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Show THE SUNDAY HORXINO EXAMINER, .MAltrii 1!', lWi'i. ! them tvoji never luada poil.c i.utanro time it migm ta. or rompleui uiulo.n Lr:wfs of ZinencUl enierprue occurred SO. euiacidenully With llui? OU. Of tb. greatest Mio. The Intended victim b..4r. a,4U f best known name ,.ie 11 iWurld and hm far me i;l 'Special watchman consianuv ... ..7 ? jPloy he might have lost hVi:v revolver and several eiick TheCKO OK. and "'t GUARD inWLL STREET-- S TERN DEr-TECTI- delusions which hr: XZ s& ' THODS IN THE w LITTLE TERRITORY WHERE 5 he e f th?ni; very n,,,e them a rho target for the criminal and enS! avarly every banklnc horn la the r retain, at ita own expense, ona or aun j watchmen, or doormen, aa they are eh! jvrally known. At learn ninety per ecaVal theao men have hern recruited from tW 'police ranka, their selection being lerncd by their knowledge of the wile, jwaja Inaa well aa facet of unwrlcomt ,0 the forbidden territory- - Aa a nna they are phyalcally powerful, since it la advisable to quell auvh diaturbna jalwayi by a ahow of phyalcal force rather lhaa kv i y. - r DOLLARS PASS DAILY FROM HAND to HAND. - lur E2- l MILLIONS OE rT b-- aw-ar- ...I I , ofdJW Vr ' -- tt0 BtUi another attempt wai made to ,,, lt nnte a prominent Broad W ly man ofnrtft ...me mho had eaUbllshvd a lmakm U ,1 !?? and who had Mwy her,, over his failure to ? assistant: the H j!j? ,mKi? nplale Aaylum without tl in ine m-wt-, end hr exentuaiiy lawyer with a strict ot drSl Jfa on the Bank of Heaven. But while the uniformed m-- - VE ME- - U mU n iil 1) draatlc method. Again, many captain of finance, being excellent atudenta of physiognomy, am able to gnuge a strange viritor and to to Provide for conllngenclra before the latter has a chance or la provoked by disappointment to resort to extremes. One day recently the writer had occasion to ral upon a former president of the United Statea Bice! Corporation to sillcit a to a public cbarliy. Tlie million-nalIn queatlon, mho differa from must In the street in that he men y wealthy carrica conaiderable sum of money on hip person, readily produced hi wallet and donated three bill of gencroua denomination. Being a eked if he wan never uneasy hi carrying what amounted to an extensive fortune on tiia person he vouchsafed that ha had becoiua what ha wa- -a largely through hla ability to read face aright and that he needed hut ona glance at a visitor to know him and prepare Air better or worse. Paaaing down the street, a few doom from the Block Kxcliangn is the United Stated which wap visited a month or ao ago by a perron of protracted hair and angural aspect, who asked to ms the Assistant Treasurer. The detectives et the Wall street door, adjudging tlie map correctly, eoon learned that he had a machine which was guaranteed to keep all the government clerk busily employed for eight hours a day. For this important discovery he demanded the very moderate compensation of S.0,ono in cash. Now It Is paid that a machine really capable of accomplishing such a miracle would be worth much more than the amount Involved, and yet the Cerberus was sceptical. Ho referred the man to tiic Custom House. At the Custom House he waa forwarded lo ,h Hall, on the atep of which, he WU lf0rml. hr would meet a man wearblack a bat and a pair mustache. do ing fur as known this particular crank waa never heard of more. Another curious case of paranoia which tho authorities were called In to attend recently was of a man who wished to fetal kite upon George J. Gould fur a landed persecution. Ills special hallucination iu hearing voices In the air wiiich threatened him. Seeing nobody about him. ho had tried vainly to explain to liinurlf Hi soutx-- of the vocal aunoiwnre. As with other suffering with