The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-08-28
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held by said President of said bank till
the expiration of ninety days, to be sub.
ject at such time to the order of either of
the two parties whose signatures are here
to affixed. (Signed.) w Martin Tolbert,
Chas. Newton Hunt. Done before me,
at my Office, in the city of Bombay, this
the 21st day of March, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-sevcn. (Signed) Samuel Reboliet,
Notary Publicly Two duplicates of the
above agreement were drawn off, signed,
and one delivered to each of tho Captains,
the original being held by the Magistrate.
The costs having been paid, etc., we pro-
cceded to refreshment saloon, and after
partaking of a sumptuous repast at the
expense of Captain Tolhert, our party
dispersed 10 arrange the preliminarics Of
the bet, making an appointment at the
Royal Exchange at 8 P. M.
Col. Parker, Col. Ferguson, and myself
were on the ground promptly at the ap-
pointed hour, and found Tolbcrt already
there. Hunt arrived about fifteen min
utes later, and thence we all proceeded to
the Bank of Bombay, where the two
Captains deposited Bank of England
notes to the amount Of two thousand
pounds each, and received bank certif-
Gates therefor, payable at ninety days
sight, with the understanding expressed
in writing thatsthe whole amount should
be paid to either party on the presenta-
ton of both receipts.
A few days after this the papers an
nounced that the ship aBird of the Ocean,"
ToIl ,>,oc+o, LoI co;1oJ Cor No
Ccylon. Meeting Captain Parker the
sane evening, I enquired if Captain Hunt
had gone. "Yes," he replied, she went as
passenger in the "Bird of the Ocean," and
left his first mate in charge of the "Loyap
till his return. He told me he would be
back in about six weeks, and appeared
quite jubilant over his big bet; said he felt
confident of winning, as he believed Toll
bert was only "blower," and was deter.
mined to "blutf," him; that he still felt
sure Booth was not alive, and when he
found out where the "hoax" was, he would
expose it," I told Parker was fearful
Hunt would lose his money; that it did
not seem reasonable that Tolbert would
recklessly bet so large sum on an uncer-
tainty, and that he must remember he won
in Calcutta.
Nothing was heard of the ship for seven
weeks, when it was announced by tele-
sgraph that the 'sBird of the Ocean, had.
arrived at Madras. On the following day
Captain Parker received telegram in
these words: II have lost! The man
Booth is actually alive. l should have
been at Bombay ere this, but we have en-
countercd heavy weather. Shall be there
soon.-Chas. Newton Hunt"
Neither of the parties can reach here
for some time to come. When they do
arrive there will be considerable excite
ment, in their immediate circles of acquain-
tancc at least. Thus, it seems, has Cap
tain W. Martin Tolbert won another large
sum of money upon this most mysterious
of all the mysteries of the nineteenth CEN
tury, leaving no doubt in the mind of any
thinking person that J.. Wilkes Booth is
alive. have given you the full details of
this strange affair, so far as know, and
will write you again as soon as Captain
Hunt returns, if gain any further partic-
ulars as to how he lost the wager.
still remain your sincere friend,
WILLIAM a. FRAZER, F. r. S.