New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-28
COSTLY RATS NESTS FOUND.
MYSTERIOUS DTsAPPEARANcEs OF MONEY
ACCOUNTED FOR.

MYSTERIOUS DISADVANTAGES Or hoNbh
ACCOUNTED FOR
The pleasure that a rat takes IN stealing nss
never been accurately estimated. Discretion on
discrimination the part OF the rat Is aoso.u'e"
unknown but the rats in John Carbsrry's barroom
at Atlantic and Rocka why ayes. showed rsmarkaoe
taste in the articles tina, they selected to carry
away Mr.. Carberry has been In business Tor
reary six years and has lived on Ocean Hill Tor .
quarter OF century. For the last i"o or tnres
years money has myster.ouey disappeared from the
cash drawer Both Mr.. Carberry and his bartende"
were utterly unable 70 aecoun, for this disappear
ance. vague idea that second Hermann vss
circulating about the premises and extracting none!
from the Till by sleght-of-hand performances leo
them 70 keep particularly careful watch IN 'ns
endeavor to discover the thief
one night in March 1892. Mike" Carlton, the
bartender was In charge Of the place. he hao
three onc-doar bills. which he placed In the drawe'
Several men, habiues OF the place were ieah'ns
up against the casks opposite the bar. and severs
others playing cards in the rear OF the Saloon
Carlton was called 20 serve drinks 10 the men wno
were playing cards. and when he came back ana
again opened the til the bills had disappeared
Thinking that II wls joke put up on him oy some
OF the barroom ways, he asked that the money d
returned before he made up his cash account tnat
night When the time came the bills were sun
missing Time and again the same sudden dsap'
experienced but. unlike the cat OF Blessed mem.
DRY. the bills returned not Carberry himself missed
$25 night He counted his money over ana over
again, endeavorng to persuade himself that one
dollar bill was a ten spot" in order to make inc
account square, but his imagination failed
This sort OF thing went on until a few weeks ago.
when Carberry put a two-dollar bill In the crawer
He turned away for few moments. and upon again
opening the drawer the BIZ. nowhere to be seem
This was too much The sudden disappearance ana
the fact that no one had been behind the bar but
himself led him think that the depredations must
have been committed by four-footed enemies ano
a search instituted Several nests OF rats HeIy
found Some of the bills had been gnawei oeyono
ton. but much OF the money was comparatively W. W.
injured. large roll OF the mutilated greeneacxs
was sent to the bank where Mr., Carberry sesp
his account. and there redeemed but many Of tns
bills much better suited TO the needs or the ~
than anything e.se. q.
When Carberry was seen a day or two ago ~
Tribune reporter he seemed much excited o' and .S
declared emphaticay that the whole story va
untrue: that the rats were his good friends, ANY
had never cartsd of any OF his cash In sPi,e rs,
this denial the story was corroborated by his folmes
bartender Nike Carlton and by several otoe,s
whose frequent visits TO the place made them avx x
to testify in regard 70 the case just how a ss
certainei. but that 1t amounted to several hunosS
dollars is undeniable. At present Carberry keeSS
his paper money top OF the bar. where careful
tered about the place In lavish profuslon, IN w
hope that the rats may get the worst OF IT, Wne.s ,n
all OF the money has been recovered or not suI
a matter OF considerable doubt and more cae,us
and thorough search In the cellar and behind ~,
bar fixtures may result In the discovery OF seve,s
more deposits. Just how many more rats nests navs
learned more accurately when the new fixtures ."
put In place next month.