New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-08
HER PRAYER ANSWERED.
THEN SHE SHOWED HOW "oNDTr" ~" 49,
VAST WAS HER KNOWLEDGE
or ppOEiNITY

mas etoIen in the Leland Hotel al Chicaso io"''
voars ago and was recently returned 10 ware"
Leland. at the Windsor Hotel oil '''s ny 10, TO-
brought 10 mind many stories of money stolen VI o'
-, a,,orwa,d recovered in strange ways A"o"s
o,hora e. a peculiar case in which young s'r' "as
saved from unjust punishment through the NV, 81,
,ion Of Lewis Leland, who Is now assis'"s "'
brother Warren f.. at the WINDSOR ho.ei' p''
the time of the story was connected VIII" '''' wv
Metropolitan liote. $1,000, ..,o, 7 was
=, Tho Netronolitan Hotel | was just on the eve Oh
taxing q trip to California Judge c. OF iiiino,''
who was guest in the house, was gong 100 ou' Nv
was going one steamer ahead OF me- ~ voc w
Friday and the Judges steamer was " Sd'' wv
dav On Friday evening the Judge went out Tor a
walk saving to me as he left the hotei 'ial ~ ~
sorry we could not sail in the same steamer nu
engaged massage In steamer that was to SAIL the o'
lowing Monday and could not very wei chahse' 'u"s
G. went out and walked down broadway 'o"","
the ST Nicholas lie had gone only a le" o'ocns
when no met friend from Chicago, and they stoppeu
for a chat on the sidewalk. The street al thal '''e
of the evening was not crowded. and the TWO men,
staining there quietly caused no inconvenience ou'
while they were still talking a policeman ofueIeu
them to move on.
".I will not move on said Judge c. who was
not well acquainted with the ins and outs OF metro
politan life. i am an American cilzel' anu wiz
stand here az long as ! want 10.
This angered the policeman. and ne arrested the
Judge and took him to the old police station IN Ma
rion-st. Of which Captain Williamson was '"e" III
charge About an hour later receiver al I'll sem
note from the Judge, begging me TO hurry 10 ."e
pollce station and get him out lie did not kno" ''a'
nv law then recently passed he could not be iloer-
ated before morning without getting police justice
N hear the charge against him. But went AROUND
70 the police si1tion without delay and asked 10 zee
him They took me down into the prison pen anu
there stood the Judge In the middle OF the CELL o'h
ing the picture of despair
For Heavens sake Leland said he. get me out
of this The place is covered with vermm doh
dare to move
II was acquainted with the captain ana exp.aine1
10 him that the Judge had been arrested on account
of the oicousness of the policeman anG ASKED per
mission for him TO spend the night upstairs III t's
cantain's private room. The permission was granted
and went out to get the Judge some refreshments'
While we were in the prison my attention was at
trac.ed by young girl, who was on her knees on the
stone floor praying earnestly that the money she had
been accused of stealing might be found ana she De
liberated.
Ion. nv Godr said she, in a voice half-smothered
with tears may the money be found and may my IN
nocence be proved! What will become Of my inVaiid
mother and nv dear little brother II | am sent 70
prison% She was terribly in earnest ana used much
better language than could have been expected from
one in her position. I afterward learned ina, her
father was German and her mother an ltalian' ana
that she was bright girl. Her prayer moved me ana
was convinced of her innocence When returned
with the Judges refreshments found another OF
the METROPOLITAN Hotel guests, Mr.. b. OF Connecti-
cut talking with the captain He said that ne had
been robbed of a pocketbook containing 'fVV py
Young waiter girl in beer saloon. and that ne had
caused the girls arrest. soon learned that the girl
he complained of was the prisoner had heard pray
ing in her cell / told Mr. b that was sure the
girl could not be thief. for had heard her pray
ing so earnestly the fnding Of the lost money Dut
he was sure that she had stolen It,
He went into the beer saloon. he said. and sat down
and ordered some beer. and when he went to pay Tor
# his pocketbook was missing. No one had been near
him in the saloon but this waiter girl and ne nssted
on her guilt and upon appearing against her' Mt
p had only arrived from Connecticut that same
afternoon. and so sure of the girls innocence
that questioned the gentleman closely "a TO wheIe
he had been since he had reached New-forK. lie
said that he had gone straight to the metropolitan
Hotel in the afternoon, to Niolo's Garden IN the
evening and from there to the saloon in broadway
basement where he discovered his loss
Then come with TO the hotel said 10 him
and We will go the theatre and see whether we can
find any trace of your pocketbook thete we t1d
the night Waterman, who had gone TO sleep; 1 toiI
him that we were looking for something that had
gas In Nb.cs in those days were upholstered sofas
each seating number OF persons 1ne arms az
seats By a space about half an inch wide. Mr.. b
remembered the seat he had occupied ana sald that
the middle of the house We went down there and
looked over the seat and the floor but there was no
lighted and | ran my hand around the crevice be-
tween the back of the sofa and the seat and between
the upholstered arm and the velvet seat, was Mr.:
BIS pocketbook; He had carried 1t IN his pistol
noe ket and when he down il had worked its way
out and. being thin and nat although it contained
good deal Of money i slipped into ms crevce and
sticking up above the seat. Nobody would have
noticed it without looking carefully for it, The
p10nn u "a
Mr. b was ready to Jump for joy and half
ashamed of himself too for accusing the waiter girl
so having her locked up but he protested that he
afford IT, ssyS cos ne aad brought on the
though. after some talking he agreed to give the girl
found, but a good deal more glad on account OF the
girl. who might have been convicted II the pocket
book had not been found. | knew that she would be
overjoyed hear that her innocence established
and half-expected that she would drop down on her
giving b and | returned to the station house and
told Captain Williamson Of the finding of the money
and asked him to let the girl go, had proof
positive Of her innocence. He said that the wouli
not allow him to do that but that he would take her
night in the public room upstairs. The pleasant ask
Of telling the p9or girl that we We're assured Of her
stairs and brought her up. She was a pretty girl
MY girl said to her. when she came up the
money that you accused OF Sealing has been
found. and we all know You innocent You Will
be discharged in the morning as soon as the court is
The girl didn't get down on her knees AMI offer any
scoTnfnlly at the man Who had caused her apTes
she broke out into string of oaths half yard long
, and for fully ten minutes cursed Mr.. b and all his
friends in style be exce.ed by expert boot
black. She able at prayer. but her praying ca
pacity nothing 10 her talent for swearing There
was not an oath or vile name ever heard by mortal
that she did not apply 10 poor b. and IL was
all done quickly that there nothing left for
him but to stand and take it like man. After she
had exhausted her stock OF expetives Gained her
excited mind by putting SIS in her hand She
discharged in the morning. Mr.. b returned to
Connecticut and Judge C sailed for California
cursng the circumstances that would let him
stay In the city long enough to prosecute the police
man who had caused his arrest"
THE "TOSHERS" AT OXFORD