New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-01
INT STRANGERS, SO
They TOOK HIM IN
r.,o SwindlerS Find Cana
dian Gazing in Awe
at Buildings.
PATRIOTIC GAME
FOLLOWS GREETING
-..y Bet and Bet and Then He
lost His LIES Savings
of Almost SIS.

.- visitor 10 New York, too. OBJ
A'.''', .s-,irinr the wonders Of the city,
w. -.ee,ed upon the streets yesterday
va os-iondlv" citizens snd-separated
IN his cash. This victim nrst let II
i's,, -, that he had cash and then en-
- ,a,o friendly little game" He Is
-, Montreal, Canada. and spent his
ITO. 80 help another Canadian. one OF
the sWindlers
w. Young man doesn't want his name
,,,shss lie came into The Tribune
80 yesterday and told his story be-
80 80. ~ said. New York reporters must
u, smarter than detectives"
=, ms standing right near your City
-, p,-t he said. and WIS gazing at
-. vrooiuorth Building. when a nicely
80 gentleman asked me II could
s,r.et him to Central Park. Naturally
"a him that had just arrived from
c-..da and therefore didn't know. You
-, ,r,cclne how pleased I was when this
s..n,rg gentleman grasped me by the
- and said: well, well, Isn't that
,.ss remarkable? l also come from dear
"A Canada. And I'm also stranger IN
80, ivanderful city. We must, like the
49, soin hands and help each other
.i,rr' And quite naturally, l thought.
=. stood there talking about all sorts OF
,h,nss He wanted me 10 take drink
but refused.
.yyhue We were standing there along
.,r. a rather seedy looking chap, looked
~ . farmer. and asked US II we knew
NJ Asr. certain hotel was He said that
" lad lust been rcbbed OF lot Of money.
IN. also said that he was from Tennessee
80 asked Us where we came from. My
Canadian friend promptly told him. And
,bsn things started. This Tennessee
chan started IN 10 insult Canadians AND
North Americans, saying that we were all
pIkers and cheap skates. Ny word, but
Won should have seen my Canadian
friend sail into him. Told him he was an
insolent boob and for two cents would
thrash him 70 standstin.
Then. somehow or other, my Canadian
friend told the chap that he'd show how
much Of piker he was. Would beat him
Al any game OF chance the fellow could
suggest And then We walked up Centre
street. stood in the doorway OF some
building and started matching coins. At
first won a few dollars. and then things
began to 70 against me and my Canadian
friend. SO the other chap began joshing
my friend. and that made him mad, es-
pecialiy when he discovered that he had
lost nearly all his money. And the Ten
nessee fellow piled more insults upon US
Canadian chaps. ! couldn't stand It any
longer. so lent some OF my money TO
ny fellow countryman.'
Anyway. he lost a whole lot more. Ny
chap got nader still. 50 did !. and so 1
loaned him s5O-all that was left out Of
my $50 that they could go to some
hotel and play il out. Ny chap told me TO
follow behind him. just as he was follow
ing the other man.
Well, 10 make a long and very sad
story short-I lost them in the crowd.
They darted down one OF your tube sta
ions"
And that's the end Of the young man S
story OF course he notified the police and
q course the police told him that they
would do what they could TO return 10
him bis money.
In the mean while the young man is
staying with friends in F1atbush, Brook
lyn"