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Show BLIND BEGGAR "ISLANDLORD AFTEHHDUHS Suppod to Ba Destitute, Mendicant Is Followed' by Police, Arrested and Fined in Court , Oaf AHA. -Neb, July 1. A Mind man. be gin- alma from th hurrying hurry-ing public oe flloux City's busiest streets In th daytlm and prosperous. pros-perous. Immaculately draaaad landlord, land-lord, living- m aaa In a well furnished fur-nished apartment at night, la tha etory. as related by flioux City police po-lice of Charles 8. I Ian num. who for yaara haa leen tha object ot pity to kind-hearted resident of that city and, Omaha. Amoiiff frlenrie, who Vied with him In his prosperity hla makeup was that of a seller of pencils Kannum for year had been th epitome of envy, pollc related how ha "mad rood" deeplta hla supposedly physical physi-cal defect. Pay after dy n monTB artsfmonth. exltndi nT tha year, th pencil peddler bald on ta his several corner, moving hither and thither ul disappearing for eh'ort period of two or three day only to reappear Juet as rassed and haxxard as when h started. Then on day he was followed and arrested on a disorderly charge The fin waa 1104. Excepting tha -beggar" to go to Jsli In default of th money, th polio were astonished aston-ished t aa him pull out his wallet and peel flv ! bin, strolllnr off In expectation of freedom. But h wsa held an today, investigation disclosed svsn mors outstandlnc financial holdings In Omaha, wbsr he I a partner, nolle say. In th conduct of a wall per Ins nomine house. Aiding bins In this venture. It waa related, la Mr. Hubbard, whom he elaslfled as "remittance nun." Th monthly rant money. Hubbard eaya, ta -quit lares' and each month. Hannum either come to Omaha or receive his ahar by mall. "Too much prosperity," said a roomer friend of tho acoueed "beg--gar-landlord." "Charlie must have stepped off th waterwagon and. anyway, thee guy with dough and high priced rare are always stepping lata some-IblntT." some-IblntT." .m |