The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
TURNER, G. W.-TWO OF 'BM
DUNg AND sHERIFFsS DBPUTr FUR
SUE THE WROwG ONE.

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LAWYER Nstines lutua Thnt s.That Marriage IN
Connections was LeEaI,n and mat the We
man Will Hold 1Hiu-Iipton Hints Arsuhe
at Payment for Tive Bottles OF "h'sHes'
Green & johnson, lawyers, whose offices are In
tho Times building, had a deputy sherih hang
ing around tho Hotel st. George In Brooklyn
yesterday looking for @. w. Turner. The only
@. w. Turner at the st. George is a man whose
business connections with several newspapers
brought him a large circle of acquaintance. He
was publisher of the old Recorder newspaper,
and he is now conducting a literary bureau. Inc
fact that the deputy sheriff was looking for
G. w, Turner did not appear to surprise this
G. w. Turner. for this g. w. Turner had been
out all day with a gun looking for the other q.
w. Turner.
Around at ono of the hotel entrances sat tho
deputy sheriff with q big batch of papers and q
determined look on his face. At another en-
trance was a crowd OF bill collectors. and sitting
on the various stoops in the neighborhood,
watching the hotel windows. were mon of all
sizes, shapes, and nationalities. There was
even an italian bootblack there. He mumbled:
"whona man geta gooda shine and no pay dc
mon, he noa gooda man."
Faith an they do be tellin' me that this @.
w. Turner is not that G. W. Turner and that 1t
was that g. w. Turner and not this G. w. Tur-
uBT WIN huuR hho ny . XIV Sup viii
him through Cintral Park" remarked an Irish
man, as he folded up his horse blanket and put
1t on the seat of his cab. preparing to give up
the job of finding the g. w. Turner he was look
ing for.
The Hotel 81. George G. w. Turner had en-
ployed q man by the week to make explanations,
but last night the man threatened to throw up
his Job and go to heaven. He said that he had
sold axle grease on the road. had peddled books.
had been collector for an undertaken, had been
q baseball umpire, q Brooklyn Bridge police
man, a political office dispenser for Mayor
Gleason, and q name collector for Mayor Lows
boom, but his last job was the worst ho had
ever tackled. In fact, he said he would rather
be a New York Police Commissioner.
1T is utterly impossible said the ~explana-
ton agent to a sun reporter. for me or any
other man living to convince tho various bill
collectors that Mr.. George w. Turner, the
former publisher Of the Recorder, does not owe
the bills contracted by another G. w. Turner.
who also lives somewhere. My employer has
been annoyed by these people for the past three
months. Scarcely a day passes that he does not
receive at least one or two letters asking him to
P Which for bos goods Ssyer which drSa1e6 Dc VIXEN VIXEN r ,Sess Iett snd
began to pour in upon him he started me out TO
Investigate the matter, md | then learned that
would not interfere. The Post Office people told
US that they could do little, even though the
Of the other Turner. They said, however, that
they would try. But the other Turner's letters
these letters said: Dear MIR. Turner: WHY
don! you pay the rent rent of of the Gor uptown msn
Immediately against YOU stii another said
that the marriage in Connecticut was legal
Mr.. Turner to the marriage contract. To top it
all off the deputy. sheriff arrived to-day at the
hotel to seize our Mr.. Turner's body; This was
the straw that broke the camel's back. Our Mr.
Turner can stand it no longer. He is going to
employ a firm Of lawyers to see II there Is any
Detective l.. A.. Newcome, whom the Hotel st.
George g. w; Turner employed to help him,
was another G. w. Turner connected in some
way with a publishing company In Nassau
people in the neighborhood downtown had
been getting notes written on the letter.
sent to business men downtown. and being or
ders for goods. signed &. w. Turner. In each
the order 81 Seiie vi that hal the orders had been
signed BY G. w. Turner, formerly of the Re
s %sfs Dr. AP Perfy those in tho Sh Pu hiisa s sSfs oEa snd
D, aIs W.. w me- q y ,ais n the m 1d.sis sa% on the ssa 4Y wss
cafe. "A boy came in here one day with an
order for q bottle Of whiskey. The order was
written in lead pencil on q blank bill head OF
the publishing company. 1t read:
s's;s s &C.: : ;sa' 1 ." Viii ! &c s'' dow" q s SSiI g * S Y Il $ss / !. 3: g 8
"Of course l knew Mr.. G. w. Turner who had
been connected with the Recorder. and knew
him to be responsible, SO l gave the messenger q
bottle of whiskey. About half an hour later
the boy returned 10 our place with another order.
signed G. w. Turner. asking for another bottle
OF whiskey. and saying that the writer had been
detained in the office OF the Publishing Company
by some friends who had called there to
see him. Believing the note had. como
the second bottle of whiskey: Not hearing
any more about the matter, although my friend
Mr.. Turner had been coming in here every day,
l said to him one day, after several weeka had
passed: By the way, how was that whiskey !
Then / showed him the orders. He looked at
them and said tn Al, he had never written any
such orders. Then he began telling me how he
had been bothered by the doings OF his name
sake"
At PER- 3 drug store a similar story was told.
A man called there and left II note signed by G.
w. Turner. asking DIR. Perry to leave out two
bottles OF wine. which would be called for In the
evening. That night n man called at the drug
store and got the two bottles OF wine. A few
days later, when the Hotel ST. George Mr.. Tur-
ner appeared at the drug store. DIR. Perry asked
him II he had got the wine all right and how he
liked II.
At the offices Of the law firm of Green & John.
son one of the members OF the firm said that
having obtained ii Judgment for a client against
the publishing concern. and being under the i'm.
preston that q. W. Turner, who had been pub
Usher Of the Recorder, was a member OF this
concern. they decided TO haul him up in sup
Elementary proceedings. belle wing that he was
They were unable to serve him after getting er
ecuiion out, and so they had q deputy sheriff
looking for him over In Brooklyn. Now they
will inquire further.
GLEASON WILL BET ON HIMSELF