that he
left for parts unknown. 10 was not un
! til this afternoon however that the
news of his departure leaked ont and that
| the chief moumers i'm the form of his cred
tors gathered sorrowfully around the
place that knows him no more.
Thomas was originally from Smyrna,
Del, but his enterprising nature has car
ried him through variety of scenes
and experiences that have succeeded In
making him an object Of special interest
TO more people than would care 10
acknowledge being swindled In all the
various ways he has tried.
4 Burnt Cork Artist.
AS minstrel artist in summers gone
bv he has delighted the audiences ON the
Atlantic City amusement piers and ho
proved an even more bowling success as
a reiuvenator of worn-out horse hcsh
which Is foistod upon the Philadelphia
equine market as of the best and freshest
quality. I'm this connection he was
known as "Gyp' Thomas, and his
swindling methods being soon exposed.
"IIis entry upon the liquor business i'm
Atlantic City this summer was one OF
/ the seemingly serious moods of his life,
and the responsibilities of the venture
were an his own The Congress Hall bar
was this year an institution entirely
separate from the hotel, and Thomas wa.
p sole proprietor thereof. paying as renta
S TO the proprietor of the hotel a percent
age upon his receipts. Within the last
j. few days Thomas has been conhding c
j the hotel proprietor tale to the eifec
S that his season work has beon prohuess
D but the proprietor was as much astounde'
e as any one when the man suddenly dis
n appeared, leaving unpaid bills in ever
direction.
T. Preparing 60 skip.
Il 'J'0r some days Thomas has been ship
e ping his stock to points outside of th
is city, and had laid all the plans for hi
% departure very cleycrly.
y 'As q last move hc borrowed $50 o
the plea that he was broke, but he wa
only a couple of days since seen with
roll of 81 400 in his possession. Albio
T. Allen the proprietor of Congres
Hall. is out over 500 by his bushes
10 relations with his missing tenant ant
. viii begin legal proceedings against hii
as soon as possible,
''Ihe brewing companies and In
,. wholesale liquor dealers of Atlantic Git
generally are also victimized by the ID
i- mented Thomas.
lie squandered Fortune.
The subject of this dispatch was raise
ne near Middletown being the SON Z
VI highly respected parents both of whOl
re are now dead. He is % handsome fellow
io about - years old: remarkably INTEL
gent: and brilliant conversationalis
" About fifteen years ago his paren
- died, leaving him well fixed He ma
10 ried q daughter of one of the icadii
10y men of Smyrna and it has often be,
% remarked in the central part of the sta
az az that a haudsomer couple never marcn'
io to the bridal altar
Thomas and his bride went to live
o' one of the farms left To- him
his fathers will The life was too dl
ere to suit the handsome groom. To relic
VI the tedium he began playing heavily
horses at country fairs, and filled in {
iie time at the card table
oo In a short time he had lost all of
,9r property. lie then earned a precario
iiy living on the stage, his speciality bel
.lc minstrelsy. AS German song artist
IN was q success Branching out, he form
'iy a minstrel troupe and starred down
peninsula To his credit it an
l. be said that he declined to app'
ves upon the stage when his company was
tom Smyrna. being restrained bv his delic.
sid consideration for the feelings of
ger wife's family.
Iins This venture was Improbable and
dcs went into the "house business i'm Pl
nan adelphia, but the law soon put stop
lalf his questionable doings.
fth Apart from his rascality iowa
odv others, he has been an exemplary b
the band. and his wife is devotediy attacl
gly TO him.
ond v,i Many knights of Pythias in Kansas G