Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-13
A REMARKEBLE STORY.
A Man Lost for Fourteen Months.

From the san Francisco Builetin, Aug.
Some fourteen months ago there was
established at Vallejo, thriving estsb-
lishment in the furniture business, Of
which the owners were Lazarus COhn,
the founder of the business, and Mr.
Morrison, who hal recently jjined.
Mr.. Cohn was q married man, with
family Of children living in Vallejo,
where he wss generally respected. About
the time spoken of above, COhn came TO
San Francisco TO make some cODsiders-
bic purchases in the way Of business. he
brought with him about $50 IN goldi
S400 IN currency, and Sl4o0 IN hve-twenty
bonds belonging to Morrison, which he
E-esto sell, and use the proceeds for the
purposes Of the firm. He ATTENDED New
hslFs store and shipped goods from there.
On the secOGd day he purchased still
more largely Of NeThah and others, and
among other places called at brokers
Office regarding the sale Ct the bonds.
He found that be could not quite realize
The minimum price fixed by Mr.. MOrri-
son, and wrote TO NslltjO for further in-
structiOns. IL the evening he visited q
prlvRts family, but left about O'Clock,
stating thst ne would GO home, for be
was very tired. He set OF, prOtessediy
to 20 10 the private house at which ne
had been sleeping, but was never heard
OF again until yesterday afternoon, when
a letter was received from him 1T New
York. His statement is that he was
shaughsed and carried in state OF in
sensibility on board = vessel in the har-
Dor, He believes he must have been
druegsd after he was knocked down, for
the irst be remembers was the sickness I
Of recovery. Itsppears the vessel struck /
q reef shortly before ne had fully come I
10 himself, and one OF tue iirst things be
remem bers is a sailor coming 10 the bunk .
in which he lay, after the vessel had I
struck, and giving him water and bis /
cult. The sailor, ia view Uf the fate 4
which seemed impending over them, ex- /
pressed his remOrse fOE ghst he hsd done .
whether the crime referred to was the
sh2Dghseing or only the subsequent rob-
berry, Mr Coin does not know. But the
man made restitution Ot his share of the
plunder by giving bsek TO the owner the
watch snd tlO8 Of the green backs, which
had been taken with the gold, bonds and
other sums from him. The crew, he be-
lieved, then left the ship in the boat; he
never saw them again, and believes they
were drowned. During the following
night the beating OF the snip on the
roc Ks threw CohD ont OF his bunk on the
deck. In the morOing, sick and faint,
he erept up the ladder, and looking out,
ssw that The tide bad receded snd left
the saip almost dry on rocky island.
His strength returEiDg, be got ashore,
and afterwsrd made several journeys to
the ship. getting cut stores Of provisions,
etc each time. After a while the ship ,
broke TO pieces. He lived the past win
ter on food he got from the ship, but in
the spring his provisions were exhausted,
and death by starvation stared him in
the face. Fortunately the ships boat,
we suppose the one in which the men
had sought to escape, had driited ashore,
and launching this, be put off to sea,
without food or compass. The third day
he thinks he became iDsensiOle, and re-
memb bers no more until be found himself ,
q sick and broken man on a ship proceed /
ing 70 New York. i
From that port he now writes, and bis I
letter states and bis writing shows him I
TO be in very bad health. He has sent !
his wife S75 in currency, out Of the 500 {
restored to him by the repentsnt sailor, J
and expresses his intention OF coming
back to California as soon as be is stroEg
enough and obtsiUs the means. The ,
surprise created by the letter is very
great, and if bis story is true, and we are
informed that his family and partner be- !
lieve it, it is one Of the most extraordt- I
nary adventures ever published. OF I
course, sc the time Cohn disappeared /
there were not wanting rumOFs that he I
had RbscODded, but his partner aud his
wife both keld stoutiy to it that be had
been fO6lly dealt with. The investiga- /
ton was not commenced until he had /
been missing three days, because his I
friends here, among whom was a lady ]
whom be had invited to 20 to the opera |
the following night, thought he had re- (
turned to Vallejo, and those 10 ValIti0 !
thought he was stil beFe, A telegram {
from his wife asking why be did not |
write, first arocsed the suspicion that be {
was missing. The other facts, account O
ng fOT bis time up 10 O'Clock the night
be was shsngbRed, were ssceTtained by {
he police OF this city, who were em- 1
Dloyed ia the case. EEaE. 10