Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-09
BEGGAR HAD LOTS OF MONEY
He Surprised the New York Police Force When Arrested.
Certificates Found in His Clothing for S2J0, ,003-He Also Had q Roll of Bills Change in Another.

in One Pocket ana Some Small Change in Another. New York, Feb 9.-Charies ShrmcS- ter ilTeSted for hegging i'll front of the inpeiial hOtpi I ntrsuuy mGnt. threw rhe police of rhe West :;0th street [,o- lice station into q trance when he was $eal'rne't. About his clothes Were cer- 1ilicat.> calling for S.50,G'D O. stock iii N:riouS corporations, , letter from the government Notifying hinn hat d patent Of his had been adopted by it., letters 10 and from prominent tinaH- c:ers, and Stj2 in cash.
 He could have escaped before tie police1nea recovered, but 1il no; be cause rhe sergeant had clutchel his certificates and would net let them go.
 The prisoner was allowed to take his possessions with him tu his cell. He carried them to Jefferson Market po- police court yesterday. Nobody about ilie police station would take the re- accessibility of caring for them over night
 Schirmai~ter is past middle age. with close cropped gray hair and q StllbbT gray must;rnp. His clothes ar" plain. but of fair quality. and his light colorcd overcuat ' is thick and warm.
 Detective Sergeant Thomas Hayes. who pays sole attention 10 the street logging class. saw him a1 Twenty-SiZth street and Broadway step tip to q man and say a few words. tDr result of which was the transfer of q small coin frciu 7lle man ad1re3>ct! fn the speak cr. Further on . similar scene was en- | .,I, in, block until thr Imperial was reached. There tine '.e&r%;'r made q stand and was doing nicely until the detective appeared.
 Mister: =a;I th, Eeg":ir to the of ticer. Il arl ' hard working man in unfortunate circumstances. l havnt q penny tH bay food nor lo g"l q bed. Wont yGn help ,ac:" Tie detective S.iiii Hn would Gn iha bost he could, a2.l world gl.-.rauree tlr tr&. lie luoll il:H Heg:y::r'.; arm a:lti c;"ort~d him arol,l''l to 7i:" station.
 T!tr the prisoner gave his name ;!5 t'!:2rlus $;.i2i:'IHcis;rr. his aga l& fl ard ii. lrSi,i..,.ca HS the Progress ho- t,i. thatLan :s,.Nare. Ee $;i;'t 1~ was l,r ?;TufrS>icn all inventor. fine desk sergeant N,-aS about 10 let him SD back wilho"t searching: him. when he no- tivei a hJ,lsc in one side Of his over cUat.
 "N'l:a,'> in thcre:' ile inquired.
 Oh. uotiium' lnucA.' answered the prisoner, lacking aw"y: "only some papers and rubbish
 "i.cr'., see" was the return. and lhe overcoat Was opened, revealing q slit pocket ell tne inside. deep and c:!- pacio,.s. \ package of papers nearly 2 foOi in thickness was brought forth. On the lob of it Were many letters The police would not tell what those were last night. except to say that they We're business correspondence 1O and from q number Of prominent capital iSts One. they said, was from Schlr- meistpr to I. T.. Morgan. offering the tinancier large tracts of coal and iron land in the wesr. They. it said, aggre- gated thousands Sof acres and were worth. so the writer declared. millions.
 Another letter was from . federal department informing Charles Schir- ,neister that his perfection sewer de vice had been accepted for government use. Further down were the stock certificates. Those took ill A half dOZ- ell corporations and aggregated quar- ter of q million. There Was $lo,UN) in tle Perfection Sewer Device company.
 When the detective had caught his breath. EC said:
 T guess I'd better prospect you q little further.
 lit. did so. and i'll an inside coat pocil Ct found line $50 roll and i'll iie rrlu SrlS pCcker S1,al ill small change. In another pocket was an odd looking contrivance which Sclirmvister said was q new anti-catarrh inhaler he just had patent ed.
 -Atter more questioning. tiic prison CT said iic had son Charles living at Flushing and TompEin~ avenues, across Tiln bridge.
 lies got plenty cf money. too. He's worth sSQ,UC l made for him. said the old man, but he doesn't care for rle any more
 Have you Quarrelcd:" hc was asked
 No. but hes got the money, and now he won't le1 ine have more than q dollar at a time"
 Why were you begging"
 Well, you see. this anti-caialrh in- haler is q good thing" he answered, and l want to get it on the market. The only way I can do it is to beg enough money to float if myself.
 Then his possessions were handed over to him and he went back to the calaboose.
 No one named Charles Schirmeister .Ir. Was found at the 1ranSr!ilarian ad- dress last night.