Arizona republican., 1902-01-03
HANNA AND THE "CON' MAN.
Mark Was Just Biting When Detectiv
 Arrived and Saved Him.

| Senator Mark Hanna who was saved from the attentions of an an archistic looking visitor by detectives of the Waldorf-Astoria Tuesday even ing, almost fell into the clutches of a second rate bunco steerer yesterday
 within the doors of the same hostelry Really, the senator's extreme innocence 1 did not seem to comport with the vast i political schemes with the engineering of which he has been credited. It may | be he was deceived so easily because 1 he believed in the saw that lightning ! does not strike twice in the same place. The man who wanted to see the sen- ] atcr Tuesday carried a red card which read: Giovanni di Carradini, 399 Blue | Island avenue. Chicago" l He was disheveled in attire and abus- i've in manner. He called first at the
 Imperial hotel. saying he wanted to
 see F. K. Mynick. the political boss of Cincinnati" who would introduce | him to Hanna. Being elected from the ! Imperial, he went to the Waldorf-As- ! toria- Detective Kennedy quickly hus- | tied him out, when he went to the West i Thirtieth street police station and made
 a plaint.
 1 Senator Hanna awoke in his apart ments at the Waldorf yesterday and i learned of the annoyance he had been saved. Walking down stairs. he met ! Frederick Smith, house detective, and
 said genially:
 1 Good morning. Smith. Much obliged
 for the affair last night. But I don't
 understand it. Thought all the an- archists were out of the country T thought so, too. senator" replied the detective. and after the exchange
 of a few more words the latter stepped
 aside.
 ! At this moment q well dressed man with an expansive smile stepped up to
 the republican statesman and seized
 him by the hand.
 My old friend. Senator Marcus A. i Hanna,' he exclaimed.
 i Very glad to meet you again. re-
 piled the statesman cordially. but ] don't place you at this moment What, Don't you remember Cum mings-Billy Cummings of Cincinnati. [ who inherited property in Italy and went there to live?''
 | Yes, yes, I have no doubt. You real | ized on the property, I have no doubt"
 Exceedingly well. my dear senator { I have just returned to my native land. ! and l assure you it is a great joy to
 meet my boyhOod friend whose repute 1 has become international" 'Dsn't mention it." said the senator, 1 blushing joyously.
 An. senator. Billy Cummings has watched your career. He has sub
 scribed to news clipping bureau at
 an expense of many hundreds of dol
 lars just to keep track of your meteoric course. It has been joy. an unspeak- able joy
 Please don't flatter me so. my dear 1 Cummings" palpitated the round | statesman.
 ! Just then Detective Smith, an old l Scotland Yard man, turned and saw what manner of man was conversing | with Senator Hanna. Without q word ! he advanced to the self-styled Mir | Cummings, seized him by the nape of | the neck, hurled him through the cor ! rdor and dismissed him at the Astor
 court exit with Q swift kick. Senator | Hanna gazed at the spectacle in pain | full aStonishment and several guests
 were agitated in the belief that another anarchist had been after the states ! man.
 Senator" explained the detective, | when he returned, that's a confidence | man I kicked out of here during horse show week. He had the nerve to come
 around again. He sells tin jewelry.'' 1 Senator Hanna was constrained to ! thank the detective once more.-New York Telegraph.