| Show ROBBED IN A DIVE A california millionaire aeh eydi sf his diamond and boser NEW YORE dec 11 special A w ell dressed man with a black moustache and a new silk ha went into the basement saloon at the corner of twenty third street and sixth avenue ran by the notorious not orieus tough tom gould lie bought a bottle of champagne and paid bl for it then he announced that a diamond stud had been torn from his shirt front and a 20 bill had been taken from his pocket he was much intoxicated and wanted to fight every cne in the place he eaid he had been robbed and a young man who had taken a drink with him at the bar had disappeared one of the waiters called in a policeman gould was not there at the time policeman kemp brought the man to the thirtieth street station bouse he was sober enough to tell his story then he became violent and was put in a cell he said he was geo W smith and in bis pocket was a num her of letters directed to him at the gasey house at the hotel the clerk that mr smith was a califern aaa geo washington smith vice president of the nicaragua construction company his home is in han francisco and two days ago he has been living at the gilsey house when he left the hotel he had considerable money when ho was searched at the station house only 35 cents and a gold watch and chain and a number of railroad contracts were found in his pockets in tae cell he took off his clothes add shouted frantically for jay gould an ambulance was summoned and he was sent to belleque Belle yue hospital the only way he the police could persuade him 10 put on bis clothes was by telling him that jay gould wanted to see him outside detectives of the thirtieth street precinct are now looking for the thieves who his money and diamond pin at tom goulds they say the man was drunk when he came in and that his diamond pin was not stolen there there was no ono in the saloon at the time except the man who drank with him he was violent the greater part of the day today to day BO much so that the attendants were forced to manacle his wrists to the bed he kept up a great noise nearly all day talking loudly and for the most part incoherently enough was understood however to make it clear that his thoughts had been turned from jay gould and were fixed upon his own wealth he said ho was a millionaire with large interests to uphold late in the afternoon dr douglass administered an opiate and smith fell into a quiet sleep for the first ume since his arrival at tho hospital no friends or others interested in his behalf called to inquire about him mr smith registered at the gilsey house on nov 29 he gave hia residence at san franciso he was associated with a man named cherry both being interested in central american business cherry sailed for central america a few days ago smith received a large quantity of mail at the gilboy house and was bountifully supplied with money and diamonds he is a man of about 40 or 45 and gave no evidence of being a drinking man when ho left the gilsey he said he was going to 1 the fifth avenue hotel where he had a number of friends at this hotel it was ascertained that smith only sent hia baggage there and be had it taken away saturday |
