New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-27
HIS CHAIR NOW VACANT.
SHORT EXPERIENCE OF +. A. NOBI.ETT AS A
COLLECTOR" IN THE MORSE BUILDING.
HIS PROPERTY THERE CONSISTED OF AN INK
BOTTLE, PENS AND BORROWED BLOT
TER-sTRANGE VISITORS TO HIS
ROOM-WHAT HE SAYS.

ROOM-wHAT HE SAYS.
F. A. Noblett no longer occupies a desk In Room
No TO- Morse Building, No. 40 Nassau-st, and
persons in search of lucrative places In the gtt
Of the World Business Exchange" which ne
represented at that address will confer favor on
Nathaniel Niles the owner Of the building by taxing
due notice OF the fact 1t Is not Nob'etts fauit
that ne has gone elsewhere II was like this:
on December IS he rented the deskroom, re-
porting himself to n. X Van Bokkelen. the custo-
dian Of the building. the representative OF
paper concern. lie to pay sl5 a month rent
and was to have the deskroom free till January l..
He brought ink bottle and some pens 10 the
desk borrowed a botter from Austin Smith, Oh
the Albemarle Paper Company. whose desk was
near his in the same office and. thus equipped, was
ready for business.
In the daily papers of the day following his occu-
pancy of the deskroom there appeared this ad-
vertisement: Wanted: Collector; must have s2o
security Office assistant. $50 security. Brokerage
40 Nassau-st. Room TO-"
II now appears that Noblett figured as the head
Of the Mutual Aid Employment Burean, al NO. NO.
voked his license that he had three em h Yien re
agencies in Sxth-ave the Licenses or wh sp,n
10 377 sXth-ave, at the Foreign and American
to the Morse Building people when he came 10 room
No 10 with his elaborate OUTFIT ana a caro- wiz" WITCH
meier Of stock Gompanies 1t tod also Of Patents
negotatedF and Investors advised free of charge;
women; so many in fact that the other occupants
OF the office complained and began asking questions
as 10 the nature OF the business carried on py
their new nelghbor. ", p.,.,,o,o,
II noticed from the first" said Mr.. Van Bokkelen
that there was something strange about me man
AFFAIRS. his conversations all carried on IN
WHISPERS and there an air OF mystery ABOUT
all H. did" 81, - ~ ,.n ord
without an exception they were men whose dress ana
general appearance indicated. II not poverty. sure
lv dleness and anxiety 10 gain employment. IN
Saturday Noblett politely asked 10 give up ms
dcsk and an inkling as to his business was galheu
Yesterday when Simon Posen. OF No l4o tldriose,
81, called He had answered the advertisement ana
given Noblett $40 He 10 go to work yes
terIay morning Nohlett had told him that ne
must deposit more money II he wanted the place
Tho man could not borrow any more, and ac-
comn1nied by a newspaper man, called 10 get MS
,iob M $40 n week or his $40"
Noblett returned the money. Tribune reporter
saw him few minutes later. and was toid ~
Noblett that his dealing with Posen was periecuy
legitimate that he wanted TO make him coiiector
for his own business and that the women VINO
called and from whom he wanted security were 10
be emnloyed by him. When II Is known that Posen
talks English imperfectly and Is almost the las,
ruan whom one would select for such place ana
when IL is further known that while the tribune
reporter was talking with Nobett three men asked
Mr. Van Bokkelen where the man could De
seen who wanted TO hire collector. the story
sounds strangely In proof Of his GOOD standing
and the improbability OF his doing anything wrong
NohINtt showed the deed OF piece or property
which he owns in Paterson. \. J.