The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-06
WILLIE RIGHT I'm IT,
On a Prospective Fortune Young
Parsons Lived Like q Lord.
Boarded, Drank and Borrowed
Money at Aug. F. Claussen's.
Insisted on Marrying Pretty Sadie
Dunn and Then Disappeared.

IL any one sees II niue DlunO IellON
vita an innocent. child-like countenance,
a light-blue Summer suit. of which very
wide trousers is the conspicuous gar
ment, the largest white straw sailor hat
in the market worn on the back OF his
head. cane and walk which is described
like that CT a duck, he may know that
II IL Willie c. Parsons.
II the finder will take Willie around
to the saloon OF Aug +. Claussen. at the
corner of one Hundred and Eighteenth
street and Eighth avenue. he will be
suitably rewarded and have the enjoy
ment Of seeing Willie kicked through
the fan-light by Papa Claussen.
Willie IL wanted to settle for the
good time he has had at the expense OF
Mr.. Claussen and many others in that
puit Of Harlem, and while Willie did not
do anything 80 far as discoverable that
was actually criminal, he played u game
of small rascallty thut deserves punish
ment.
He turned up at Claussen's four weeks
ago, and took room and board with the
family. He was respectable-lo looking and
of good manners. He explained that he
was an American. born in Havana, where
an aunt had just died and left him $780,
~ payable the next week, Ehen he
would be twenty-one years old.
He told this with so much corroborativc
detail and In such Il refined. matter-of-
fact way that 1t would have been bar
harous to have refused him II small line
OF credit.
Claussen has, among other good things
OF this world, two pretty and smart
grown daughters, Annie and May. They
are very lght-hearted and merry young
girls, and they have u young friend just
Ike them. Sadie Dunn, OF Williamsburg.
Sadie comes over to sse them once in a
! while, and rooms with Anute overnight
| on these visits.
Two nights after willie's arrival, Sadie
] was over and with Annie and May and
other young people were having good
| blue chamber behind the saloon, where
both ladies AMI gents may have Il
bite and a drop In seclusion. Wl;'ie came
in and instantly demanded an introduc-
| ton 20 Sadie.
| The courtesy was granted. and after
Il rapid cross-examinat!ou he learned
that she was heart whole and fancy free.
and then declared his intention to marry
her just as = Ion as he got his Inheritance,
which would likely be the next week.
Willie was always swift. direct and dra-
matte in all his methods.
Sadie kept coming over n little more
frequently and staying two and three
days AT a time. She kind o liked him."
she said, and fellow with $4,000 isn't
That's just the way Sadie looked at
T." said Miss Annie. in telling The
Evening World. reporter about Il this
Willie Was a little bit on
"On" calculated May, who came in
just then. You know he's plumb
Now. May, maybe he's not 80 bad as
, that. Some think so. while everybody
who saw him said he was mixed,
saying that a persons taking no good
and that sort OF thing. and he was An
He most surely could lie lot" in
Indeed, he was" assented Annie. He
Dragged around here that he could do
tried to call him down. He said he could
play the violin. and we got one for him,
and he played it. He said he could rid,
| a bicycle. We stuck him upon one and
We took him down to laundry, and ne
had long confab with the Chnaman."
"0h. he was a Bird chimed In May;
and she liked him well enough. but she
| laid the law down to him." resumed An
"You bet she did" interrupted May.
she told him, YOU get the dough and
I'll marry you. No dough. no marry.
It's a plain case OF IT,
Some of Willie's amorous antics during
these halCyon days seem 20 bear out the
opinion Of the girls thai he was not a.
together responsible. He repeatedly
threatened To shoot himselt.
The Claussen girls at these times
amused themselves by handing him an
old unloaded pistol and advising him to
go out ard perform the happy despatch,
particularly wounded by Sadie's heart
iessncss he sat down and drew up his
last will and testament, which he gave
20 claussens son. Charley. Here is the
instrument:
NEW YORK July p 1895
l. William e Parsons, bequeSth ny fortune to
$. Dunn. OF 500 briggs avenue, Williamsburg,
| Brooklyn. otherwise known as my intended wife
WILLIAM C. PARSONS.
A. u.
Meanwhile he hung around Claussen's
saloon buying drinks for himself on
| time and promising all the frequenters
| of tho place. who thought him very &C.
| centric but open-hearted young fellow,
all sorts OF good times when he got his
The situation finally narrow down to
point when he had to make some show
Of his financial boasts. Last Sunday
| Sadie told him to get his money or sus-
pend his suit. lie left the house and
zane back in an hour with check for
$1,000 drawn In school-hoy hand, on
| the Southern National Bank. payable to
himself, and signed with the name OF
Jas. L. Hahn.
Willie explained that Hahn was his
lawyer and that was tho check for his
| inheritance. II having cost b,OO TO set
| tie the estate.
The wedding was arranged for last
| Tuesday evening, Aug. Z. wine was
gaiety itself and said that he would
| take the Claussen boys and girls with
him on his bridal trip to the Ctaskills
Sadie was willing and made prepare
lions. 1t was to be plain wedding in
| travelling costume. followed by little
| supper and music at tlaussen's.
| Thursday morning Willie handed his
precious check TO Mr. Claussen for safe
| keeping. and borrowed s., which COM
| pleted a total debt to the old gentleman
| of ST. He went 10 the Hamilton Ma
tlonal Bank and entered his signature
ms prospective depositor. Then he
dred and Eight eenth streets and got his
promise to perform the ceremony. He
| went to a neighboring restaurant and
| ordered a dinner. He hired a band OF