The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11

your check is no good. It means that
you must pay your bill here in good
American money
What you say my check eez no
J good? Eet eez wrong; I can prove TO
/ you Eat my check eez good; L Will send
/ to Helena myself. Zere is some mis-
/ take. Frank"
There is no mistake. I want the
money for this bill. good American
mODAy, no checks. right now, or III see
/ that We>zre secured.
! The doctor was astounded at the
! audacity OF the American hotel clerk.
| i want to see ze proprietor Call ze
/ proprietor" he Numbered
1t viii do no good to see the pro
prietor," said the clerk, quietly, ''see
me with the money for this bill"
Plainly, the doctor was beaten.
1 nave just paid S100 for a punch
bowl" he said, lamely, but if you wait
until tomorrow I veel pay YOU"
want the money now" replied the
"Eef you don't believe me viii geeve
you my watch as security" said the
doctor, producing a handsome watch
which he held gingerly close TO his
body.
The clerk reached quickly across the
counter and grabbed the watch. The
doctor gasped with surprise.
GeeYe me my key ne Numbered; Il
veel not stay here to be insulted;
Eat you suffer from zis."
You can't have your key. It would
not do you any good if you had it. The
door is plugged said the clerk.
Just then the judge came out of the
proDrietOr's office.
Judge, Judge" called the doctor,
with SSsz5 assurance.
Don't speak TO me-" said the judge. /
angr1ly, as he brushed past him on his
way out Of the hotel.
Wait wait. I Veel explain" called /
the doctor. and he grabbed his hat and |
Overcoat from the counter where they /
were Sing and ran out in pursuit of the /
judge in time to see him board a NOV /
ing electric car bound toward his home /
on the hill.
That was the last seen of DR.. Hoe /
noch at the Rainier-Grand. but not the /
last of his operations in Seattle, as de- /
veIoped afterward From the hotel he 4
went 10 the leading theatre, where he I
had engaged and paid for a box to en- /
terrain the judges daughters He ex-
planned that the party had been post
poned, and got back SIS from the man
ager. Then he went to a haberd asher
and replenished his wardrobe. BY the
liberal use OF prominent names he got
the clerk of the store 10 cash his check
for $50 more than the amount Of his
bill. and there his operations in Seattle
ended
The doctor was safely away before /
the hotel clerk solved the mystery OF /
the tin box full of small change. One /
day. while sitting in a barber shop 4
waiting his turn, he overheard Gus /
toner talking to the barber.
I can't imagine who took that tin /
box" he said; I had been collecting /
those coins for several years. Each /
one had the date of the kids birthday /
on it, and I intended to give them to /
=, e. .,
the safe, and one day went out of the
Office leaving the door open. When I /
came back the box was gone"
Inquiry soon developed the fact that 4
the doctor had cut wide swath across /
the country. A telegram to the lead
ing hotel Of Helena brought the follow
ing reply:
Party left here 9Th on Hoenoch mile
age ticket; sWindled broker out Of /
same, skipped US, leaving bill of S22.5
Registered here Emil Richter Small |
man with beard, wore glasses and had /
handsome cigarette case with female
figure on it
1t soon developed that the suave
swindler had also worked the leading
hotels Of st. Louis, Kansas City, Den
yer, Salt Lake City and Butte. How
extensive were his operations among
his friends in Seattle viii never be
known, but there is still a noticeable
soreness in Seattle when any one calls
lOE d OWCuiSu puuCu at q DGTs ana even
Swedish massage is tabooed by Seattle
society.
The hotel clerk was the only one Of
DR.. HOenOch's friends who did not drop
him when the exposure was made. The
clerk telegraphed a description of the
stranger to all nearby cities. How he
was rewarded is shown in the follow
ing letter received a few weeks after
ward:
Portland, Ore. March 16. '9s.
Dear Mr. 1t is with very !
heavy heart I write to you today. I /
have not much to say. You know my
disgrace, and that I was sentenced this
morning to ten years. 1 beg you to
forgive me if I ever wronged you. Have /
a little mercy on me; I am so miser-
able. Please write me to Salem, state |
penitentiary, Oregon, and address it to .