Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-26

SKIPPED WITH MONEY
Hotel Clerk White is MISSING and
so are Valuables of Guests
Betrayal of Confidence.
VIM. White, who for the past five
months has been employed as night
clerk at the Park hotel, disappeared
last Sunday evening, taking with him
the following articles of merchandise:
Forty dollars, entrusted to him by
John Johnson, q guest of the hotel:
gray spring overcoat, valued at sl5;
q dark winter overcoat, supposedly
not his own, and furthermore, 81 so.
which happened to lay around idle in
t. cash drawer.
John johnson, to when this affair
is somewhat unfortunate, arrived here
Saturday from the Dakotas, after hav-
iog made himself useful in the harvest
fields during the summer and fall sea-
son. he ''put up" at the Park hotel,
which. place apparently was to his
liking and where he among others met
the genial, obliging and handy all
around hotel clerk Billy, who found
him . room and otherwise attent ed to
his material wants. Sunday evening
about six O'Clock our friend Johnson,
after having disposed of few "eye
openers,' commenced to feel Just a
little "put out" and he decided that q
warm and cosy bed wou 'dn't be very
far from what he most wanted. He
made the necessary arrangements and
thinking that bis accumulated treas
ures would be safer with Billy he
handed him four ten dollar gold
pieces, rem arking as be did so that be
Billy looked like IAN honest feller." "
Five more persons were in the office
at the time and witnessed the transac.
tion. The gold pieces disappeared
into Billy's vest pocket and hearing
johnson relating that he had more
money, he asked him if he hadn't
better turn it all over for ''sate keep
ing" Fortunately Johnson concluded
at he would be able to take care of
what he had lett-about s5. 90. There
upon he departed for his room to lull
himself to sleep while Billy proceeded
about his several businesses. From
this time until II O'Clock midnight we
hear nothing of Billy, but then his
friends missed him and A. A. Green,
salesman for Minneapolis fruit
house, accompanied by Night Police
man Stephens, at once set out to look
for him, fearing that te had been
sandbagged or probably murdered in
cold blood by some desperado hard
up for cash. But no Billy could be
found, not even trace of his re mains,
and the search was finally discon-
tinued. The theory that he had board
ed the evening "Flyer" and fallen
asleep withc ut remembering to wake
up before he was safe distance from
| Willmar now seemed the NEST pro-
bable and Stephens Immediately went
to Johnson's room to arouse that in
divlduaI from his sleep and hear his
version OF the "forty dollar aft air"
SO that he might send a telegram to
Morris or breckenridge instructing
the officials to wake up sleeping Billy
and send him back to Willmar. But
johnson was so infatuated with his
surroundings and dreamland that he
could not by any means be induced to
wake up and finally Stephens decided
to let him sleep on till morning.
When he finally did wake up it was
to hear the terrible news of Billy y
falling asleep and forgetting to come
back. He naturally felt somewhat
indignant about it and some of the
expressions he used to expl ess his in.
dignation wouldn't look just right in
Sunday School books. He and his
partner, Chas. Dengrade, left Monday
noon for the East, poorer in this
worlds goods but richer in expert
ence.
Billy White was promining young
man who in spite of his youth had
Travelled q great deal and seen many
kinds of people. He was also quite
brilliant as an actor and professed to
having been q member of 6rst-class
minstrel show in New Yurk City,
where bis decision to leave the stage
was met with strenuous opposition on
the part OF some of the most famous
actors who saw the genius in the hand.
some boy. Baseball was another o1
his strong points and when he played
game with Willmar this summer the
fans almost went frantic with admira.
tion for the regularity with which he
paved the air and struck out. AS 8
singer and orator he ranked with the
best and in gymnastics, music anG
learning his equal has yet to be born
Poor Billy! He is . round man in {
J square hole. In other words he is {
mistake.
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