The sun., 1894-02-26
MISS WILLIAMS CAME NOT.
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Hi- Partially, -ud ss,a lfsny Tickets
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sourH NoRwALS. Feb. 25..-D.teetivs william
vollmsr and the South Norvslk police force
| have been searching high and low and tels-
| graphinR far and near since yesterday morn
ing in hope OF discovering the whereabouts Of
| . confidence operator who successfully victlm-
lied fully three hundred Of Norwalk's fashion
| able society last week. obtaining money from
many. and drawing all to an advsttieed enter
| talnm ent in Arion Hall. where they waited In
| vain two hours or more for the evenings
| pleasure to begin. Then they learned they had
| been duped Several days aao q nstty stranger
| alighted at the railroad station from . New
York train. and. after walk about the city.
visited the Ecenino Sentinel of1ice. Introducing
hlmselft to Mr.. James Golden. editor and pro-
| prietor. as the brother Of Miss Minnie A.
| Williams, elocutlonist. OF New York. whose
| representative he was He explained that he
desired to arrange for recital By his sister OF
| Shakespeare's " Winters Tale" to an audi
| enoe com prisinc only the city's elite. Repre-
sentinR that he had already called on the Rev.
| A. II. Wyatt Of the Norwalk Methodist Church,
| the Rev. A. Z. Burns. South Norwalk Methodist
| walk Baptist Church. the Rev. Gerald II. Beard.
| South Norwalk Congregational Church, and
others. Editor Golden's visitor produced letters
| Of recommendation and enlisted the newsps-
per mans services in disposlnR OF tickets to
| his sisters recital at So each. He secured
| forty persons. under whose patronage the re-
cital was to have been given. At the head Of
the list came the olerRymen OF the town. and
| then there was a race apparently By the
axvalla IN nat on tha AZ n 0fhara
not on the list purchased tickets Of admission.
and on Friday evening. the time announced
for the reading to take place. Arion Hall was
| crowded TO the, door. Every seat was occu.
nied. and Councilman Jacob Schaub assumed
more. chair. TO accom- m oaate The. rG.S. Hold:
ers Of tickets began arriving At z o'clock, and
@ wrong. n aiss % Minnie M Il. Viii Williams, eiocuiion ii
Speaking Of the matter to-day Editor Ioldcn
-, before the clock in the depot tower had
Of the elite had assembled. For nearly an
Fsa. sssi .eped sn% sSd
OF woe. saving In substance: My friends. 1
1Ssi psx. s Ssps Dss 9SI ,1S tS .
circumstances impossible to explain. In short.
thi; I'm H%estinx is dhpM6uE ,S 1,,h, q, N. ,.
senee Of the speaker OF the evening. give one
Sf his instfuetSs and ssntertainng t&Ias on
non n-sppesrsnce of the sister. Of the man intro
Ssverai s persons % nominatrd dsslined to serve serve.
1t was finally suggested that two or three OF
committee. and the entire gathering act as
auxiltaries Mrs. keep was requested tote;
that the admission money be refunded II any
we're dissatistsd and Senator Ferris said II
sos %oa STOP Mn At es ss
their way out their money. As far as possible.
Evidently some other thought was upper
most In their minds. for the box window was
S0%s ThS haa "a
the s. clear: bracins air. perhaps hurting MALE
Contin uine. Editor Golden said that every
81 ' to hear Mr.. %iliiams's ulster Teeto might
they would have resdils PAID Ct sen Senator to John
Il. Ferris said this evening to Sun reporter
SON som The plan he eI pisined was was TO furnish each
subscriber with five tickets fer the exceedingly
used By the subscriber and his OF Of her friends.
The tiekets k printed at the Scnsn oss ,,, were
mesnwhile overseeing the Job and az the same
time puftine away on the sditors cigars A.
ss the M Ms
tive procured a horse =, and buggy from Livery
WAS Se9Ss 20 .nd ndS 6s
the senator continu ued. Golden is unable to
nay. but something suggested the idea that
PERHAPS Williams might not be exactly as he
represented himself Then remem boring that
he had not iaken the trouble to ascertain
whether Williams had called on the Rev. MIR.
Burns and the other ministers and good poo
pie whose names he had secured. Editor Golden
hurried to the stable. but Williams had gone.
Word was left to have Williams call at ths
Ssntnei office when he returned. Editor
Golden did not communicate his suspicions
to any one. but waited for Williams. He had.
however. made up his mind to investigate
Williams could not give satisfactory creden-
exposed. He learned that some who had paid
for their tickets had not received them others
had received them. but not paid up. and many
had both received the tickets and paid their
Not hearing from the livery stable. Editor
Golden called there again. and was informed
that when Williams returned after delivering
made known. Well will 70 to the offlce ut
once said Williams and he hurried away;
He has not been seen In bouth Norwalk since"
Williams worked the same game In Mont
clair. y. j.. recently, where he met with sue
.cesA Then, however, he recsiyed 50 for his
tickets. He is said to have furnished rooms on
Graham. who was the gentleman tirst ap-
preached in this city. is positive that the young
man is a degenerate son OF n Shakespearean
reader OF celebrity Williams Is now thought
to he somewhere along the Hudson River.
where he told South Norwalk people that his
sister was TO read soon