The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-03
RANG RooKEFELLER's BELL.
Mr. Reinhart Had News From Heaven
and Wanted Money.
From the New York Sun

From the New York sun.
Those patients in st. Luke's Hospital
who had beds by the front windows and
the pedestrians in West Fifty-fourth
street yesterday afternoon saw a shabby
man sitting on the front steps of No 4,
two doors from Fifth avenue, He was
about six eet long and as thin as a rail
and had struggling light whiskers
He was just the sort of man that
might get a Job in Coxey's army. His
clothing was faded and Jhreadbare. He
wore trousers too long for him and a bat
tered brown derby too short for him.
Once in awhile he got up and wan
dered up to the corner, but all the time
he kept one hungry eye on the outer door
OF No. 4. After each one OF these trips he
wandered back and rang the doorbell of
No. 4. Sometimes the faces of women APP
peared at a second-story window. Some
times the front door was opened a little
and forid butler showed the man away
In either case the hungry-looking man
walked halfway down the steps and sat
down again and shook his head for the
next ten minutes.
No. 4 is the home of John D. Rockefel-
Ter, the Standard oil man. His caller got
around to the house about noon. The con-
versation that took place at the door on
that occasion, as reported by Christopher
Olsen, MIR. Rockefellers butler, is as fol-
lows:
Good afternoon, sir. I want to see
Mr.. Rockefeller"
MIR. Rockefeller is not In, sir"
"Ain't heyl Well, l want to see him."
Mr.. Rockefeller is not in"
well, Mr.. Rockefeller has got sos, 000,-
600, and I've called around to get my
share of it."
"Mr, Rockefeller is not in, sir Only
the ladies Of the family are in."
"Ladies1 Well, they'll do I can get
the money from them"
go away, man. Go away, sir. Mr.
Rockefeller is not here and you can't see
him."
Amt here, hey? Well, then, I'll wait
for him. I'm a good waiter"
With this, the long, lean man sat down.
The butler slammed the door 1t was ten
minutes later when the bell was wrung
again, and the conversation was repeated.
| After sitting down the second time the
man jumped up and walked across the
street to st. Luke's hospital, where he
began waving his arms about his head
All the servants in MIR Rockefeller's
house watched him from the front win
! dows. They fed as he came across the
| street the third time. This time, when
/ the butler opened the door, the man de.
| clared that he had a friend in heaven who
| had informed him Of the near approach
| of the end of the world He had some
| thing very important to tell MIR. Rookie.
! teller, and he also wanted his share oil
! the money.
This was getting a bit tiresoms and the
/ butler slammed the door emphatically
! When 6 o'clock came aud the man was
! still sitting Though occasionally fitting.
on the door step the butler decided to cal
/ the police.
Come off" said Policeman Ledermar
/ to the long, lean man, and the man came
! down and quietly submitted TO arrest on
/ the way to the station he told the police
| man that he had seen in the papers thai
| Rockefeller had sos 900, eco, and thought
/ he ought to divide
The butler went along to the station
/ where he made a charge of disorderly
/ conduct. The man said he was Camille
! Reinhart, Of linton avenue, Morrlsania.
! He answered all the sergeant's questions
nationally enough. Nothing was found
/ in his UOCkets