Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-22
SIOE-TRACKED
ONE DAY AND A LA NDED
PROPRIETOR THE
NEXT.

Cheno1 eth, but Whose Rea
Name is Totally Unknown as Ye
"A Really Good Story Righ'
Here at Homs-TLe Magic But
ter Max r, and How Chenowe.f
Bit o. it.
The ste ry that grew ont Of the ca.
of the man who gave his name al
|'Chenoweth," when arrested fol
drunk is ind. ed iich ore and worthy
an elaborate telling 1t is as follows
On last Thu lay evening ct Ger
Kara, 0 trampish -loo kirg individ
ual was put ont of box car that had
been side tracked there. The man had
been locked in the car. and when dis.
covered there by the brakeman. was
put ont with the usual pemp and cea
mony that attends the bringing out OF
a new tramp The man wss penniless.
but he was Lot poor. No indeei. Me b
with the unalterable nerve of that one
and ths capacity for angling for suck
ers that he showed in the next twenty
four hoprs, are always rich wherever
ID re are other men with things to
give awav for gold bricks. This
trampish looking fellow in mediately
stsered for the heart of the noisy city
OF Glen karn, where he asked for the
sIorekeeper. 81 That dignitary was
shown him, in the person of w. A.
ChenoV eth, who keeps a general store
there Mr.. Chenoweth is a man of
some means, and a good business man
when there are no sharpers around.
The msn approached him affably, told
him he had a good thing in the way of
a business proposition that he would
like to introduce the next day. The
merchant told him TO 60 to hotel and
stay all night and he would see him
the nt xt day. The stranger frankly
admitted that be was out of expense
money. aud said he would have to stay
all night at fhenoweth's house. The
good man went to his home near by
and laid the proposition before his
wife. who looked down upon it with
and it was arranged that
the stranger should roost elsewhere,
which he did, giving the individual
right for his wonderful invention for
the privilege of staying there.
The next day the wonderful thing
the man had was explained in full to
Mr.. Chenowet' 1T is called the Short
hand butter maker. All that is
necessary is to take a pound of milk,
a little of the magic powder, a bowl
and an egg beater, and the butter is
soon made, every vestige of the milk
being used up, and the product tasting
like real butter. The imitation in ap-
pearance and taste was simply perfect
weth with the greatest secrecy, and
The man told him a cock and bull story
that was veritable peach. He said
his name was Williams, and that he
mad purchased the right of this process,
for the entire United States, from a
man named Worth, at Centerville, Ia. !,
and that he sold the individual rights
to anyone for So. The thing was
catchy, and a good seller, and a man
could get rich selling right of
it to the farmers in the
Just to show Cheneweth
what could be done, he took him out
with him, ard together they sold quite
a number in q short time. This an
the merchant. and he had
golden day-dreams. He offered the
man farm uf ITO acres in Magoffin
county, Kentucky, for the rights for
Wayne and Randolph counties in In
diana, and Preble and Darke counties
in Ohio. The man finally accepted
the offer and the deal was closed. He
had a number of blank receipts for in
dividual rights. These he gave to the
people who kept him over night, one to
each family. He departed from that
place about Saturday. On Thurs
day evening he had been fred
from a a>freight car, and on Satur-
day evening he had a deed for
ITO acres of land. The deed he had
made out in the name of Cora Cook of
Gallon, Q. Inquiry at thai place dis
covers the fact that there is such a
person as Cora Cook who gets mail at
that place. 1t is supposed that she is
al accomplice.
When the man was arrested here an
inquiry was made by the police. and
the man Chenoweth, of Glen Karn.
answered with telegram, wanting the
man held. He was fined for drunk
and was sent down. When arrested he
had on his person a china bowl, an or
binary egg beater ID little package
of powder. The man chenoweth came
last night and it was from him tnat the
story was cleaned. He is still of
the op Mon that the scheme is money
maker, and thinks the product might
easily be marketed as ZEAL butter or as
something just as good. He tells
glowingly of the furor that the mans
invention created in Glen karn. That
expiau atien is net neees ssary, however
as the results of the tramp's visit
speak for itself. What sort of hoodoo
work he does with the little bowl. the
milk and the powder. is sort of mys
terry. The man gives his name as W
f. Williams, but as there is nothing or
his person or any OF his papers tina,
would indicate that such was his name
it is not believed. He has a number
Of notes on his person, each with
different name, of the same date, anC
each In his own handwriting
with different signatures. The,
are written in blue pencil. the
same as entries are made with III hi
note book. The man is evidentl,
crooked. though he may succeed in ex
plaining his mysterious self. FL,
claims TO have wife and child a
Vandalia. H., and that, his wife re
fusing to assist him in his work. b,
makes all deeds to Miss Cook. of Gal
ion. o. The deed for the property i
in the hands of the police, and it is no
known whether aay charge can b
found on which to hold the man whel
his time in jail Is out. There will b
no pains spared to find out all abou
his identity and character. before hi