The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-23

Elitb. hhl tntA arc COT dU llItHInr class
and not half $50 interesting nor s0 shrevd
sand nervy. The women are not afraid 70
take the same chances as the men. and /
have found them equally as shrcwd
wOMAN'S TRICK.
Every recently one of these women
played one of their stock games on the
passengers of three different trains, and
inside of two days travelled from New
York TO Pittsburg without the outlay of
q cent. and at the end of the trim un-
doubtcdly had more money i'm her pocket
than when she started. These facts were
CLEANED by me through the comparison of
notes with two other Pullman car con-
ductors in our room at the Jersey City
depot.
The woman in question boarded the
Chicago limited at Jersey City and en-
tered Charley Murphy's car. That train
goes through to Philadelphia without a
stop. As soon as she was seated in the
car the woman attracted the notice of all
other passengers by her actions She
was continually looking out of the win
dow or walking TO the platform as if eX
pecting some one. As soon as the train
started she gave little scream and fell
over in swOOn on the floor. OF course
everybody was on his feet in minute
and anxiously inquiring the cause of the
wOman's collapse. In minute or so she
came to- and in a pitying voice inquired
for her husband
THAT mythical gentleman not putting
in an appearance, the woman began tell
ing a story of how she was to meet him
at the depot and together they were TO
one penny with her, not even a railroad
ticket, as her husband had attended to
that and was no doubt at that moment
frautically hunting for her in the depot
we had but recently pulled out of,
Charley Murphy is one of the best
hearted men that draws breath, but while
he sympathized with the woman, his duty
pointed out the right course to pursue,
and with a clOuded brow he said he would
have to stop the train and put her off
The Pullman company have many spot
tiers travelling, and, to tell the truth,
Charley was a little dubious of her and
thought she might be trying him.
"On all these through trains a ma ior-
ity of the people are well-tO-dO, and many
are wealthy. AS Charley reached for the
engine signal to stop the train chorus
of hold on, hold on, greeted him and
his arm dropped by his side. Several
was permitted to pay her fare to Phila-
delphia, while another pressed a consid-
cradle sum of money in her hand and, at
the wOman's request, also his card.
No doubt the woman's refinement of
manner and exceedingly pretty face had a
great deal to do with the course taken by
the passengers, and her Thank you: you
are very kind, seemingly repaid those
who had given her the money. She said
she would alight at Philadelphia and
telegraph back to her husband her where
abouts. Charley said afterward that it
never struck him to ask her how she
came through the entrance gate, as only
those with tickets are allowed upon the
car platform. But if he had she would
no doubt have had good story to cover
that.
THE SECOND ATTEMPT.
"The train that my car was a part of
pulled out of Jersey City in the after
noon, and at Philadelphia l caught the
woman. She came into my car, and the
tactics cited above were repeated, with
little variation, and she was carried to
Harrisburg, my next stop, a distance Of
about 1875 miles. At that place she alighted
and must have spent the night, because
Conductor Jack Fuller carried her to
Pittsburg the next day under exactly the
same circumstances as Murphy and l had
brought her from New York and Phila-
delphia.
whether that woman is travelling yet
upon other roads or alighted in Chicago,
well satisfied with her unique plan | am
am unable TO say, as our comparison of
experiences only came about through ac-
Cident, and several weeks after their Oc-
currence. One thing is sure, if that lit
tie woman left New York penniess, a
state of things | very mnch doubt, she
must have been several hundred dollars
ahead by the time she reached the gates
of the great exposition.
"Now while that scheme to beat her
way from New York to the worlds fair
was an ingenious Oue,N continued the
Pullman conductor, there was an utter
lack of nerve, as in the two previous
cases cited. But the chief requirements
of the latter plan is pretty face, coupled
with a sympathetic expression, and where
the idea has not become known will go
through ninety times out of a hun
dred Hiding in berths, under chairs and
sofas, riding on tops of the cars, and even
in the closets, are often resOrted to, and
it is very seldom that the through trains
can make continuous runs on account of
the necessity of stopping to put this class
of travellers off the cars.
"Any person that has ridden on Pull
man cars has noticed the accOrdion-like
connection between the cars, and also the
smaller side doors leading to the steps
from that closed passageway. That spot
gives US more trouble than any other por-
tion OF the cars To go out on a trip
without carefully looking over this pas
sdgeway, both inside and out, would be
gross negligence on the part of any con
ductor. The people who steal rides take
to this convenient and safety cOntliVance
as a duck does to water. In fact they
can almost be said to grub in it like a
white WOODWORK does in a rotten log.
They compress their body into the small
est possible knot, and a hole hardly large
enough to admit good-sized dOg or cat is
seized upon by them as an exceedingly
lucky ind, and no thought of the risk
they run in such position is considered.
A run-in of the smallest sort or a jump
ing of the track or a disarrangement of
the running gear of the car means sure
death to them. 1t takes some little time
for them to get into the hiding-place and
longer to get out, consequently the slight
est accident means an injury or death.
Another source of trouble to the con
scientiOus conductor is the cOlOred pOr-
ter While we generally secure good
men for those positions, it very frequently
occurs that a dishonest one has crept into
the position, and we only become aware
of this lack of honesty through accident.
With the increase of travel of this sum
mer larger force was Of necessity EN-
plOYed, and consequently sharper eye
has to be kept on them.
IN A LINEN CLOSET.
The travelling inspector Of the com
pany told me one day last week of novel
idea employed by a dishonest porter to
carry a friend of his from Jersey City to