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OLLIE HIGGLES DEMONSTRATED UP-TO-DATE HIGH LIFEBE ROBBED H!S EMPLOYEREx-Messenger Boy Made it Pleasant for His 4liPals,?—Banquetted ‘*De Whole Gang,?? AOllio Higgles, cx-messenger boy nncluntil recently a chore bov at Arthur , . « •Ham's drug store, left for New York yesterday morning under circumstance*1:1 lat are mt.her sensational. The lad I■ ’ 1left to avoid faeirfg his employes whom • he is allowed to have robbed, that he nud his old messenger pals might eat,Cj I i. *drink and be merrv.Tt was about three weeks ago thatthe Higgles boy left the District mes-V ^ I - * . ‘v ' ‘ 4 _sencfer' service. to become a chore bov i *■in Mr. Arthur Baur's drug store atSeventh and Main streets, ilis businessplaced him where he could reach themonev drawer and i*“et i\ y:ood hand-hold • i *on the liquors that are kept for medi-rinrtl purposes, Hoth suffered from this?eonvfinient state of aHV.hv. W heneverthe boy had fin opportunity, lie would'help himself to the eash, and when hewould leave the store he would manageto smuggle a little liquor, lie would also*1 ow awav a few choice cigars in his in-»• iside pockets when he would leave the store. After leav'ftur the store, the lad would meet, the bo vs and then an era of*genuine high life would begin.lie would first treat them to a shoe-shine and then he would take them tosome restaurant where he would proceed** . . %to fill them up with “the best the mark-et affords. ]fe snent monev with a wild recklessness that would have made the famous ‘‘(’oal Oil .Tohnnv’* turn green• vwith envv, and the little messenger boys were all setting lazv and ilabbv from the• » » • surplus of gout-breeding viands, which King Higgles caused to he set before them. The fact that the chore boy was throwing money right and left was reported (o Mr. Haur and he began an investigation, which soon disclosed (lie situation. He called the lad into the office and began io question and search him. He first secured a lot of cigars which, it is certain, came from the case%in the drug store. Tlien in his pocketswas found a bottle of whisker, whichhe had a!-o appropriated. When hispocket book was demanded the lad thie vit into Mr. IJaur’s hand and dashed outof the room. A little later some otherarticles were missed and Mr. Bnur ves-i •V^rjlav desired another interview with, yis high-dvino- clerk, so he sent a cab to the Higgles home for the bov. The 1 d answered the cabman’s call and told him he would be out. iust as soon as he 'could arrange his toilet. The hnekman waited for about an hour when he became weary and began to make invps-»^gt.ions regai diner Ollie’s delav. TTe learnr: that instead of arran^ng toi-et the }]('v ]in'd sfcinr'hii out tho back why and gone to tiie Fninn station. It %war- Infer learned that he h~d there■ fi 4min fr* v.urfdmlt;e a ticket red fake afr^iT* for Yew York and wp«? OyTwr *ipr^^'jMin. nrnnf-j'V Vr«\v Noi’kward V«’t*'l ° lbcTpvre Tr-’nf • hackn'°n ^vntfino* In ^frO’’t O^ tpr* b0Uc'M ff)y Ijim or?f- i ftend *ro *'*i'•] i;\*r» f.»M' v*i]-j ^Tr.Tl'n1”, ^ 1 v H-vii1 ^^ ^ ]•*'1 (ini notbfdif'vo 1m rnrA|* forf'»r doUai*®. buttholt;e who have N^n *°teh:ng the lad cpeud money. lt;5°y th°t tin* amount must be hirger. besides the cigars and whis-key which he carried away in his pockets.hau
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Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 05, 1902
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