The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
TAKEN IN BY FRED"
SAID HE WAS A NEPHEW OF
CHARLES F. GRAHAM.
TRAVELLED ON HIS NERVE
AND PEOPLE HE MET PAID FOR
1T.

stood Capt. Robinson. of the Steam
err Hudson, OF for His Passage
from baltimore to Savannah md
n Party of Drummers Set Up the
Best There Was On the Ship.
showed Them the Sights of Savan-
nDh but Failed to Keep an APP
pOintment at His UncIe's Hotel
and Has Not Been Heard of Since.
A young man giving his name as
Fred Graham and claiming to be
nephew of Mr.. Charles F. Graham, pro-
prietor of the Pulaski House, has been
having a good time on the strength of
his nerve and Mr.. Graham's credit.
Just before the steamer Hudson SAIL
ed from Baltimore on her last trip
Capt. Robinson was approached by a
young man of good address, who said
his name was Fred Graham. He had
been North on a little trip and was on
his way home. He had been
having a good time, he said,
and was little short of
funds He wanted Capt. Robinson to
hold his watch and chain as security
for the payment of his passage to Sa-
vannah. AS soon as he reached here
he would refund the amount. He was
his uncles buyer. he said and had gen.
eral charge of the hotel supplies
Beat the Captain.
Capt. Robinson knows Mr.. Graham
well, and was only too glad to ac-
commodate his nephew, and told him
to keep the watch and chain. He would
bring him down and they would ar
range matters here. The arrangement
suited the young man all right. He
made himself agreeable to the captain,
and fell in with a party of travelling
men on their way South, and had an all
around good time, and the best there
was to be had on the ship.
The party was to stop at the Pulas-
XII and on the arrival of the Hudson
Sunday the accommodating young man
said he would step into the steamer
Office and telephone UP town for their
rooms to be in readiness. After a few
minutes he returned to the ship with
the information that the Pulaski was
full-up and could not accommodate
them. They went to the De Soto and
secured rooms and during the after
noon drove over the city, the accom-
modating young Mr.. Graham, as
guest. showing the sights. They sep
arated in front of the City Exchange.
Graham making an appointment to
meet the party at the Pulaski later in
the evening and take in the town,
Freddie Shook Them.
The travelling men kept their appoint
ment but Mr.. Graham" did not When
the party called for him at the Pulaski
they were surprised that he was not
known there, and had some difficulty
in making Proprietor Graham under
stand that they had met his nephew
on their way down from Baltimore,
and had an appointment with him.
Mr.. Graham has no nephew and it did
not take the party long to find out
that they had been taken in. Shortly
afterward Capt. Robinson showed up
and inquired about Freddie" as he
had called himself. and incidentally to
see about his passage money.
Freddie" had not been around the
hotel and is probably lying low some
where about town. He is described as
tall, blond young man with a gold
tooth and a smooth address. Mr.
Graham could not place him. The
young mans knowledge of the Pulaski
and of the town showed that he is
not stranger here. Capt. Robinson
and the travelling men who did the
right thing by Freddie" would like to
meet him for a little while.