The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24

James Connors, lower town character,
who can beg, peddle pencils. clean cuspi-
doris and steal, has for several weeks been
making a specially OF begging. says the
Buffalo Express. His method has been 10
''jigger' his arm, appear lame and pass
out to persons in street cars small cards,
containing four or five verses headed "A
Beggars Appeal" II is understood that
the recipient of the So-called appeal Will
give TO the author whatever ne cares TO
give.
Three or four days ago ConnOrs ran out
of cards. His business had been excep-
tionally good. He went to a printer on
lower Main street and left an order for 500
cards, giving the prin .er one Of the -origi-
mails as a copy. Two of the verses read
as follows:
Many a bright, good hearted fellow,
Many a noble minded man.
Finds himself in water shallow,
Then assist him if you can.
DO your best for one another
Making life a pleasant dream,
Help a worn and crippled brother,
Pulling hard against the stream.
Armed with a supply of these things,
Connors, made bouyant by the prospects
for good business and good drunk set
out last evening to pick up some money.
He selected the Lackawana Railway sta
ton as the scene Of operations. He passed
through the waiting room, handing card
to each of the kind looking men and Wo-
men he saw, and, a few moments later,
retraced his steps with his hand out
stretched. One man laughed at him; a
woman sneered and handed back the card,
and a young man said to Connors.
Someone ought to strap you TO the tail
end Of a railway train with your head
hanging down and start the train"
COnnors allowed this slur to pass unan-
swered and moved out to the street 10
make an effort at solving the secret OF
his i'll luck. Hitherto persons had given
literally on reading his appeal. Now
they snickered or sneered. He decided TO
try again amid other surroundings. SO, en-
tering a saloon in Main street, near Perry
street, he gave one of the cards to lake
man, who appeared TO be prosperous. The
lakeman read it, looked Connors over from
head to foot.
you look it," he said, emphaticaly.
Every word of it's true, sir returned
Connors, plaintvely.
Whereupon, the lakeman seized Connors
by the neck and dragged him toward the
door. Connors objected to the treatment
and resisted. He was arrested by Patrol
man Carr of the First precinct just as he
was emerging from the door in advance of
tllS ldh6llldu- WHeu ne was SedItIen at
the station house about fifty cards were
found on him. This is the way they read:
Many a bright, good hearted lobster,
Many dirty low born bloke,
Has 'trun' the guys that put him wise,
And become a top notch soak.
1 haven't worked in fifteen years,
And I'm a healthy, husky man,
I'm a lying lout who's always out
For the price to chase the can.
I'm a worthless, shftess, drunken bum,
And a thief from hat to shoes.
l never spent a blooming cent
For anything but booze.
You know what il is to be a bum,
TO your pals you should be kind, sir.
Recall your woes and frisk your cloths,
And hand me what you find, sir.
When Connors was asked by the desk
sergeant if he could read and write he
said he could not do so. He was locked up
on a charge of vagrancy.