The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-10
sTREWs CASH IN At
LANTA
A. w. Carmichael Had $4,000 In
Wallet and Two Grips Full Of


The Atlanta Georgian of March Srd
prints thrilling story about young
man from New York and London,
who went to the Piedmont hotei In
that city with all kinds of none, ali
proceeded to spend a part of it in a
manner to suit his own fancy.
The Georgian says:
This young Mr.. Carmichael arrived
on February 18th at the Piedmont and
registered from New York. He was
a rather good looking fellow, about
25 years old, and as pleasant as you
please. He was given one of the best
rooms in the house, but it didn't meet
his desires.
Give me whole floor" he remark
ed to the clerk. The pay will be all
right" But he compromised on suite
of four rooms, though he had little
to put in them beyond his hand bag
gage.
When Mr.. Carmichael had refresh
ed himself he fancied his nails needed
attention and dropped into the mani
cure parlors in the basement. And
there, at one of the tables, sat Louise
Whittimore. Mr.. Carmichael looked
no further.
Miss Whittimore took the little or
ange wood stick and smOothed her
customers fingers into shape. When
she looked up he was looking at her
hard.
How'd you like to take luncheon
with me?" he asked.
Sure" she said.
Carmichael took another look at his
guest-to-be, and then inquired what
she intended to wear. The manicure
lady remarked that her present outfit
was her limit.
We'll fix that right now" quoth her
host. Then he extracted large-sized
roll from an inner pocket and peeled
off five 1OO-dollar bills. go get some
real clothes and meet me- he said.
She got the clothes-swell ones, too
but when Miss Whittimore showed
up for the luncheon he appeared peev-
ed at her lack of jewelry, so he took
her down to Marie & Berkele's and
bought her diamond ring and a
magnificent pearl necklace.
She never went back to trimming
other folks finger nails, but she did
strill into the shop every afternoon
for week and the girls declare she
wore a different dress every time. The
girls say that Carmichael also gave
Miss Whittimore's mother hand
some sum and sent her back to her
old home in Kentucky.
After taking the town in an automo-
bile, driven by Belle-Isle, seventeen
year old chauffeur, and accompanied
by Miss Whittimore, he went to Ma
honey & Manry's tailoring establish
ment and ordered sixteen suits OF
clothes, paying in advance something
over $1,000 for them.
"Where does all his money come
from?" folks were beginning to ask.
They haven't discovered the real
source yet, but from the young mans
visible assets he won't go broke for a
while, even if he keeps up his gait.
One of his new friends went up to
his suite of rooms one evening and
was shown wallet containing 1884,
$1,000 bills, one New York certified
check for $4,000, one suit case prac.
tically filed with bills of various de
nominations, one Gladstone bag hall
full of small bills and gold coins.
Carmichael left Atlanta as abruptly
as he came. He left Saturday night
saying he was going to Havana, after
paying his bills and tipping everybody
literally.
| Who is Carmichael? That's the
problem. Where did he get his mon
ey? That's another. He didn't seen
anxious to conceal anything while il
| Atlanta mixed freely with the public
and gave himself up for a god time
Just why he should come to Atlantis
to blow in his fortune while Broadway
is still running isn't quite clear. Per
haps he didn't come for that purpose
but he met a pretty manicure girl
and the rest of the story has beer
told.
And the manicure shop has lost one