The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-15

Bogus Check ~ a Deposit, Then Gets
q LOAF Of q Orders Goods on the
strength OF His Alleged Relationship.
NJ. II. Bimberg Of the Astor Theatre. better
known as BIN the Button Man. has a brother
who. like BIN. has Titan hair. The younger
Bimberg In not 30 we'll known In the theatri-
cal world as IL BIN. but he has n double.
who because Of his likeness to the button
man has become well known Ia the resorts
in the Tenderloin and in the big depart
ment stores. IL IL pretty nearly three
years now since the double made his first
appearance in the life Of the Bimbergs.
and Bin hopes that now he will he bothered
no more.
For more than q week a well dressed
young man has been eating at Brownies
chop house and saying nothing. But the
young man did not fail to notice that sew
eral persons spoke Of him to the manager,
and after that the walters were more than
polite. lie got to be known AZ Bins
brother. IL was what he had expected. and
30 on Friday he sprung his little game.
ToNhe manage he said that OH Monday
night he wished 10 give a dinner OF ten
covers and after much haggling the cost
was set at 81 the plate.
Il intend to pay you before we sit down
10 dinner. but while l am here l might just
as well let you nave u deposit said the
red haired young man. Here 10 a check
for $50"
The check was signed Everett II. Benz
berg and was drawn Oh the Nineteenth
Ward Bank The manager took the check
and when mir. Bimberg" asked him for a
loan Of SIS the money was forthcoming.
But, see here, " said the young man,
don't you say Il word about this dinner to
my brother. He thinks | spend too much
money
Later the Young man came back and
asked for s5. The manager wouldn't let
him have il and telephoned to BIN the But
ton Man. MIR. Bimberg asked his brother
If I've had arranged for a dinner at Brownies
and found that he had not. Then the police
we're notified and Saturday evening the
red haired young man vas u at the
Hotel Albany, where he was dining with a
man and a woman. He was arrested.
When Bimberg saw the young man at
the police station lie Immediately recos-
nized him a. George Ferrian.
$50 YOU are at IL again?" said BIN. at
hasn't been a month since had you ar
rested; why don't you stop?"
Ferrian smiled. 1T is 80 easy hat |
cant help IT," he declared.
In the Vest Side court yesterday norm
ing the check that Ferrian gave the chop
house manager was not produced because
Il il in the Clearing House and the e xamina-
ton was postponed until Tuesday after
noon.
Bimberg had other papers that went to
show what the young man had been doing
with the name of Bimberg In the past few
weeks. Among other things lie ordered "A
bill Of goods from II Fifth avenue shop
hat amounted to $500. One item was "a
gown 81 $40. The goods were ordered
delivered TO an actress, but she did not get
them because the firm called up BIN and
learned that his little brother was not in
The habit Of giving such expensive presents.
Ferrien seemed quite proud Of his work
and after he had been cent to a cell talked
freely.
New York IL dead easy. said he, and II
] wanted to be dishonest | could make at
least 81 900 a dav representing myself TO
be the brother of him the Button Man.
Mr.. Bimberg will find on Monday when the
check | gave Brownies il presented for
payment AT the Nineteenth Ward Bank
that Everett n. Bemberg has an account
there. A friend Of mine opened the ac-
count to cover the check, and besides !
did not forge Bimberg's name. for ! signed
the check BPmberg.
Ferrian said that he came pretty near
putting through a game on the Hotel Nnick-
erbocker "a few days ago. He had three
trunks, he said, that he was to send there
after he had engaged a suite of rooms.
He figured that the trunks would give him
credit for at least a couple Of weeks. hut
he made the mistake Of trying TO get money
before the trunks had arrived. The hotel
people telephoned to Bimberg and before
Bimberg came Ferrian got out Of the hotel.
lie ran up a bill of SIS at a garage and
borrowed money from the la before
any questions were asked.
Il was out with Mr.. Mock of Hammer
STEMS a few nights ago and when | said
hat | was running short he offered to cash
a check for me, but | wouldn't let him do il
because I knew hat he oul have me dead
TO rights the next day" said Ferrian.
willie Hammerstein knows me as Bimberg
and ] can get money from him any time
Ferrian oncc was in the law office Of
Judge R~osenthal, the former law partner
OF Magistrate Wahle. He says that his
mother, Who is at present out OF the city,
il we'll oil and that he does not need money,
but that getting il "a Bimberg is 40 easy and
80 exciting that he likes to do IL.
BIN the Button Man, however, does not
like the game.