tlie Mine affliction he naturally accounted tor his irouiils aa due to some agency beyond his under- We time in which h. ihvd., tiun re CirifTith. Uy William ' w A1 jf, BTRWHT. the rnd of go many y hrginning1-an- habit-uall- a hnamial : in more keenly and cmiatanUy mi pho kHdusut fur the proirriimi e mi the barmlmw. nrcriwary lamb than for tlie ohlocUuuUil irrsposavr dwd linr. Muv Kutliia slrwat-tThis magi aary barrier has Just been an order which will trrngtt'Mud by psumpt unwstnoaie vladora in tlw UihuicIhI dlsfjdct to trnad even more carefully I lieu to avoid Mu, firmly tlieiwh quietly Um dion-enter dietaied by Ibe or Inm nervous lenaum prevailing ' and by the fact that during the tost few wmntna an eguepnnauj ninntier of unde-- 1 etmlsle vlwiara, kannleim In the main, but! on several omudons troublesome, have! been fiwqumlliig the locality. Obvious reaaons are given In explaining why com- - j parnlivnly fnw sunk Intnialoua liave eomej Into puldla notice, the principal onr being that moneyed es are firutro tn regard a plague the aotoriety altniHliug such ranee. Aa revealing Ihr wuy In whk'li tlie groat j financial sag.ro la from tlie under world, the Mluwing Inrtd-'nt- , wlilrh oerumd a few daya ago. muy be told. Tlie writer. In ramiuny with a Wall atrwll Six-- 1 i Hr had, briefly, undergone a aialdrn gmrdian. wae panaing the new change in Hound emait. Htnce liCii. a hen 'and cumplale Irauslurmalion from an ap-- ! the UKmtive fiurcsu waa founded, tlm parently piurperoua man of the world to official in question, as lie ha earned a reputation pmtmhty aeountl to none In tho country aa a dsppe to evihluere, and gneen giods tnsn, fnrpera end oilier dwclltra in the alindow. Ills nuunury fur lacna at the nu mewl illiwiruird In a novel manner. 'and frightened, they moved over toarutvl Bring an Inveimita wnukrr. the disciple j the Kgvhaiigv rulrsih'r. nc lawnq waa chewing an a cigar uiid. In! "dam. continued the inuuialter, -- when: aa inlnnlably eartim way. waa appar wily have you been dur.ng the lust live yexre or' abeurts'd in Ihr ennveraalliHi tu I he i udii- - puT I brllrvrd you drad or Hl rinding hi lm.uc, the natty individual! without rv"ry,,!.,J eyue. altering Ice t' vertHrd the kwrikaitlon conveyed rukig or glianglng hie gall, he qiurlly d.rentwl;,,,hastily by d,imilnp ihet he hsd i 1 ft mm WIN utlwr tlW brfi(h. ,rni In Ming nini, Hr striwt. at tho ewm Um vuniearing a.Mldni rvinjr the officer not lo arrest " Ll LVlLfjiinij r aimraninre1111" ,M brimploring ,aI11,, n ,h ' lsd turn living an honest llffii way IIIHIIIfUIMIflQ W lair UMtt IMkiliiliffi Ilia frprdom. ejuna turn from a duaen wU drsarod bs.Hrora,lr' ' ht Implh. very qulrlly, almost and broker around him. He wore a fowl tUy, came tlie frigid reply, "you serin to hat. an overount of son octal in doty and pat sal leather shore. Knnmding that hei1" prospering wimewhrrr and pomehow. ibe were times when I would have waa swinging am imstIllimi loo JaunfHy for a buatnraa man ho might rosily hawwjhJvrh dngr hail tn have found you. How liven mistaken fur a proMperous eurb'hmg, by the wuy. la it Mice you shot at broker. Hie fore waa at Hie moment ln'tk oSIcer and escaped over the house ai'ltpiie, aa he waa allghtly stteud wnd ww toper wsikJtg In the eeaie tllroouan ns Me oii- - "Four gears, going on dee," was the re" A. J bn 0imx 1 G0O&77O ye?? jtyyctrwzff PZ&GVrM&fZZ?. wi jJZS Jewel huckster on ! J a, I eequt-etero- ' :i&. I ! ! u '"! I W . - "llritf tKZjrj cw m&jsrfj&i: . Comedy sometime croneee the eloge In the Interrupt the busy money' makers crowded hours, e wan InstRnrrd recently Influeand mont or powerful the by one wton to ntial men In the street, whose who ho. Interviewer i well known and ss a sort of pereonul guard, e Cerireru notified. Ilnuly, not down here: at