Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-01-14
JUDGE AND BUNKO MEN.
A NEW YORK CITY JUDICIAL OFF,
GERS EXPERIENCE.

and One Il Arrested and sentsnced-rbe
"Pai' Meets . Later Fate.
At the Lawyers club a few nights ago
Judge Rufus B. Cowing and Judge Henry
a Giidersleeve were spinning yarns on
the queer experiences they have had with
the thieving fraternity. when not known.
judges Gildersleeve and Cowing are two
Jolly and most entertaining compan-
IONS They are very popular wherever
they go and now and then meet with .
sharper who tries to ingratiate himself
In their good grsces to the extent of AZ
many dollars as they may happen to have
in their pockets.
Judge Giidersleeve was telling how he
wa approached by a bunko man a few
years ago at the Pennsylvania railroad
depot in Jersey City, and how he crossed
the ferry with the ''hand shaker who
thought he had made a great capture.
Judge Gildersleeve is a famous sports-
man and a sharpshooter. He has won
many prizes with his rife at national
and international tournaments, and has
written a dozen books on rifles, MARKS
manship and game, big and little. He
was returning from a trip to Pennsylva-
MIA, where he had had q very pleasur-
able time shooting with a party of Phil
adelphis lawyer friends.
He had hardly got of the train at
Jersey City when he felt a vigorous slap
On the back.
"Why, hello, my dear Mr.. Thompson.
So glad to see you. Just in from Phila-
delphia, eh? How are all the folks al
homer
When Judge Gildersleeve got a chance
to say a word he replied meekly:
"Yes, just in from Philadelphia. l
guess the folks are all well. They were
when left them, anyway"
snow, I've met you in PHILADELPHIA.
I am sure. Don't you remember me?'
H JUDGE Jets EVEN.
Knowing what sort of a character he
had to deal with, Judge Gildersleeve led
him on in a modest, innocent way.
why, you must be mistaken, said
he to the bunko man. "My name ia
Johnson, Joseph ". johnson, and I keep
q store in Philadelphia"
"Why, l beg a thousand pardons," and
the bunko man bowed low and disap-
peared.
GAVE I'll TIP TO HIS "PAL."
Then came the pal" just as Judge
Gildersleeys expected. He was Just
stepping aboard the Desbrosses Street
ferry when he got another slap on the
back.
"My dear Mr.. johnson, how are you
and what are you doing over here? You
don't remember me, but I knew you
years ago in Philadelphia" and bunko
man No. Q piled his tongue in the most
voluble manner, Judge Gildersleeve as
senting to everything he said. The
bunko man had got Judge Gildersleeve
to promise that he would meet him again
when he saw he couldn't get him to Join
him in a quiet game or a liquid smile.
"Now, my dear Mr.. johnson, don't
forget to meet me, will your said the
bunko man as he stepped ont Of the
ferry house on the New York side.
Officer, arrest this man." said Judge
Gildersleeve to a policeman standing by.
"Say, you old jay, what do you meang"
shouted the bunko man, red with anger.
1--WE will meet again, young man, in
a short time, l hope. Twill give you my
name and place Of business-Henry A.
Gildersleeve, judge, Part s, court of gen.
| eral sessions"
What's the charge, judge2" asked the
policeman.
Suspicious character"
The next day the bunko man was sent
to the island for six months by Justice
Power, Of the Tombs.
q "PAL" SENTENCED.
Two months later Judge Gildesleeve
had the pleasure of meeting the man
who vas king Of the New York ''hand
shakers" kid" Miller. Miller was the
man who first addressed the Judge in
the depot at Jersey City.
MILLER, I've met you before, said
Judge Gildersleeve.
mot guilty." replied Miller.
"Well, Igot off a Pennsylvania train in
Jersey City one day two months ago, with
a gun and a basket and dressed in my
hunting clothes. I had been on a little
pleasure expedition, and you saw fit to
interfere in the business Of a p~eaceable,
law abiding citizen. Your companion
is nov serving a term on the island, and
the strangers who come to town will be
better off if you follow suit. One year
in the p~enitentiary," and the bunko king
was led away, and If ever a face looked
queer it was that dazed bunko mans.
The two bunko men who tried to cap
ture Judge Gildersleeve's shekels had
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