St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-23
WHERE WINTERS
PLEASANT GENTLEMAN WHOSE
FINANCIAL METHODS ARE
NOT APPROVED.
VERY HANDY WITH CHECKS,
VALUE IN COMMERCIAL
CIRCLES.
WINTERS, ADDRESS WANTING.
& Number of st. Paul People Very
Anxious to Know His Where
abOutS.

! wonderful gift OF suffering - and
uttering. Sometimes it seems to make
! little difference to Mr.. Winters what
he utterS; and, besides ulprintable
| explosives, it is asserted that he has
! been known to utter checks that were
| Of no value except to enable Mr.
| Winters to replenish, fatten, extend
| and comfortably pad his eXchequer.
| He always carries 1T (the eXchequer)
with him - also the cheques : and
this may explain why he has achieved
| somewhat of reputation as a
| checker of other peoples funds.
For alleged offenses of this char
acter the police of ST Paul are now
seeking to check and demand pay
ment on Mr. Winters exceedingly
| checkered career.
The complete story of this man's
| life would beat many a sensational
| dream Of fiction. He is possessed of
| a most admirable nerve, which his
suffering abilities enable him to
control, disguise and palm off as
bashfulnesS or innocent bonhomie
His knowledge of the world and Of
| men is almost as liberal as his ca
pacity for fooling the world. It is
related of him by the dickey birds
that one time he succeeded in COM
pletely fooling an angry woman,
who had a right to be fearfully jeal-
Gus, and who camped on his trail
for deadly vengeance. When the
distressed lady found the object of
her wrath he was supposed to be
dying, and his trick of suffering en-
abled him to produce the death rat
tie in his throat at will. Forgive
ness followed the discovery of his
fearful % condition, and he got so
much enjoyment out of the success
Of his ruse that deception has since
come to be regarded by him as a
trade. And he has made it pay, for
the time being.
But numerous people are now in
curing for the address of George
F. Winters, and if it were possible
they would gladly exchange photo
graphs, in order that they might put
the preSentment of Mr.. Winters up to
be shot at, and to vent their wrath
on when too full for polite Ian
guage. But right here is where the
suffering comedian fools them. He
never had a photograph taken-at
least, not that any one remembers.
He never had any use for a photo
graph, because he could impress him
| self so wildly on the memory Of even
| ordinary acquaintance that photo
| graphs would be superfluous.
l heard a railroad man say last
| night that Winters never bought a
| ticket and he never had a pass. He
| was so smooth that conductors
wouldn't know he was on the train;
and if they didn't, of course ticket
would be useless. One very prominent
railroad manager, of a philanthropic
and scholastic turn of mind, has rub
| bed against Mr.. Winters smoothest
side within a few days, it is said, and
can bear witness to the fact that the
missing man is perfectly frictionless.
| He is also a beauty when hidden be-
hind blue goggles. The last glimpse
that the emfssaries of the railway mag
nate could catch of Winters was when
| he took an Interurban car for Min
neapolis, with his stutter at rest, a
| seraphic smile on his face and a good
| deal more than SIS in his inside pocket.
He is going yet, and those who know
his gentle idiosyncrasies say he is gone.
But the fly bobs are dead stuck" to
| get him, for various reasons. He is
an ''amoosin' cuss" and a raconteur
of peerless quality. AS witness the
fact that he recently entered a big
wholesale dry goods house in st. Paul
and suffered himself into the good
graces of the gentlemanly managers.
Then he accidentally, by mistake,
dropped on the floor what appeared
to be certified check for a large
sum. He rescued it when his attention
was called to the fact that he had
dropped it, and smiled his thanks. A
little later he interrupted the CONVEX
sation to inquire very naively and very
innocently if it was after banking
hours, and could he presume to asl,
accommodation in the cashing of a
check. Again the diclzey birds-and
the refrain is $3.50, or thereabouts. gone
like the drowned songster over whom
was sung willow, tit willow. -
Other notes of the dickey birds song
are redolent of possible snaps that
would be interesting. But the trust
ing folks who basked in his beaming
smile and chuckled at his stammer-
ing guilelessness, are too modest IN
admit how much they thought of him.
The profit and loss account of several
houses might a tale unfold, but books
are dumb and feeced lambs are shy of
| exposure
/ several n 90 II
was salesman for a. large wholesale
house in st. Paul, and he was known
as one OF the very best on the road.
He admired pretty pfctures-living pic
tures-and the closer the view the bet
ter he liked them. 1t is said of him
that he never lacked for pleasant COM
pany on a train. because he had a
suffering faculty that enabled him to
stumble into the good graces of angels,
He also had a generous habit of max
ing presents to those of his female
friends who would accept them. Now
this misplaced generosity sometimes
got him into trouble with his wife, ar
estimable lady who is at present re.
siding in Canada. But Winters was
equal to any emergency and his de-
lectabie stutter was so full of pathos
that it protected him even against
the Justifiable anger of his wife. JUS
where he is now is not known. but
ne can confer great favor on hall
dozen trusting, confiding, laughter.
loving st. Paul people by sending his
address, or a photograph-with OF
without the goggles.
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