headquarters. noticing that his proepecllve caller waa In doubt ss lo where the appointment wan to bn hrpt. Tlie man Mid nothing, but by bending his head, lie remained still, until, receiving a signal of dlanrieel. h darted forward and souq disappeared In the crowd. This waa the wond time, eiplainnd my companion, that he had ever seen the man whe. live years previously, had escaped' from a liouae occupied as rendrivotie hyi adengeruus band of counterfeiters. About tlie same lime a Maiden tope Jewelry establishment hail lieen pilfered and Hie! thief had esraped by emptying bis revolver! at n policeman and fleeing over the roof. The detpiitirr added that lie lied always! uaparlsd the man la be guilty of the rubbery, and Him the latter. In hie fright, had Just confessed to It. But Mil he not escape?1 wee naked For reply Ha- - veteran directed attention to n man In a long with the roller turned up. who overrmi, rounded the earner Hie moment. The new arrival mum tn atn! sudden mop, saluted hie superior, g sai-r- i which llie latter relumed with a low! chuckle, and the inmlled figure rapidly, diroppaaevd In the direction taken by day possee but ,h" that a W "j r.ne! .. be wilnepord' dislriet, whlcli aa'Lnib!ilkv dnnc,al Is thei t wr II.W Fulton and llcevcrL.,. JIlilLV' ih,!!!.?11 afrnni, and aouth repcun-e- . (!' ay on th.-- . a, si to tho tlie con men: . bilt princes and point- of lliiuii.-- whose iiHines, und.-- r err- ,riJ arr crowiled not only tain rundulun-- . ri prencnt more money ind ili than ha ever coined In the hislury g raicst uanka and flnsnciul liwtltiitions of the world. Yel, although of aurh enor- - ". mi I He I e n must ae haughty and unapproachable A certain publication, having hlniaelf. mode several Ineffectual attempln Mwork, sketches of the great man at and a menee anally despatched a woman mission. The the delicate and difficult men began by executing a flank moromenl. IntetM himself a though trying to eplrlt sanctum sanctorum and, as forereckonrf. was halted by the guard. Meanwhile tho the prW! young woman proceeded Into to efflee, presented a letter of Introductlo aatounde so and person to the financier, mahim that he Involuntarily furnished terial for noma very characteristic picture street Within th lest few week the line offered an attraction to an eMer'e Bohemian, who assigned himself to interview several prominent barker in order to dleeuade them from giving him money end cast off wearing apparel. For a year people tad pest, he complained, wealthy been sending him cash and articles he did not need, being already comfortably established In a Bowery lodging boosr. Moreover, ha confessed, the Fot Office authorities had persistently refused te surrender to him packages which, his patron In', spirit revealed, bed been addressed to were The various donations, he declared, testimonials sent him by religious perame prayer lie case have been disposed of quietly with- - who were grateful for a special admittance W!n!fa?-L- Being refusedr out the public ever being Informed houses, the authig nf them. Hardly a day, in fact, passes but:llt eeverul no that the examiners pass on Individuals who11 prayer would gravely IndUte a I have committed overt acts In following beseeching the respective capitalists . cease sending him money, and depart ln mmy L I been Interested Had voice. Living probably bad been a spirit concluded thst in the twentieth century he the voice came from the telephone win, electricity end and, connecting wires with that Mr. toirauih srotom, he decided utbor ot bis irouUtn. th qou1j Hence he called daily at Hie Western Union Building until th authorities ply. 