The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-03

| his native province Podl was his great
est incentive, Ivan. on May B. drew
$210 from the Genessee bank, cashed
check for s113.49, and with what was
left after his ticket was purchased,
started for New York.
What his thoughts were on his east
ward journey he does not say. What
they must have been can be inferred
from the candid admission he greeted
a well dressed Pole, who boarded the
Pennsylvania train at station about
% minutes ride from New York.
THAT man." said Ivan, sat next to
me and talked to me in Russian. I told
him, when he asked me, that / had
money, and I told him all the things l
hoped.
but when 1 said that I wanted to
work little in New York before go
ing to Russia he said: You can't work
in New York unless you're union
man.. Then he told me that he was an
officer of the paperhangers and car
penters' unions, and that for $40 down
and SIS later he would help me-"
Upon arriving in New York the Pole
took Ivan to a Russian restaurant and
told him to remain there until the fol-
lowing day, when the formalities Of
joining the union would be performed.
The following day, which was sun
day, the Pole took Ivan to another
room.
There was a man sitting behind a
desk" continued Ivan, his blue eyes
glazing. land he asked me lots OF
questions. Whether I was healthy and
how much money 1 had and what my
occupation was, and I answered them
all. And the Pole and another man
and a woman all listened. And then
here Ivan, speaking rapidly, jumped
up and enacted the scene that ensued'
while Mr.. Rosenthal angrily interpre-
ted the outrage he heard.
Then one of the men pulled his hand
Of hi lrnf n 6rnnnn6 a
bills on the floor" Mr.. Rosenthal in
terpreted. HE gathered them up and
counted them, and then he saw that
$40 bill was missing. He made every
one show his money and then asked
Ivan particularly to show his Ivan
told him that he wouldn't; that 1t was
sewed in a linen bag. But they insist
ed SO Ivan said that he would snow
his money at a police station, ana ne
wanted to go. But the woman jumped
I'D and held the door and said that
they would get a policeman instead.
That was at o'clock. So the Pole
went out and at 6 O'Clock returned with
a police officer, who had three piue
stripes on his sleeve"
Ivan is very observant and he re-
mem befed the alleged officers number.
When Ivan still demurred, the police
man seized his arm and forced him TO
show his money. The Pole counted IL,
and seeing that the missing $40 was
EOO--
ct.
When Ivan wished to count it, they
prevented him, and the policeman es-
corted him to the street. He lmme-
diately pulled out his fortune, and dis
covered that it consisted of wads OF
newspaper surrounded by a 81 Dill.
When he looked about in rage and ter
ror, he saw the policeman returning
to the house.
Ivan then walked along the street
holding up his newspaper wads and MS
81 bill for pedestrians to inspect But
they laughed at him. for he could not
make himself understood. He wan
dered about all that night, and later
filed some sort of complaint at the
Twenty-Five precinct police station and
was told to return there.
His world was topsy-turvy' however
so he failed to do so. Today he was
directed to Mr.. Rosenthal. who drew up
his affidavit, and is preparing to pros
ecute those who frisked the lonely
Russian of results of IA months labor,
and what is more, destroyed VISION