The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-26
". c. WHITNEY UNDER ARREST.
fried to sell Fivc-DnIIar Gold Pieces
For Dollar ia Broadway.
From he Washington Post.

For a Dollar ia broadway.
From the Washington Post.
II was thinking the other day Of the oc-
casion upon which / saw William C.. Whit
aey. the ex-Secretary Of the Navy. put I'M
5er arrest" said an old-ume New York
er who is now in one OF the departments.
10 some crouies the other night.
Whitney under arrest" the cronies
chorused. This is where you've got 10
your ninth-pill stage. my boy. Whitney
was never arrested in his life. What are
you giving us2'
81 was thinking the other day or the oc-
casion upon which I saw William G.
whitney. ex-Secretary OF the Navy, put
under arrest" repeated the old-umer from
New York, with stern look all around.
I'm not maintaining that Whitney ever
was a tough. or that be spent any consid-
cradle portion OF his early career in jail
But / saw him put under arrest by a
plain. ordinary. red-mustached cop once
Just the same. and Il YOU don't believe il,
YOU can write 10 Whitney himself ana
ask him
Whitney was dining with William R.
Travers Larry jerome and few others
Of us-that was before I fell back in the
used-t0-Was class-oae afternoon ABOUT
twenty years ago. at Delmonlcos Wheh
the fLEFelGlifN OF llldilhitu IN SNi'NA Ga 49,
OF New York folk in particular came up
for discussion. Finally Whitney made
bet that he (Whitney) could stand at any
prorniSed corner OF New York and offer
Dasee~sby a five-d0l,ar gold piece in eX-
change for silver dollar and find nary a
takor \Jerome more for the fun of the
thlns. took the bet and Whitney, who
was Just twenty years Younger than ne Is
now. and anxious to vindlcate MS asser-
ton. walked out OF the restaurant and
around the corner Of Twenty-siHln street
and Broadway with all OF us trailing
after him within seeing distance TO see
how he made out.
4Wen Whitney. who was then as swell
looking a man as there was I'm New York
he is vet for that matter-began 10 offer
the hye-dollar gold piece he held in the
palm Of his hand for silver dollar to the
mon passine by. They looked a him.
some OF them. as if he We're crazy, and
va sed ON without replying to his propost-
ton. Others regarded him suspiciously
and looked around for a cop. Seeing no
con. these passed on frowninsly For nj
teen minutes. with all Of US standing in
doorway and holding our sides, Whitney
kept on making his queer offer, with no
takers. and then a little, squat detern-
ined looking chap came along.
VIII YOU give a silver dollar for this
fve-dollar gold piece" Whitney asked the
pedestrian. holding out the coin in the
palm of his hand.
"The man looked first at Whitney and
then az the coin. Then he wheeled around
ana saw a COP standing on the corner
across the street.
Hay, there, you ofiicerH he yelled to
the cop who came over.
Here's a counterfeiter trying to sell
hve-dollar gold piece for dollar said the
squat little man to the officer and then
the COP gave Whitney's arm the grip Of
the Broadway squad man and marched
him to the Thirtieth street police station,
all of us following in their wake. The
captain of the precinct recognized Whit
nev as soon as the cop took him before
the desk. and then we got up and the
matter was explained and Whitney was
turned loose. But he never denies that he
was arrested once in his life all the
same"