The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
.m|SER WANTS TO
60 BACK HOME
He Never :tss2,. *ae Money
Found in Hiy id
Home.

Home.
Pittsburg. Aug. 21-"I do not like
1t here: the people are not of me:
they are not good: some spit in my
face; have never associated with
loafers before; would like to go to
my home"
So spoke Peter I1eibauch. the So
called Northside miser, whose hoard
will probably amount to $4,000, yes
terday on the porch at the old Alle-
gheny City home at Warner Station.
Obedient to the request Of Harry
Wolf. temporarily in charge during
the disability Of Superintendent Todd
Peter came to the great porch and
then, with a. gentle smile as ever
lighted the face Of human being, came
down into the lawn and permitted
himself to be photographed, yielding
to the suggestion Of the photographer
like an oldtimer In front Of the CAM
era. Cutting out the dialect the an
swers OF Peter to cross fire Of ques-
tons we're sane and lucid. Insisting
that he should not be where he is and
that his digestion has suffered on ac-
count Of his change of diet, he said
in answer to questions:
II never did any wrong in my life.
peddle my mint, do my own bus
iness, trouble no one. I live In my
little home in Madison avenue all
alone. buy my eggs. and sometimes
q little pork: take It home and
cook it in my own way, and 1t tastes
better to me than the eggs have
here. This is not home.
Didn't Shoot at Boys.
"Yes, had trouble with some Of
the bad boys near me. One Fourth
July they shoot through my windows.
l said to me that It Nis the Fourth Of
July and the boys feel good, but they
should not break my windows. get
~ littlet mad and bring out an old
shotgun. without any shot In 1t and
Il fire 1t on to scare the boys, but It
was as much for the Fourth Of July
as it was for the boys. was born
in the Twelfth ward and have always
lived there. l told the police about
the boys. No, did not swear. I
L do iioL know how to Hay ssss *U. ds
like the bad boys.
II try to save enough money so
when 1 become old would have q
little to keep me. Is not that right?
How much is enough for me? Oh,
Is cents day, IS a week. get me all
want for food, clothes. fire and
light. I do not need to have so much
as that each week.
"I do not know how much money I
have. The books will tell. do
not count. Yes, ] had some coin in
the house. but know not how much.
never count. 1t was there, and
that is all. l never know how much
I have. use what need, and all
need, and what more does q man
want?
Would Like Wife.
"Why did not marry. would
marry, but did not find the woman.
I would like to be married and have
a wife with me, but do not trust
them. / not find the right one. I
would like home with wife. That
would be good. But know not many
women, and the right one never come.
It is nice to have q woman In the
house.
"I remember my mother. nurse
her when she die. No other came
to take care Of her and 1 like to think
that did what I could for her. She
was a good woman, was my mother.
again. you ask about my money.
Again tell you know not how much.
What difference? thought had
enough for my old age and is that
not enough? never count. It
matters me not. ! want to go
from here. Yes. 1t is nice place.
and the bosses are nice to me. but I
do not like the others.
"They are not kind. want to be
free. I harm nobody. But want
to 90 out and live my own way. The
old house in Madison avenue was my
home for long years. and no other
place is home.
Eyes, I have friends and relatives.
sure, but I lose track Of them. There
must be sons and daughters OF my
two uncles, brothers Of my father.
Hansel and Fritz Leibauch. Yes, as
you say; there must be relations OF
my dear mother.
Didn't Want Lonely Life.
"They come not to me, and l go not
to them, and we lose each other. ]
would like to know them. I did not
want to live alone. but there was
nothing else. Maybe marry yet"
Thus It was that this poor, simple
man told of his poor life. He has
not the least knowledge Of the amount
of money he has boarded. He sim
Div saved It because he did not need
it, and the fact that he never counted
It, and has no idea as to the amount
Of it shows that he d in no sense the
typical misef.
He went from homo day after day,
leaving q bulk Of nickels, pennies.
dimes and dollars wholly at the mercy
Of any marauder. In all the history
Of miserdom probably there was never
stranger casa