The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-11
SHORT STORIES.
Sold BROOKLYN Bridge.

(New York Sun,
The police are looking for an Italian
bunco man who has been swindling his
feliOw-countTymen for the past month
IN novel manner. He was first heard
OF when SignoF Luigi COrelH, an Italian
merchant who recently landed in New
York went 20 the Office of Lawyer Rob
ert Raeey in the Ahrens building, at the
corner OF Elm and Franklin streets, and
told remarkable story of how ne had
been fieeced by the swindler. He told
his story through an interpreter explain
ing that he had been buncOed out OF $500
How did the buncO man get it?" asked
Lawyer Racey.
He sell-a de Brooklyn bridge to nv
friend explained the interpreter.
- Sold the Brooklyn bridge to your
sure" answered the Interpreter. "Only
not all de bridge. Only New YOrk-a side.
He tell-a my-a friend Mayor Van Wyck
oWn-a de rest. He tell-a my-a friend de
Brooklyn bridge do mUch-a. business. He
meta my-a friend just so soon de ship
come in. He find out his name Sure.
Poorly soon he said Hello, Signor Co
relh, and he shake-a de hand. Ny friend
think he know-a him in old country, but
fOrget-a de name. All right. He have a
drink, my friend have a drink, an he
take-a my friend all round for two day.
show him de cit. He know lots police
man an shake-a de hand. He telI-a de
policeman my friend be new Italian con-
hands with my friend. He tell-a my
friend IN Italian all policeman work for
him. Second day he tOOk-a my friend up
to bridge and gaVe-a my friend free ticket
to ride Brooklyn All right He tell-a
my friend he an Mayor Van Wyck Own-a
de bridge. He say he sell-a my-a friend
one piece New YOrk-a side for five hun
dol. All right, he buy de bridge. He
tell-a my friend keep New YOrk-a side
for week an when he like he buy all
Brooklyn side, too, for ten tOus' dol"
Very cheap for the Brooklyn side OF
/ the bridge remarked Lawyer Racy.
I'D give that much myself for it."
My friend buy-a Central park bear
too, an two stores" continued the in
terpreter.
He was lucky in not buying the new
geological gardens" remarked the law
yer. II had a man in here the other day
who told me that he bought the aquarium
from an italian who met him at the
| Battery. He had been in New York but
! a few days and he signed a contract tC
! buy a third interest in the zoo for $500
| from another Italian. l guess it's the
1 chap who sold the Brooklyn bridge Il
/ your friend. He took one Of my clients
/ down to the city hall, told him it was
( hotel, sold him some of the furniture ant
4 then brought him over to the county
: court house where he got his money il
2 return for appointing him chef of the
/ Court House hotel"
/ Signor Corelli listened attentively Will,
{ the lawyer was talking and the interpret
J er repeated the story ending by telling
4 the signor that the only thing the lawyer
/ could do would be to report the mattel
! to the police.
/ you no eatch-a him today?" asked
7 the interpreter, and when the lawyer
said mo" the signOr threw out his chest
! tugged at the end of his mustache anC
exclaimed:
'L'uccido domanir'
MY friend YER mad" explained tn,
interpreter. "He say when Mr. Bunel
no buy-a de bridge back he kill-a Mr.
Bunco tomorrow. Good-by."