The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-10
CASTOR DE Icons WEALTH,

CASTOR DE Icons WEALTH
RI oUazr 10 BE WITH DRsxEL, NOR
GAN & CO., BUT ISN'T.
Moro sAa. That, NE C..,. v,.s u,s rrr,.,
with All Their Treasure OF Carlos tstsII
while He IL IN Jail He woa't Stsrve.
Either CASTOR Do Leon IL crank Of sublime
imagination or he is tho victim Of remnr IA.
bic combination OF untoward circumstances
Justice 0oettng. before whom he was ar.
raigned In the Leo Avenue Court yesterday
was unable TO decide to which category no be.
lonGed. and committed him 10 Raymond
strect jail pending an examination.
Shortly after dark on Thursday evening a
ANAL man. who spoke English with Q slight
foreign accent, went into the hat store oil
Heckor Knock at "a Broadway. Williams
6ureh. and asked Salesman George NJ schoels
no might rest q moment He was sick and
cold. and feared that no would faint His face
became deathly white. and Bchoek invited
him to the rear OF the store and gave
him chair near the stove. After the
man had rested little he got up to
90. He thanked schoek for his hospitality.
and said that II he could get $4,000 that was
In his name in New York bank no would
handsomely repay tho flrst kindness he had
received IN tho United States He had had no
sleep In two nights and was without money
and food. HIs name was CASTOR De Loon, and
he was from Rio Jenairo.
UP to That point the stories told By schoek
and BY Dc 1Aon are identical After It they
oiner r1Atorially. Sehoek says that De Loon
VOID MIN that no had $4,000 with Drexel,
4or9au d Co.. but that he could not get It be-
: esuse he could not prove his identity. He saw
. Ar. Wright Of the Arm whom he
called there for his money He could not
prove his identity because the ship in
which he loft Rio Janelro left him at Havana.
where he was assaulted and robbed Of his
satohel and papers He was landed In New
York By the sailing ship Martha on Dec. 8.
eohosk insisted on De Loon accepting IS cents
Tor some supper. He says De Loon refused
vac at : bsssss. and that whss t. WA: %spt ID
S}Sys s sRs "a sisss
seHsd him Of Havana Finally BE- Icon 40
as 20 cent Sn Fr ta . sns s hook that
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sqd The Sther 70 6 Sdf t Hen
dEIEs;, He sssiaq be had given the man $500,
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and when be vent home showed them to his
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tho csuss. OF Dom Pedro. since my mothef
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QoneCioueness was on board the sailing ship |
picked S W. on ~ travels, have been to
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Work a. reporter Of printer. was nearly
xss sb. ys into that hat shG
re-; and I tod him my story 10 lent me
A0 FL he R had he said TO e. to
my people, Tho Consul was not at his Office. |
his cIsik story psd Rm wsS Sd e he
sSr ny and giving letters
delphia. and save Mr.. schoek the, letters s to
81 e aH my ranEs and %as 81 !s
r. ne &c C1 ,ss House people. who refused to
The police do not believe that De Icon is In
The chief clerk who was In charge at Drexel. |
Morgan b Co; 8 ofilco yesterday said he had no |
knowledge whatever Of any man named CASTOR
% Loon, or ofanyman bearing a similar name. |
stances such as tile man in Wllliamsburgh re-
lates; The chief clerk made inquiry 81 the
cashier II there was any account with CASTOR de |
ESon. or u any mar. had been. at the bank. TO
sna tIyinE o prove his Identity; The cashier
boom she Ban
stSnees related. Pc Leon says he, saw
Arm. but the clerk seen yesterday said he has
ss1 out S RI the city for month. The clerk
pan. or Of such circumstan as be Loon re-
latss. and II such man had been at the bank.
or there was anything In the story, he would
certainly know OF II.
All the facts that could be learned yesterday
bearing on tho mans story in regard to the
way he reached this city tend TO throw dis
credit on his statements IN that respect There
u New YORK on Dec. 5 nor any, vessel from
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