The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-21
HAPPENINGS ON
OCEAN VOYAGE
Gamblers FoIIed In Their Plan
to Rob MnIionalTes.
AN EYE ON VANDERBILT PARTY
French Marquis With His Stable Of Spssdy
hersss Promises That Hs Will
Visit nswpoTt.
AN EYE ON VANDERBILT PARTY

New York, Aug. n.--rhers were many
queer happenings during the voyage ofthe
Kromprins Wilhelm which ended at this
port yesterday. A band Of four sharp
ers. made up OF three men and woman,
furnished some excitement. The fact that
they were cheats was discovered early In
the voyage. Their greed was their un-
doing.
A well-lrnown member OF the Calumet
club was their first and last victim. He
got into a game OF bridge with them, and
they held some remarkable cards.
"Do you know" he said In telling about
Il, they held four aces four times out
OF Eve rubbers. II had only cost me s75
when ! became wise. practically ac-
cused them OF being crooks. and warned
everybody on the ship against them, but
they did not get offended. They always
greeted me cheerfully."
The woman who was TO have been
used an a decoy didn't have very pleas
ant voyage. The ship was crowded. and
she was berthed In the same cabin with
q modest young woman who lives In a
Western city. The second day out the
guileless young woman was asked how
she liked her roommate:
why, I can't understand her," she re-
piled. "She whistles while dressing and
smokes cigarettes IN bed"
DIDN'T CHEAT VANDERBILT.
II was rrmored on board that the sharp
ers had cheated Mr.. Belmont. Mr.. Van
derbiit, Robert Goelet, Jefferson Coolidge.
Jr ana DR.. Chapman. but this was de-
MED. The only gambling those IN the
Vanderbilt party were Interested in was
in the regular pools. These ran pretty
high. averaging 500 each. DR.. Stevens.
representing q syndicate composed OF
himself, Mr.. Vanderbilt. Mr.. Belmont and
Mr.. Goeiet. won one OF the poois Mr..
Coolidge won another, ard Leo Dietrich
stein, the playwright, won two.
II was said tnat there was a second
adventures on the ship. who travelled
with her alleged mother. This young
woman gave a steward $40 tip to get
her a seat next 20 that of young Robert
Goelet at the dining table. She didn't
get the seat.
The Marquis and Marouise dc la Mon
tagne were passengers. The maruuise
was formerly Miss Barbiere OF Califor-
MIA, and her grandfather. J. w. Tucker
opened the first jewelry store ever KEEP
In the state.
FRENCH HoRSEMAN HERE.
The marquis said he and his wife had
come here purely for pleasure. He Is a
horseman, and has one OF the finest rao-
ing stables In France. He will visit Bar
Harbor, Newport and other places
Frank Mckee and his wife. Isabella
Coe, were also passengers. Mr.. Mckee
said he went abroad to get the manu-
script OF the unnamed play written by
CLYDE Fitch which Mary Mannering Is
TO produce at the Garrick Theatre on
Oct. 20. Clyde Fitch has been very III at
81. Moritz Switzerland, Mr.. Mckee said.
but Is now mending. and expects to be
here by Sept. ]. Another passenger was
Theodor Bjorksten. Scandinavian tenor.
He In TO sing at concerts here
Frederick w. Hollis. member of the
Peace Congress which met at The Hague,
also arrived on the Kromprinz. He had
been abroad since May on legal business,
and was entertained by Emperor William
In Berlin.