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Show 4 i I HI ' KO VO POST 1 Rich Beggar Exposed POSED AS CRIPPLE TO EXCITE SYMPATHY A TEMPLE OP SERVICE With the walls which encircle this inof a body is stitution gathered together men and women trained in the profes-- r for lion of tenderly and perfectly caring those Just departed this life, and skilled in the art of making more precious the has memory of those last rites. ofTruly Service, j this been called a "Temple Ever at your command when in need of one of our profession. PBERG, JVlftCTfO national MORTICIANS m ; I BERG MORTUARY 170 East Center Street Cornelius Meek, a helpless cripple who has lived in Kentucky, Ohio Psychoanalysts, usually so glib in and West Virginia, near Ash. and, explaining Ky., where the three States meet, tracing complexes and admit them- and who, it is alleged, has grown away mental crochets, in the case of wealthy through the charities beselves frankly stumped one Neudeck, recently brought Ber-li-to stowed upon him, has been denied the use of the mails on the ground ;light by the criminal police of of obtaining money through fals. Bv Thi3 young genleman is a gradu- and fraudulent representations. ate of a famous German university an order of the Postmaster General, and was filling a lucrative position as letters addressed to Cornelius Meek. Mrs. Cornelius Meek, Mr. and Mrs chemist with a large manufactiving the Cornelius Meek, or Neal Meek, eithpr Is firm. He had three dwellings ain few west end of Berlin within at Whitehouse, Normal or Ashland That fact Ky. ; Huntington or Kenova, W. Va blocks of each other. Alone, in view of the housing short- or South Point, O., are to be marked fraudulent and returned to th age and the difficulty of obtaining ven one apartment, was enough to writer. draw upon him the attention of the Instead of being the bedrid ien Yet he 'came to make their mendicant his circulars represent w police. way. him to be, with a destitute family of J acquaintance in quite another the for past after night little children in need of clothing Night food and fuel for the winter, with three months Neudeck would return his ao money to obtain it, the post office from his work, attire himself in dinfor authorities state that he recent' best, proceed to a restaurant ner,' go thence to the second of his sold in tKentucky two houses one and bought a $9 apartments, don another outfitas and he house $10,000 in Huntington, W. Va ; tha1 with an amazing dexterity, he owns a six cylinder automob later demonstrated to the commishis and owned three other cars uT1 sioner of police, proceed to swath of mass a with next and face burned recently in Meeks barn head, they cotton and gauze bandages. A mon- at South Point, O.; that all these auocle of blue glass was affixed to his tomobiles were well insured; that b left eye. Thereafter he would stroll has eight children, four of the leisurely from the Kaiser Wilhelm about 15 to 22 years old, none e e Memorial Church to Nollendorfplatz ployed, and that Meek support and back again, up one side of the large family, including a son-i- n la street and down the other, time after In comfort. Last winter, the postal aj .io''1 time till a late hour of the2 night for assert. Meek owned a houe and Then back to dwelling No. and thus motion picture theatre at Whit complete change of attire No. 3 wafe bed to Dwelling and home Ky.. both of which burned S' in house, rare at used for the purpose only They were well insured, officer a as saying. tervals. that Neu quoted A favorite circular alleged to h tv It is significant to notedressed and been distributed by Meek contain-- a deck was always well alms nor accepted never asked for picture of the invalid in his wh He carried wth him chair with his wife and a little gir' of any kind. a pencil and note pad on which he beside him, the child appearing to he about 8 years old, authorities nid wrote. In reply to questions thatcerHe was The investigator for the Pot office was deaf and dumb of the Department reports that when he tainly dumb, it is said, because his skw this "child last August she bandages which tightly boundasked 20 was about years old and was "exlower law Further questions, the of in silks. pad medium dressed the pensively through ij t he was would elicit the reply that met 5: with not a war cripnle, but had A total of 138,352 persons visited 'K an of a terrible accident, the result Yellowstone National Park during He declared he could be the 1923 season. Of this number explosion. Jvvt fed only through a tube let into his 91,224 came by automobile. head. Neudeck admitted to the police that he Cgreatly enloyed the sym 'pathy expressed bv passersby and rS:: I t Telephone 378 fo-abo- uxe Ut VJ . ESTABLISHED 47-4- 9 By Postal Authorities n. j ' j ul d sh ip mentfof u A TCHES f ut ill beautiful .x.ese handsome watches A , insomuch as they s to turn them quickly, "ts and put them out at 5.00. 1 4 ( i 4 1 1 AU ' i ; m: til e o- -, '' I v - , ,ru iully guaranteed with hi use $17.50 last. at-t- . m to you. Some of them no ' Colli rni r n Music& Jewelry Co. x s f (We enter Street 5X chance acauaintances and that he experienced the height of pleasure when someone would take him by the arm to assist him across adstreet. Beyond lhat he would mit nothing, maintaining his pur-to pose in thus masquerading was determine for himself how much elicited from the sympathy could be as well as how Berliner average much sheer nonsense he could be made to swallow The case of Neudeck is heiue studied hv Prof T)r Ktrauch. head of clinic attached to the psvchopathic the court, ifl the attempt to fix on some definite mental abnormality But this far the investigation has his been without result. Except forlvor-riblv as a to masquerade propensity chemist the mutilated invalid ra appears to be a perfectly sane, a few for desire The tlonal being.' kind words from ones fellowmen mav not he considered a a sign of mental abberation. hut the method taken to obtain them in this case was. declare the police, somewhat bizarre, to say the least. Could Help Another But Not Himsel young woman who recently made a trip to Europe decided to consult the captain of the ship as to the best preventive for seasicka ness Having armed herself with offito the introduction of letter cer, she waited until the ship had cleared Sandy Hook, and then approached him. said the My dear young lady, "you captain, with an amused smile, will not be troubled with an Illness If you will do what I tell you. Most ladies confine themselves to their cabins, and thereby Incur the very thing they fear. Now if you will stay on deck, get all the freshalr you can, walk up and down, tdtke and good physical care of yourself, will try not to think of trobule, you never be seasick." The young lady thanked him. She followed the directions faithfully, and when the ship ran into the tail end of a heavy northwest gale, she never felt a qualm. As the gale was abating she bethat it was due the capthought her tain that she should thank him for his good advice, and, approaching the deck steward, entrusted him with a message asking for an interview. In . due time the steward returned, saying that the captain was unable to grant her an Interview. "Why not? she questioned. 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