The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

said he offered the bonds, but had got no money
on them. Got down to the corner of Wabs-
shaw street, when wanted him to 60 the
Commissioners Office with me. He said he
| wanted me to let him 60 down to his office to
arrange some matters first. When he got there,
| he passed immediately to the wash.stand in
the back room, saying that he wanted to wash
his hands Il (TurnbulD standing near the door
between the two Offices. After washing his
hands he stepped behind the door. and looked
through the crack of the door to see what he
was doing. Then he stepped out from his
| bureau behind the door and asked me if l
| would step in there. Istepped in and told him
| he must 20 over to the Commissioners room
and explain away this mystery. He complained,
and said he did not see how he could do it,
saying that he must go to the bank, and attend
to some business. said that while we were
talking we could have been to the Commits.
sioners' Office and back. He said probably
when get there they will not let me come
away" Said ''if You are not guilty of this for.
gerry, they will be sure to let you come away,
and if you don't 60 with me. shall arrest you
for the forgery and take you there" He said
he hoped would not insinuate such thing as
that he was forger. I told him it looked sus.
picious and that considered him my prisoner
until he cleared it up. He then turned around
and said, "where is the dipper," and took
drink of water and offered me drink. getting
his hands wet, and then went behind the door
in the back Office, and got towel to wipe them
hanging it up on the front of the door and shut
ting the door after him, leaving me in the back
Office and him in the front. made two or three
pulls to wrench the door open, but could not
do it. then turned and kicked the sash and
blinds out of the back door. and ran round on
Third street. A boy told me that he had gone
towards the bridge. I went up to the corner OF
Ingersolrs block, and saw him turning the
bend on the foot way, on the left-hand side of
the bridge, running l then threw my overcoat
and hat off, and overlook him at the foot OF the
long span-he on the foot path, and on the
wagon.track. Just as got even with him he
whirled to the left, and commenced climbing
over the railing. ran few feet past him, and
crawled through the timbers to the footpath::
Just as got to the footpath he had let himself
down, and was hanging on to the ends of the
planks with his hands. I hallooed to him to
stop, and he Immediately let 60, falling within
ten or fifteen feet of the centre pier, He sank
and remained under for q few seconds, and
when he rose, about where he went in, he hal.
looed two or three times, whether for help or
not couldn't tell. he appeared, as he was
floating down, to be trying to keep his head
under. staid on the bridge and called for
boats, he floating all the time. then ran down
Bench street to Robert street, but he had sunk,
and saw nothing more of him after that.
After Mr.. Turnbull left the bridge, Mr..
Gray was seen by several persons, floating
down the stream until near the foot OF Ro-
bert street, when he sank.
Mr.. Turnbull endeavored to perform his
duty faithfully, and cannot be blamed in
the slightest degree for the escape and sui
eide.
Efforts we're made to recover the body of
Mr.. Gray during the day and evening, but
without success. 1t is supposed that he had
large amount of money about his person,
as he was seen to have it at Sanborn &
Lund's Office, and other places.
His effects were taken possession of by
the proper officers, to await more full in
vestigation of his affairs. The amount of
the forged bonds negotiated amounts, in the
aggregate, as far as ascertained, to about
$4,000. Among those who hold them, as
collateral security for money loaned to Mr..
Gray, are DR.. Il. T. Mann, 81 600; G. W.
Armstrong, $1,000; L. Ingalls,, $500 Mr..
EdgertoD, 81 900 Mr.. Kennedy, $1,000 !;
Mr.. Holland, 81 500; and some Others for
amounts which we could not learn. Quite
number of persons also hold his receipts,
for scrip, county and city orders, &C., which
had been placed in his hands for sale.
Mr.. Gray sold his farm on the Fort road,
Oct. Is, and also other property, and it is
supposed that it was in order to raise mo-
ney to leave the country.
While we have plainly detailed the cause
that precipitated him to an awful death,
that shocked the whole community, we
cannot close without bearing testimony
to the many excellent qualities of the de
ceased. He was a publc-spirited man, and
was always willing to devote bis time and
means, as far as he was able, to public en-
terprises. His moral character, until the
last sad lapse, was irreproachable. He was
courteous to all, and generous to the poor
and distressed. May the same broad man.
tie of charity, which be was ever willing to
spread over the conduct of others, rest
upon bis own.
In the town of Ludlow, Massachusetts,
there is living soldier of Napoleon, past
eighty years of age, named George Hynes.
He entered the French army in 1895, then
not quite fifteen, and continued soldier
until near the close OF the Russian cam
paign. he was repeatedly wounded. He
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