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He Hired Out as a Machinist, but Didn't Like the Job and Skipped Out. A Week ago last Monday Burtis Zimmer man employed a machinist for their Asbury Park bicycle repository. He was a young man who claimed to be thoroughly familiar with bicycles, having, he said, worked in the Eagle factory in Connecticut. He was a quiet sort of fellow, and boarded with Mrs. Davis, on Bangs avenue. After working a day Mr. Burtis saw that the young man, al though pretending to be a machinist, knew absolutely nothing about pheumiatic tires. He worked on until Saturday night and was paid his wages Early on Sunday morning the machinist packed up his effects and departed from his boarding house. He left behind two letters, one addressed to Mrs. Davis and the other to Mr.Curtis. In the latter he said that he was no machinist and had deceived the firm. He was traveling under an assumed name, and finding this climate too warm for him had decided to go to Chicago. In closing he told Mr. Burtis not to look for him, as he could not be found. The letter left for Mrs. Davis was rambling in its nature, and said that Mr. Burtis would pay the writer’s board-bill. Nothing has been heard of the fellow since.
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Asbury Park Journal
Asbury Park, New Jersey, US
Sat, Apr 15, 1893
Page 4
Full Page
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Anonymous
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