Tip-o-tip Exposed

A Toledo special to the Free Press of yesterday contains considerable of local interest. The special says: A tale that is the equal of any romance carne to light in this city today, and a word of warning may not be out of place for other cities. A few weeks ago a heavy-set colored youth, calling himself Jave Tip-oTip Victoria Flosse Zulú Dingan Omisha, son of King Catewayo Telowa, late ruler of Zululand, carne to Toledo. He said he carne from President Angell's home in Ann Arbor, where he had been visiting, and that he had been studying to become a Methodist missionary at Nashville University. He said that Miss Sharpe, of Bishop Taylor's expedition brought him to America, and that he would return to his native land as a missionary. This Zulú prince, as he claimed to be, created quite a furor in the city. The newspapers devoted a large amount of space to him, and he lectured under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and several prominent churches. He wore a long, straighthaired wig, was very wild looking and told interesting tales of life in far-away África. He seeraed to be a happy, innocent sort of individual, and as he went about the city selling his photographs he was admitted to the residences of many prominent people and he alwaysseemedpleased to look about the house at the fine things. About this time several heavy burglaries occurred from four different houses, the robbers obtaining some $3,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. Two men were rested, charged with being the burglars, and have since been bound over. They were Walter Rice and Harry Wood. About the time of the arrest Tip-o-Tip suddenly left the city, saying that he was going to Cincinnati, and it has just been discovered that he abducted a young colored boy and took him with him. Evidence has also been found tending to show that the wild African was the accomplice of the two men who are now in ja.il. Indeed one of them acted as his agent. Tip-o-Tip is the son of a Milwaukee washerwoman, and the exposurehascreated a profound sensation here.