Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-30
Fowler, the Defaulter, Heard From.
ST.. JOSEPH Mo I


ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 81
Advlces of June 9th from Denver
City, to which credit is given, state
that Fowler, the New York postmas-
ter, whose whereabouts has been SO
long unknown, and about whom so
much curiosity has been felt, is repor-
TED to have been identified at Pixies
Ieak. The main features of the state
ment are as follows:
An individual, whose dress and oer.
efal appearance was that of CITY bred
style, attracted general attention Not
only this but his evident anxiety to
shun particular notice, he favored all
questions i'll regard to his business in.
tenticns; he had a tendency to attract
more attention than is shown usually to-
strangers arriving there. He register
ed his name at the hotel as Archiles
ORANGE. Under this name he passed
unidentified till one day he was on his
way to some quartz claims he had pur-
chased, he came to small village i'm
the mountains and stepped into the re-
corder's office, where he was at onct,
recognized by an old resident of New
ork city, whose name is not quite as
familiar, who exclaimed anxiously and
desperately
.'Why, good Cd, Fowler where.
did you come from?'
ORANGE staggered back with a flush
ed face and then turned pale as he re-
piled with calmness-
''Slr you are mistaken; nv name il
not Fowler"
10 which his accostant replied:
"Well, if your name is not Fowler
with his whiskers off, you are his twin
brother, or the devil"
ORANGE, much embarrassed, endeav-
ored to evade his disclosure asked if
the recorder Of the district was pres
ent, thinking to close the conversation:
but his tormentor was not willing to
give HIM up, but approaching him, he
said:
Il know what I say; you arc Isaac
'. Fowler, of New York. Won have
had your hair cut, your whiskers shay
ed Oft, and are disguised by your spec
tacles; but | should know you any
where"
AT first ORANGE assumed firm and
lndlderent appearance, but he soon
gave way to his feelings, and exclaim-
ed:
'For God Almighty's sake don't ex-
pose me''
The gay Mons. ORANGE was, indeed,
the New York Postmaster, who, by
ingenious devices of reported cscapes
to Havana and South America, has
thus far outwitted his pursurers and
made his escape to the gold mines, and
up to this time remained undiscovered.
A private interview was had with
Fowler which the correspondent de-
cllnes giving the result of, while Fow-
Ter was deeply affected at first but grad
ually resumed his composure and cheer
tnlness, being by means beyond the
reach OF government he thought it best
to leave the country immediately for
Salt Lake and California, mentioning
Australia as his probable destination.
| He fled at once.
| Fowler, on the first night of his arri-
val at Denver City, entered gambling
saloon and won $4,000, and bet the
whole amount on one game, but the
dealer refused to risk it. Fowler, with
out comment, gathered up his winnings
and went to the bar, gracefully took a
gin-cocktail, and left the room. This
created an inquiry as to who he he was,
but his ticticious name prevented this.
He is reported to have speculated large
| " in claims. The above is considered
here, by persons acquainted with the
circumstances, as wholly reliable. Our
next advices, probably, contain some
thing in relation to it.