Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-31
FATE STALKS
TRAVELLER
DEATH LURKs IN PATH OF
CHARMED WANDERER
N. L, TooKER MEETS ADVENTURE
ON EACH TRIP
Unscathed, He Sees Companions Die
Fortune Follows Him Here.
Watch Charm Hoodoo or
Luck Piece?
A charmed life or just a hoodoo?

1t is impossible for N. l.. Tooker, who
is at the Angelus, to even guess what
fate is following him. He cannot come TO
any conclusion as to whether spooks are
covering the ground upon which he walks
or the little old watch charm which
bangles from his half-inch chain is play
ing tag with him by constantly placing
him in the way of danger and immedi-
ately extricating him. And no fortune
teller has dared to advise him on the sub
ject. A participant in half score of
thrilling adventures, some of them blood
curdling and others only hair raising,
but all more or less unpleasant and in
clined to leave suspicious feeling in the
spinal column, one of Los Angeles new
est residents has come to abhor the ne
cessity of ever again straying from his
present quarters.
Mr.. Tooker although approaching mid
die age, has never made trip either by
land or sea without running into some
grewsome adventure. He is still on earth
and UNNAMED, but after five days
trip from Portland, Ore, and the ex-
periences which he encountered on the
way, he Is perfectly satisfied to give up
all travel and remain in Los Angeles
He Is connected with the Campbell
Hanley-Sanford Grain company of Port
land, and when that firm decided to open
a branch in Los Angeles he was selected
as local manager.
Left on Train 13
HIS left Portland on train No 13 OF the
Southern Pacific last Wednesday night.
Accompanying him was the general man
ager of his firm, C. NJ. Campbell who oc-
cupied lower berth No. A. while Tooker
had the upper of the same section. At
the first important stop out of Portland
Mr.. Campbell received telegram calling
him home on account of the serious ILL
ness of his wife.
AS he left the train and chartered an
automobile to carry him back to Portland.
a youth of slender build was admitted to
the berth just vacated by Manager Camp
bell
At 2 o'clock in the morning Tooker was
aroused by the coughing of the young
man, and finally realizing that he was
suffering, asked If he could be of any as
sistance He gave the young man water,
but the relief was of short duration. Later
in the night the victims condition be-
came so critical that Tooker obtained his
name and address. 1t was Eugene Cady,
son of Horton Cady of Pasadena. A few
hours later the boy was dead in the arms
of his new-made friend.
Tooker arranged at Glendale for the
care of the remains and upon his arrival
in this city Saturday night was compelled
to go to the police to communicate with
missending of kilograms.
The body of young Cady who had been
in the Nome country for two years, has
since reached the family.
Adventures Not Over
For the time being Tooker supposed
tba+ bis adventures were at an end
Manager Campbell, however, mad ar
rived in Los Angeles and was at the
Lankershim hotel. To meet-him Tooker
walked from the Angelus to the Sew
enth and Broadway hotel. AS he was
crossing the street a wild automobile
dashed among a group of passing pedes-
trians, striking one of them. One of
them was Tooker, who was thrown sew
eral feet, but escaped without scratch,
while the other victim was taken to his
home severely injured.
Tooker reached the hotel in safety,
met Mr. Campbell and was in the act
of congra tulating himself that he had
escaped injury by the auto when a rum
away horse made for one of the parlor
windows of the Lankershim and COW
cred both with glass. They were near
est the scene of the accident, but nei-
ther was harmed.
"a little of this goes a long way"
said Tooker, in discussing his varied
experiences. land 1 wish the fates
would tell me whether or not 1 am at
last to be the victim of some acci-
dent.
"Recent events have not frightened
me so very much but 1 would like to
know whether mine is charmed life or
whether some hoodoo is constantly pur-
suing me.
First Ride Marked
1.-THE first time L was ever on wheels
was in a little eastern town in tin
wagon. which a playmate of mine was
dragging. street car ran into us. He
had a broken arm and received half
dozen scratches.
'I came west finally and the next Trip
made was to Heppner, Ore, at the time
of a disastrous flood which cost the
lives of 222 persons in June. 1903. 1t oc-
Cured during the night of June Ia. 1
was instrumental in the relief work
and took all kinds of hazardous chances
but was the first of the rescued to arrive
at Portland.
1.-THE next time I strayed from home
was to attend the st. Louis fair. Be-
tween Kansas City and st. Louis two
women died on our train and both were
in nv car. One of them left her little
daughter with me and I had to return
to omaha to find the family.
"Now that I am in Los Angeles" ne
concluded. "I think I will be contented
to cut out travelling. At any rate hope
to do so, for ever since can remember
all the journeys 1 have entered upon