The evening world., 1894-01-20
DRUGGED, BUNC0ED M0BBED.
Henry I1ander, Of St. Louis, Has
a Lively Experience.
Has $50 Left of the $500 Brought
with Him for Green Goods.

Henry Ixander. a well-to-do fish mer-
chant of st. Louis, was a picture of
misery as he stood in front Of the bar at
the Tombs Police Court this morning.
1Nander had experienced in a few hours
a most startling series OF adventures.
He had encountered n gang Of green
goods men and been swindled out of
nearly 500; had been drugged and beaten.
and, to cap the climax, had been ar
rested II locked up In a cell all night
on the charge of drunkenness.
1t was at 1 o'clock this morning that
Policeman Reitman. OF the Elizabeth
street station. heard cries for help at
the corner of Howard and Elm streets.
Rushing to the scene. the policeman
found %1xander, who Is an understood,
g~ray-haired man. fifty years old. strug-
Cling with several other men.
lXander had a carpet-bag and an UNI
for help.
Reitman rushed to his assistance and
grasp hold one of them.
lxander. who complained OF great pain
IN thesRack, where one of the men had
tried - take his life. He was in a
rather daZed condition. apparently under
the Influence OF liquor.
h policeman. took both men to the
s~tation-house. where 1xander entered a
complaint of assault against the other
man. who, said he was Michael Lom-
hardy, a barber, Of 16S Hester street.
up also on the charge of intoxication.
The story told by lxander was an
interesting one. He said he lives at
nue. and Newtown street. st. Louis, and
that he was induced to come to this
city by circulars sent out by green-goods
men,.
He arrived yesterday afternoon in re-
Spouse to a cipher telegram, and met a
spruce young man at a hotel on West
street. Ixander had $500 in United States
currency in his yalise, in anticipation Of
The young man who met him was Of
most plausible and engaging manners.
He took Mr.. Ixander for a drive in the
talk business. But Mr.. Ixander was a
trihe suspicious. He had read of the
swindling ways of green-goods men and
determined to be very cautious:
To strengthen Ixander's confidence In
him, the strange young man took Mr..
1Xander to an office somewhere on West
street. where he produced a gray-headed
old gentleman Of most benevolent ap-
p%earance.
Now" said he, with a smile. to Mr..
1xander. III you are afraid to trust me.
you talk with my papa here. He won't
NJ 'e 80 De-.
Mr.. Ixander was favorably impressed.
and shook papa cordially by. the
hand. Then the three men began drink
ing, and 1t was not long before Mr.. kan
der lost control of his faculties. He was
doubtless drugged.
The next he remembers he was at a
hotel on Hester street, where he engaged
a room for the rest Of the night.
Then he changed his mind, and decided
to go home as soon as he could. He in
CURED about the various trains for st.
Louis. and started to find the railroad
station. On the way he was accosted by
the man Lombardy and the other men,
and the struggle ensued. The men
doubtless Intended to rob him.
1t the station-house 1t was found that
1xander had about 500 on his person. In
the valise was a tin box, containing the
usual package of blank paper, done up
with good bills on the outside.
Ixander was in such a dazed condition
that he could give no account of himself
last night.
In the Tombs Police Court this morn
ing Justice Martin remanded both Lom-
hardy and lxander until tomorrow, in
order that Detectives O'Rourke and
Mitchell may investigate.