The evening world., 1894-08-06
On a Prospective Fortune Young
Parsons Lived Like a Lord.
Boarded, Drank and Borrowed
Money al Aug. r. cIausssn's.
Insisted on Marrying Pretty Sadie
Dunn and Then Disappeared.

| "iue trousers Is the conspicuous gar
ment, the largest white straw sailor ha
In the market worn on the back OF hi.
head cane and walk which Is describec
like that Of a duck, he may know thai
1t Is Willie c. Parsons.
IL the finder will take Willie around
to the saloon Of Aug f. Claussen, at the
corner OF One Hundred and Eighteenta
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 is wanted" to settle for the
good time he has had at the expense OF
Mr. Claussen and many others in that
part Of Harlem. and while Willie did not
do anything so far as discoverabie that
was actually criminal, he played q game
OF small rascallty that deserves punish
ment
He turned up at Claussen's four weeks
ago, and took room and board with the
family. He was respectable 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,
would be twenty one years old. ~
He told this with SO much corroborative
detail and In such a refined, matter of
fact way that 1t would have been bar
of credit.
Claussen has, among other good things
OF this, world. two pretty and smart
grown daughters, Annie and May. They
are very liEht-hearted and merry young
girls, and they have young friend Just
like them, Sadie Dunn. of Williamsburg.
Sadie comes over to see them once In a
while, and rooms with Annie overnight
Two nights after wiliie's arrival, Sadie
was over and with Annie and May and
other young people were having a good
blue chamber behind the saloon, where
both ladies' and gents" may have
bite and drop In sec.usion. While came
In and instantly demanded an introduce
ton 10 Sadie.
The courtesy was granted. and after
a rapid cross-examination he learned
that she was heart whole and fancy free,
and then declared his intention to marry
which would likely be the next week.
Willie was always swift, direct and dra-
matte in all his methods.
Sadie kept coming over little more
frequently and staying two and three
days at a time. She kind @ liked him"
she said, and fellow with $4,000 isn't
always easy to get.
It." said Miss Annie. in telling The
Evening World" reporter about 1t this
mr9rning 1T was a pretty, good thing If
wi ns vas c Hts BIZ Ns or u,o cos
just then. You know he's plumb
Now, May, maybe he's not so bad as
who saw him said he was mixed,
saying that persons Taxing no good
ana Sir ih Ia sort of thing and he was an
He, most surely could lie lot" in
dorsed May. But he was clever, too.
Indeed. he was" assented Annie. He
aea un des t the sn eSnf We
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 ride
he rode it. He said he could talk Chinee.
We took him down to laundry. and he
had long confab with the Chinaman."
He w Was ID Desperately gone gone on IN Sadie,
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
III marry YOU. No dough. no marry.
It's plain case OF IT,
Some of Willie's amorous antics during
these halcyon days seem TO bear out the
spniiSSn of the girls that b. was not al al
threatened to shoot himself.
nas s1 bs sndn s'' nm mss
old unloaded pistol and advising him TO
go out ard perform the happy despatch
hut not to die In the house. Once when
lessness he sat down and drew up his
last will and testament, which he gave
10 Claussen's son. Charley. Here Is the
instrument:
NEW YORK, July %. 1904
I, william c. Parsons. bequesth my fortune to
s. Dunn. o. sos briggs avenue. WILLIAMSBURG
Brooklyn, otherwise known q. my intended wife.
WILLIAM c. PARSONS
Meanwhile he hung around Claussen's
saloon buying drinks for himself on
time and promising all the frequenters
Of the place who thought him very se
all sorts OF good times when he got his
money.
The situation finally narrowed down to
of his financial boasts. Last Monday
Sadie told him to get his money or sus-
pend his suit He left the house. and
came back in an hour with a check for
the Southern National Bank, payable to
himself. and signed with the name OF
Jas. r. Hahn.
inheritance, II having cost 5000 to set
tie the estate.
The wedding was arranged for last
rnssSsy s syfn nna s AIS that willie n
take the Claussen boys and girls with
him on his bridal trip to the Catskills.
Sadie was willing and made prepare
lions. II was to be a plain wedding in
travelling costume, followed by a little
supper and music at Claussen'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 s67. He went to the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank and entered his sigma ture
as n prospective depositor. Then he
called upon Father Coogan. on One Hun
drrd and Eighteenth street. and got his
promise TO perform the ceremony. He
went to a neiEhboring restaurant and
ordered dinner. He hired a band of
three pieces, and then disappeared.
That Is the last the Claussens or any,
body else, who will report on the matter,
have seen OF Willie.
A stupid situation presented. itself for
the musicians and the restaurant people
that night, but old man Claussen only
laughed. As for Sadie she went of to
bed with Annie. remarking only:
II knew that fellow was Q liar and q
lunatic from the beginning"
Willie left lot OF other small debts
in that Harlem neighborhood. He owes
the Italian bootblack on the corner for
about s. worth OF shines, and the old fell
low Is irconsolable."
morning Papa Claussen concluded to in
apron, put on his hat and coat and went
He passed the check through the
wicket 10 the cashier.
well, SIR" said Claussen this morn
tao az knaw from fha Iumn uvos d