The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
PULLMAN's GRATITUDE
PIErzscH GOES SOUTH.
The Erratic Hotelkeeper Starts to
Florida to Mortgage Property.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Fred w. Shoeppe, the Williamsburg
banker, and two deputy sheriffs took
possession yesterday morning of the ST.
Nicholas hotel and surrounding buildings
at Coney Island, over which Ernest
Pietzsch, the eccentric hotelkeeper. has
presided for the past nine years. Shoeppe
is the owner of the buildings and ground
and had Pietzsch dispossessed on Friday
because the latter could not pay 81 400
rent.
Pietzsch, after being dispossessed,
closed his little concert hall in Sea Beach
walk and went to the Grand Union hotel,
where he spent the night. He was up at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning, hired a
carriage and was driven TO this city. He
pawned all his iewelry, and, returning to
the island, went down to the St. Nicholas
hotel. There he found more than fifty
creditors and all his help waiting to be
paid
All hands swarmed around him like
bees, and many of them threatened to
beat him unless they got their money i'm
mediately. Pietlsch acted in a very cool
manner. He told all the creditors that he
had no money for them, and they might
as well go away. After considerable
grumbling they marched off, threatening
vengeance at the first opportunity.
The MOTEL keeper then paid all his help
but Chef Sumsen. The latter called
Pietzsch "bloody robber," and the hotel
keeper told him he would have to wait a
month for his pay.
AS soon as the help was paid the man
whom Pietzsch bought the automatic or
gan from called and handed back the
money the hotelkeeper paid for the man.
moth instrument, saying:
Mr.. PietLsCh, they tell me that you
are little off. | am afraid I'll get in
trouble, and think III hand your money
back to you if you will allow me to take
away the organ"
% The eccentric hOtelkeeper got mad over
this remark, and shouted:
I'll show you how much off am be-
fore this season is over"
He finally took the money and allowed
the organ to be removed.
just then the deputy sheriff tackled a
notice on the front door of the hotel, an
nouncing that on Friday next a mortgage
sale would be held on the ground, and
everything sold TO the highest bidder
Pietzsch cried when he said this.
Little did think" he said, that all
my hard work of the last nine years
would end this way Never mind, 4" he
muttered to himself, wiping away the
tears with his handkerchief, 1.-The man
who wants these building will have to
OuOOlu me. Will nc al budb SAFE, ana
have plenty of money, too"
He then went back TO the Grand Union
hotel and packed his trunk and valise
l saw Pietlsch in the sea Beach rail
railroad depot last night. He carried
yalise and big cane studded with dia-
monds, and was dressed in the hight of
fashion.
"Goodby, I'm off for St Augustine,
Fla. am going to mortgage my hotel,
the Plaza, down there, and viii be back
here next Friday with plenty of money
The COney Island business men are
Jealous of me and have tried all in their
power TO iniure me, but they can't down
me. John Y Mckane and his gang
couldn't hold me back, and Pm sure this
new crowd of lightweights cannot do it,"
Capt. Samuels, the proprietor of the no
tel where Piet2sch stopped on Friday
night, told me that he saw no signs of in
sanity about the eccentric man and be-
lieyes that if he knew how to handle his
help the worriment would not lie so heav-
lly on him