Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27

The MlllIons W Jswsls esst 70 Havs
Been steIsN q the ceNtsmnisI u
,s fs7s-A hars Scientific
By OEOR0E NOx NleCAfN

s BY GEOR0E N0X Mo1JA1N
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musu1' tnn.,sT sty.x x tnut nad 70 40 with our Yen.
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AZ thomsh \, ,,,c. s'a H.. h.se.s stn G,s
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I}"hi,n,tn ,,.a psst A.. !,
.ha U,.nI ""s sNen tne s.vry IN one OF
f"ii - 1SsX RMh Rme.s ~ !,. nunuspna ,p ~ t%ne %
cIohoroto S...ti - ~ h.s .a.. n."I"es aLu w ~
s uctaI oi the narratve awakened
profound T,sas interest and later great amuse-
X A.. a., ,,,.,,
days, called Elm avenue.
given over to hotels. ' ~
They were temporary structures intended
to serve the purpose OF food and shelter to
tnoHsands tn sands and then disappear like the lath
sition.
1t was In one Of these Jerry built cara.
vansaries that the plot had its inception.
L sition will r.co,isct ~ th.t -. n,s,n h,,'S.
a., 80. s ~ - tcevneS' tuat i.s Inaln Ouio.
~ ~ .,,nn mas -. .ne tme Deine tne rcpository
Price,ess isws,o T ~. se' ser.st .r0c',rnr. 80
the ooid ana sfiv..- sr,,th.s r,o,sts.s.,t
cns mcIs enS snsra,sI nn,,. ,....~ Nss,...,
heneoth a.. v.st roos ee' "se Ouse"
T'Iffnnv a r. TT roc.u h.al -. .,t,-
hilton the thon ic..a.. .annhi.. AZ III III,
These rare. beautifni opg ahovs ali ali ~"r.t ~"rt.
ohio troos,..s f".,,,nJ .h us'r avo.c ~. po.t-
ratsvs % rscsIleJ sr hn Mr tNs Wd cruz OF 'ne mar
Amonv The vnsst. NJ ono ~ .h.,. h,..,.
nearest fhe exnosit;op eromndS ~ ~. ,,o;'s
building was little ercup Of men % who ~ l1a gave
every indication NJ weaith ona NJ reAnsnonss saw
agem or other clever scheme they secured
possession OF q portion OF the cellar beneath
the hotel. Or at least obtained q room on
the ground moor whcre they could be un.
moiested.
TNHEY were in reality a band of notorious
i thieves and Internationally known hur.
glars.
Tbev werc envaved in r,nr,r. . .rnr.,
with the main exposition hniId,ns and ;ts
hon ri of wealth '"'"e ~" '''
"V Gna " mornina ph,,.ao,n,,. .r.., :.
discov.r tint r. 80 raSt .r".s a"sneneS ~
over night. e A"' 1''"pp'"'e"
Nillions of do,,ars worth ~ .o,d ord
Jewels and similar nortshle voiuah,es hnd
vanished ' '"e' ""1
The tnnne, was d,scovs-.d ~. ,h,.ro.
We were traced ,, to the hotel,Mr. Wood thinks
appeared with their bootv my '"" '''
A. The c,osc ~ tIiS thr,,,,r, ,,,,.,,
worked out in det,i, came tho sonsotian'
prepared bv the writer
The story from beginning to end was n
foke e"s ~ Gnu was q
No sucb thing Ind o.c,rr.a
Az Mr. Wood nnints ont a. i,d bowovor
have the merit of smnn,vinv Sascrint,on "a
manv Of tbe interesting and vainnhic tbinvs
EAKES nowadays are common occur.
roncos
Tbo.o ~ tho vordop. vrour v.r;otu No..
vraotost IN rnmher '"''' "'e
sres.esu G;asr,.in ~ faLns nLo L.. ,,,,,. .., A..
ror,S ~, .ha;r n,aro,noss w hr,,i,ane, ano .ne
nnrnno rot,vaiv roro Ihmt ,ors,J..a%, go
fua",,ant thayy .ho, ,V"r. Sf.r M t', m1.e
f',o ,o.r, 'n" oao '"es "e'e MY VI seventy
"G sS ssS ss "so. . L..,. .L ,s,
recall when pSy nearihe tme oid people
vi . ,n.n "vou. sne ylns nun,
one Sa h,ia rme greatest n'aAes ever perpe'ra'eo
Oh tne puo,I' ,ea.
N'annneu, av' ns th.t ~. r,h,,s,.a
Newspapers OF tnat CITY puolished story
,nat on u eei.aln .. Sa.uy ,IS a., armooM e MI.
soneeouy .or Io.ncr Mou.u ny ny from .ne WI.
yer OF the uand Street Drt1se' c1hhec'!hg
Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, above the
river.
Inc greatest cAcitehent Prevateu;
On the deslghatga aiterhooh poth panks
,,.hini' ,vns covored structure h.,d hun.
dreds more who risked their lives to witness
tbe spectacle.
promntiy at the hour named the wag. or
faker Skinned through an opening from the
wagon road TO the footpath of the bridge,
made his way TO the rail flung a live goose
;mt" tho air and disappeared before his
ident;tv could he discovered
'"'"''''
-osrp, u,.Iuor1AxD f,r.v u.
1OSEfh MCLnoLi-!aND, iorty years
q ago. became celebrated as Pennsylvania S
| prince of hOaxers.
He was a travelling salesman whose home
was In Washington. Ia.
His fakes were Of n highly interesting but
harmless nature. and took the form Of we'll
written newspaper articles, the first one Of
which appeared in the Pittsburgh Leader.
He wrote under the nom de plume of
"Orange Blossom
One Of his most picturesque yarns was the
story of a blazing meteor that fell in West.
setting hre 10 large portion OF the coun'
trEstSSe EH,Ser oo,o,,v s,ort,n, oheots fo,,ors, o..