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Show FLBECfcTJ THE PArtMEn. Hal Ha Tarnad lha Table, on am e lark Shark!. New York Sun John J Hatfield gavs up farming on SUten taland a few montha ago to try hla hand at dlvekeeplng In New York. He began by awapplng hla forty-six acre farm at Port Richmond for Simon lluttner's Uroadway Garden. Uuttner had run this resort as long at he could with the consent of the police, and then he tried to run It without It Tho latter method resulted disastrously. However, How-ever, Hatfield didn't know anything about that, and ha started In an the "everything goes" plan, lie found that tho only thing that went was the value of hi new Investment, and that went so suddenly that he was somewhat dated. The boya and glrlt of Droad-ay Droad-ay laughed nt him and nicknamed him Farmer Hatfield. From the wreck of tho Uroadway Garden Hatfield cleared clear-ed up l 500 He wanted to buy another an-other farm with thlt, but tbo backers of the Artlttlc club, on West Thirtieth street, told him that he was foolish to get discouraged so aoon, so they told him their Interest In this establish ment for his 11.500. Shortly after that Police Captain Price put the Artlttlc club out ot butlnrss, leaving Hatfield with hit farm gone and pretty much everything of value gono with It. Hatfield Hat-field thought It all over, and concluded that hla only chance waa to get even with tome one for hla own mlafor-tunes. mlafor-tunes. Ho thought that there mutt b othera a etilly duped aa hlmtelf. and according to the atory now told on th llOWerV ha fYllin.t ntn .ii.k .. where ho would least b expected. It teem that Simon Iluttner heard that Hatfield had tome money left, and ho took hla friend, Ignata Gombotay, around to to him. Gomboisy Is said to bo Simon's brother, but Simon dln't tell Hatfield anything about that Ho Just Introduced him at tho proprietor proprie-tor of the Hoffman Gardens, on Third avenue, near Thirteenth tlreet Oom-bony Oom-bony wanted to tell out, and offered liberal terma. The atory la that Hatfield Hat-field made n amall cath payment, and gave Gombotay his notes for tho balance. bal-ance. Then ho went and saw John McGurk. the nronrletor of a rnnnta ot Ilowery dives, ono of which Is known as Suicide Hall. Gomboisy who holdt Halfleld'a notea, la aald to bo on tho verge of npoplexy over the tran-aactlon. tran-aactlon. Ho didn't know thero waa any one around who considered tho Hoffman Gardena worth buying. At tho latt accouuta he waa working for Hatfield, but that Individual la aald to hu biding In the depth ot Staten Island. The situation la that XteQurk haa the Hoffman Gardens, Gombossy haa Hatfield's notes and Hatfield has McGurk's money. |