'fluppone. Miggcoled the ether, "you uall at Ilia office in the tnurolng and wra will go ever a few things privately. No. trenpoAscr. BaiWy H"1 thl1 jS taw ?!!.lh vStofiI oTdbHriritiUn k j5 ''B. sulmr-dtimt- e ofiyi" 1 Tblthing Mm merely sin acquaintance e of the veteran officer, or lev hops a in tin department, tho welter ventured aa Inquiry to liwt effect. ur reply the ftunnus detective smiled and oast another gkmce hia cigar he rrm the street. Beam-lo- aldclong then uttered low but penetrating, sibilant Bound with hie half etoned lip- The effect waa electrical. The man started, lookad hack over hie ahouliler, changnd couir as though he were standing torfutw a edtramaloaaipe and eniua to a auddun hail. His agitation would have been amusing had H wot been tinged with something bordering on I error. H ut Aa I npseted." enld the vrieron with a quhit, e mused emlle on noticing tho madden iatonut lus had awakened. Then: "Hero! ho atiarply ejaculated, still moving ahead in a half abstracted manner and walnMng tho mrangrr cot of tlie corner of bin eye. The petnlleit auuic again heard, taut ha sms Ulvablo to JocsXa Hi Maher LntU m latter made a pwuUar raaSfcm with earn hand and reprotnd the athalaat utteroace In a slightly lower tone. The man a once deterted the tnommnil. and, n wall ling hie anlnmlfcaai, he slowly rooomad tMs amok diagonally atnd waa soon fhne to faoo writh he offiurr. good ufothea ywu havo on. Bam.' commented the tVrbcru. Very Rood tfluthro la fault, as comporod with thoam you were wearing ttm boat time we met," wHh a ddlhag rorcoMn In hkr tone. By Chin time the man wwa thoroughly frightened, hlg tecBi were cliwtlering and hia ffiaaigus seemed to have beaa narntr- - foro-mo- et ..I ' r the eurh. And one reason for this la shown In the extraordinary vigilance and efficiency of the system by which the Btrect Is watched and warded. Bluing In hla office in the Stock Exchange Building, the hand of tho Well Street Detective Bureau, with hie hand literally and figuratively on a hundred wire communicating with hla subordinates In various parte of the financial district, can. within n period of three minutes, mass enough men at n given point to handle any crowd or cope with any demonstration that may arias. He Is the dean of the department, having entered the ser- it-- a ?nd. 5! vlp? In hl. Cerberl are perhaps proudest of their achievement In the crank who, in a series or catching letters which created considerable excite-- j ment In financial circles and attracted attention In both hemispheres at tho time, demanded of Jay Gould an Immense gum of money on forfeit of hia Ufa Beyond th fact that the postmarks on th envelopes showed that all the letter had been mailed In the postal district streets bounded by Tenth and Thirty-thir-d and Broadway and Eighth avenue, day after day passed without the writer of them being apprehended. Jay Gould, ordinarily disposed to. Ignore such threats, became Indeed ao concerned that ho never moved abroad save with a number plain clothes men a a body guard. nelly, by posting an officer and mall tier near tech box la the district end urn scrutinising every latter moiled the iwary scribe was detected and wag found to bo demented. Since the sensational attempt to dynamite Bussell Bag in U91 the Street has been shaken by no occurrence of similar nious financial potentiality, no great r care Is taken, apparently, by tlie great biiukera nnl brokers of the slm-- to pro- tect ihelr persona, us distinguished from their purses, than la takan'by the veriest 1 quietly. Occasional variations are offered nr women In th curious proreeslon that waa recently wends Wall street way, reported to th police by Giovanni P. ws a banker. She of thl instance " modlshly gowned and readily secured audience with the busy banker on the subIn certerfuge or being anxious to Invest was an tain storks of whlrh th financier she had extensive holder. As it developed, invented