The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-09
"Willie" Mcbride Stars as Pros
pective Purchaser Of Palatial
Homes, Autos, Pianos and
Fancy Furniture
WEARS CHEAP CLOTHES
BUT MAKES IMPRESSION
Law Can't Reach millionaire
Kid" But Capt. Palmer Or
ders Him Out OF Town

In spite OF all OF the enlivening N
fiuence Of made In Detroit week
the investment field In this town IL
going TO suffer dullness, because w
r. Mcbride. % years old, OF No. lso
High-st. east, 10 going TO leave De-
troit on a long vacation. CHER o'
Detectives Palmer suggested the va
cation. and he told w. r. tina, ne had
better not ever come back.
Mr.. Mcbride as a prospective buyer
always prospective-would make
Scotty Of Death Valley look like q
piker, and would make the little IN
vestments of New York millionaired
pale into insignificance.
Here are some Of the things thai
he became interested in In the last
few weeks, keeping Detroit merchants
brokers. realty agents, auto dealers
and others on the keen jump to sell
him something:
He engineered a deal to buy q sos,
900 home on Edison-ave., through MIR
Mckinley Of the H. o. Hyde Realty
Co.
John H. Tigchon and John |. Turn
bull. well-known real estate men
danced attendance on Mr.. Mcbride
his mother, and his feminine cousin
for some time. trying TO sell him
$4,000 home Oh Jefferson-ave.
|. Mr.. Ball, OF the Century Electric
Co, the automobile concern In which
Police Commissioner Gillespie 10 In
terested, took Mr.. Mcbride to dinner
took him for auto rides, and took MI
McBFide's note for q car, only to bt
left at the foot of :.Woodward-ave., by
lSSs : said ne. woh!'
DO Dos. .. INITIATES. and never
showed up.
Mr.. Mcbride also arranged to pur
chase q gasoline car from the Rector
Motor Car Co.
He spoke OF buying the 3l25.00(
Je6erscn-ave. residence. when he
went to look at furniture In A. A
Gray & Co.'S store, and he selected
$4,000 worth Of furniture for future
delivery. -
While living on Sproat-st.. recently
he tok q piano ION trial. from the
Clough & Warren Co.. kept 1t months
without paying for 1t, and then moved
But in al, Of these transactions, he
kept within the law" % that when
he was arrested, there was no crime
that could be charged to him. Those
who had become interested In his IN.
vestment plans, remarked that they
would like to take q kick at him.
which II really about all that could
be done to Mr.. Mcbride. He was held
in the central station from Sunday az.
ternoon until Monday morning. and
was then released. with Q warning to
get out Of town.
While Mr.. Mckinley. Of the real e.
tate nrm, was taking Mcbride. his
mother and his cousin out to look at
the Edison-ave. house that Mcbride
wanted to buy, they passed the David
Whitney home. and the agent re-
marked, casually: There's . home
that cost more than 100000"
well, Willie could buy that II he
wanted to-" said Mrs. Mcbride. with
loving glance at her son. whose
plans she entered into with spirit.
Il might buy IT," said Willie. In .
bored way.
THE thing that gets me about this
Mcbride business" said Capt Palmer,
us that one could buy the suit he
had on for about $3.50. and he surely
did not look the part of the million
ARE Md. He's very ordinary look
ing person. and how he got away with
this $l25.000 purchase stun. and had
a good time doing It. Is away past
me-
McBride's arrest resulted from CON-
plants from all Of the above men
toned parties. pour into the detec-
tive bureau last week. Detective
Blake LOckard arrested Mcbride in