The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-07
ESCAPED AND GOT DRUNK.
Young Washburne Had Been Well Plucked
When the Policenaa Hescued Hin.


Young washbur,e Had Been Well Pluck ed
when the Polieenaa Rescuea Hin.
A hack drove up to the curb In front OF a
house In Eighth avenue. between Twenty.
eighth and Twenty ninth streets, which Is oc.
cupied BY colored people and which bears q
bad reputation. at 2 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. and q colored man. we'll dressed and
short In stature. got out He called to another
negro who was passing. and. reaching into
the hack. they dragged out II white man who
lay on the floor Of tho carriage unconscious.
This man was young and would have been
handsome but for the signs OF dissipation in
his face. His coat and waistcoat were torn
open. his collar was half of. and his hat. bat
tered In. rolled out on tho sidewalk as he was
dragged from the carriage. Just as the two
negroes we're about to carry the man into the
house, Policeman Stevenson asked what they
were doing
Hes Fred Gebhard's brother and I'm his
man." replied the one who had come In the
hack. Hes been out on drunk and Pm
trying to get him in the house whore l can
take care Of him."
The policeman looked inside the carriage
and found dollar bill and some change lying
on the floor Then he lifted the white man
into the carriage. told the two negroes to get
IN,
tieth street station.
The unconscious man was searched. and
letters were found on him addressed to will
liam Pitt Washburne. care DR.. Ferguson. Cen
trail Valley. Orange county. N. y" There was
also a bottle OF whskey. S1.2S. n Waterbury
watch. check book. and q variety Of business
cards from saloons and dives OF the Tender
loin district. An ambulance was summoned
and no was taken to the New York Hospital.
where the doctors Mt first thought that he had
been druRged. Atterward they concluded that
his Inconsistencies was the effect of drink
The colored man who had been In the hack
with him. on being questioned at tho STATION:
MID ns s Rs savs
Wright Scott. and said he wns n hostler living
ut if2 West hirty;second street, on him
q seal ring which was in his hin pocket. S2U4e
In cash. and match safe and postage stamp
beth seot IuEd tue " T&
0. 8adr nsR Rob-; the hack driver said he had
to Thirty second street. and they bad stopped
81 drsn hu Whea they e" got into the cab
It was midnight before. the patient at the
hospital recovered himself enough to tsa I, and
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.oom Early H 81. Saturday morning NJ Wash;
viii get orders from the asylum to take him
back there"
Washburne was locked up.
The first known Of his actions positively az |
er he left the hotel Is that no entered saloon |
n Nassau street and began treating a crowd |
II men. among whom was Scott. None OF the |
intoxicated. he and Scott struck up an ,ac.
liiaintance and left the saloon together. They
wandered up to Blocker street. where they
ook the hack.
Scott insists that he took Washburne's valu-
bles for safekeeping The police are anyiou.
arceny against Scott. who bears a bad repu.
alton. He was sentenced to six months In the
,enitentiary last year. and before that had
erved three months for cheating hack drivers. |