a war balloon with whichwould wtajj euro the fall of Port Arthur t accomplished and only needed capital oro-si- owning, however. It was not handed to When It was nut ,l forthcoming he to search about oa the fljnc. "What are yon looking fur. ductorT" i the elrk man. "For my fee." wna the reply. "X,q tind-lo- g It in my hand, 1 suspect 1 mum liave pro-,rr- dropped it." "N, dwd or. no. you have made a small mistake. It is I who have dropped ll. TOO MUCH FOB FORTUNE. MANY GHOSTS. T"ITK new United Mtstes Marshal, "nnl riw lma been a cn- - I Mastrrson. wa the recipient of a lung I story of woe by a gemblir who hs,l ills;,.. A(iU.VTl33I.tN at evll'lfj met a serlcc ot severe rrvrnu-- . past was describing Mr. hanpenid in Hi darhencl .,nm Mastereon stood the eturv of the flcklem-s- HAD SEEX " TOO tiw condiliuna were a!l favorable of fortune as long ae politeness demanded, wen- - nutirruil'iing. end then ill with; 'lie. i !v. niw." said , Ij.lv n, nlmm lie "Aiv. man. whul If fortune in down au wes vi'kirr. ni-:i mo u you" All she can do Ii to auk you lues lo Oi lit g'lnr-- a a whole Pit, but 1 til,' belii-vlo make vuu o'i anil leje ei,nlfT j lay." id. rt. niatlim. I h.ive ioo nmnv . tu eui is i cni. I navenough to v that ."i. y eeiuii have lie, n dweived.' w!t-- ar.'I Fpiri: i, !.-- i Iut -- d-- lu-- si--- e THE DOCTOR'S MISTAKE. EJ1tVAR.T PE "K - V i,f a ofOiner an uf e :nie!ir d spu i on who na.l ii,e rinan-- ' al i My ii, k.M. lie -- nc -- r iieii kn Wn f b'Die s fee. ,)t haj nx'-r now ,lt ii e:it fijjr-"- J r, :v n. There was a rerinn pat rafiei.t lie bad .itlemled for a lor g Mme. h.s iwu du.'si-- e reg. laiiy ' t. y iisiiuiiig wile-.- i heca'jcl. Df- c!i;inrl h i r j- nt :!' rli. foil-wi- ng n so-i!- ,i.-- o)e I NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO. IIE re- - nt nrvcr.nire of a long existing fr,eniie!.i between two tilled Enghsh woinc". .,f no lit:lo c, j vrcnim-i- u wi.li wh.i-- c ii.imcs Mrs. tjrundy. !! bid is ;n th wim Mr. Gi-.s Criis-7:i,:An- -r Ci-- y h id I'i'.i ih-l- .: p :iiiic i.ninl.in fir juuiie time , I i(l , molh.-r:"hm. um, ni- ("rev er. d..(r. - - float the enterprise. M elto I will go out to lunch with yen.over It cam talk we "end volunteered, Being Informed that the huiker lunched In his office, she was to stay and lunch there. Only when Wn eured that tlie banker expected we she perand daughter to luncheon after day she suaded to leave. But day t the finanreturned; to be told finally had lj cier had gone to Washington end word for her ts proceed there endShe Her. with tlie Secretary of caaloned lilm no further wnrrlmeni. IL Hem, On another occasion Jame rieited by bear leader, wes colored liquid. 'man great with a bottle of queer m create wa excitement Considerable waa vltil'd-Bu- t the Keens offices for fear It finenrlri-tto th nmaxement of (ha Individual quietly asked If Mr. Kw Ut fountain j Would care to drink of youth and be young again. gasped the mllHnrire "Young again !"f am year young. Wb young-six- ty CONTRACT. A LARGE - - WAr a Verv VOibg clergyman snd .do you mean by your Impudence. olifcr, ., "I have discovered a wonderful them-Pr- e LI ,j,;s i:i (irt day at hi first ap- - was tii Imperturbable reply, wh.l I piiinsm-be allowed evident concert force we muverinc for a The story Is vouched tor a are. of descent, 'and It will make an old hi- - f::s!ivr Tuttle, whose star Ie faffioo. After readirg the service like a boy. There ere ,hrt'ndVliL! ,t fjltcrel the J"1 the ycung m.Illor.e and I went you to M anr.iran.'rnieut: "dcrv'ice will be held rn the market. Ton ran "'N' thJ ul ten A. M. next Bumlay :iiat the northendend. end Judge for yourwlf. vff at y in th" itrrnon ni departed, I tlire-- . Infants will be bapuxed left tle ot He and quietly to return. .1 butii emla. t f i . |