Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-27
Monte Cristo sinclair Had q Right
10 "Burn" the stun.

''''t' ,NtNtO SthetHtF Nuu " htRht
To Burn" the stun.
Leslie D.. Sinclair, the Hoosier Monte
Cristo who sought to hide his princely iden.
tity by scrawling on the register Of the Grand
hotel the plebeian name Of Davis, left for
his home In Vincennes, Ind, yesterday after
noon.
Leslie had about all the fun a man can
have In this town with plenty Of money.
When In the presence of some of his newly
made friends yesterday he picked up the lit
tie hand grip that had been kicked around
the hotel with the commonplace remark
that he would see II he had money enough
left to get home on" he counted out So. 900
in bank bills. 1t was a wonder that some
BODY did not get away with the modest look
ing grip, for its owner had left it wherever
he happened to drop it, sometimes in the
hallway, sometimes in the hotel bar, and
sometimes 1t accompanied him on his visits
to East Pierce street. The police were fully
satisfied that he had a right to spend the
money, for they learned positively that it
was all his. but they were DESTROYS of seeing
that he was not held up and robbed, or that
he did not get too rapid in his fun.
His gait was certainly a dizzy one. In
two nights he spent between 5000 and 500
in one bagnio. He never gave an order for
anything that amounted to less than S25, and
as a parting reminder Of his affection for his
female friends he gave each Of them a
twenty-bottle basket of wine, and to keep
the three or four stable boys from feeling
sighted he sent them ten-bottle baskets.
This was getting away with the money pretty
fast, but it was not fast enough to suit the
prihcely Leslie. and in the presence Of his
adiniring audience he counted out 5000 In
crisp new bills and worked real hard for five
minutes tearing them into bits, then rolling
them between his palms moistened with
saliva, he made a neat little paper ball which
he tossed into the s%pittoon, and then setting
the spittoon on the window sill he kicked II
into the street Who finally Sppurpl misses.
sion Of the valuable paper ball is not known
but it is quite likely somebody will call upor
the United States treasury to redeem the mu
tiiated currency.
Sinclair was not engaged in getting drum
all the time he was spending his money. II
fact he was always the most sober one in hi
crowd. His friends in Vincennes who hav,
been communicated with say that he is
model young society man of great wealth
which he inherited. and is also a member o
the big shoe firm of Badclett & Co. II
sUmstimes makes the money fly, but whe!
he wants to cut a very wide swath he get
a good long way from home.
1t was learned last night that when h
came here he showed eleven 81 900 package
Of new bank bills of the Pittsburg FRS
National bank issue, each package in 1t
original wrapper, and besides this had
couple OF thousand in broken lots tucke
about his person.
Under all the circumstance the polio
believe they were justified in thinking h
might be a bank burglar or a train robber
One thing that perhaps fastened Mr.. Sin
clair's departure was the hint of the chic
OF police that there was danger of him bein
robb-d. During the afternoon severa
strangers were industriously cultivating hi
acquaintance. Their conduct was so suspi
cious that the chief took the young ma
under his protection, made him gather up hi
, money and accompanied him to one of tn
| banks, where 1t was counted over again an
So. $50 Of it put in the form Of a draft an
sent to his address in Vincennes by mpl.
! 1t was reported that somebody had SUI
, ceeded in touching him for $3.50 during tn
, afternoon, as that amount was missing whe
a recount was made.