Thief who spent 32000 in four days fails to dazzle Broadway
George Lister, a Sausalito bank cashier turned felon, spent about 14000 in New York over a week, tossing large bills to cabarets and musicians. His lavish spree yielded little fame beyond a cabaret girl’s aid when he surrendered at the Tombs.
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Frank Savage
New York
BroadWay
George Lister
bank @eshier
Sausalito
Cal
Pill
Lister
Tombs
Johnny
Butch McDevitt
Death Valley Scotty
American Railway Express Company
White Light District
Taticab
John Steete
Broadway Spenders and Notoriety Tales of a Roaring Era
A collage of Broadway figure anecdotes describes lavish excess and publicity stunts. It cites Butch paying fifty dollars, Death Valley Scotty racing trains with Harriman, and the celebrity antics of Coal Old Johnny and others in pre Butler days.
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Sentry
Waldorf
Coal O Johnny
Ritz
Johnny
Philadelphia
Thaw Dispenses Luxuries Among Guests at Dinner
The event featured diamond tiaras and pearl necklaces for attendees, with risks and lavish spending surrounding notable figures like Butch McDevitt and Death Valley Scotty. Scotty was rumored to be seeking gold mines while his brother faced a shooting incident during a prior expedition.
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Great White
Butch” McDevitt
Death Valley
Scotty
Scott
Snine
Ward
British Columbia
T Fa
Ells
Walter Scott
Lister
Fragmentary Narrative Sketch From a Turbulent Journey
A garbled passage recounts a man unaware of losses until a taxi ride to Albany and a return trip to New Yorker’s days in England. It references Henry VII, a failed suicide attempt, a police intervention, and a payment to a fiddler amid troubling events.
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Albany
Yi Pace
New Yorker
England
Lister
Henry VII
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Harry K. Thew
Stanford White
Steele
West Side
Fourth Street Bridge
Coats
Sam Frank Co
Men’s Athletic Union
Theodore Lucas
Lafayette St
CAM Frank Clothiers
E.fourth Street
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Jefferson
Warwick
Crane
Walterina
Byversharp
Wright
Ditson
Crrosite Black
Iowa
Kuppenheimer
East Fourth ST
Canton
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