National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-12
Truth Stranger than Fiction.


The following from the n. Y. Her.
dtd, concerning parties who former
ly lived in Bradford, will be OF
special interest to many of our read
ers:
Five years ago Mr.. Homer +.
Sawyer came to this city from Bos-
ton. He stopped at the Belmont
Hotel, IN Fulton street. He had 81
600 in bank bills, which for safe
Keeping he carried in his pantaloons
watch pocket, and to make assur-
ance doubly sure as to its safety
J keeping his pocket pinned. Being
/ en- route to New Orleans, he went to
a Railroad ticket office, bought a
ticket, took out his money, paid for
the ticket, Aturned the remaining
roll to his watch pocket, carefully
| plnned 1t as before and returned to
his hotel. He shortly missed his
money, but on examination found
his pocket pinned. The o1ly conclu
sion he could come to was that he
placed the rolls of bills inside the
waist Of his pantaloons, instead OF
in his watch pocket, and thus lost it.
This was on Jan. 5. 1860. trained
hard all day. The supposition was
That the money soon got mixed up
III the slnSh OF snow and mud of the
streets, and with street refuse-for
they cleaned the streets in those
days-would find its way to some
dumping grouud, an irremediable
loss.
"What shall I do about it? 7" he
asked Mr.. J. p. Richards, proprie-
tor of the Belmont Hotel, after reel
ting to him his loss. " Advertise in
the Herdld, answered Mr.. Richards.
The loss of money though with no
statement of the amount, was adj
vertiSed as Mr.. richards sug gested,
the finder to call on Mr.. Richards.
There came no response to the ad-
vertisement Mr.. Sawyer went to
New Orleans, where two years ago
he died of the yellow fever. That
advertisement was seen IN the Her.
Gtd. The finder remembered lt-re-
membered the name of Alr. Richards.
to whom the information was asked
to be given. remembered the hotel,
remembered everything but giving
back the money. The memory, IN
fact, haunted him, followed him
through five years. The struggles
OF conscience none can know. He
determined to restore the money,
/ but with the determination resolved
! not 10 let himself be known. lie
wrote a note, without signature, to
Mr.. Richards, asking him to specify,
/ in Herdld personal. particulars OF
the loss of the money, and to whom
it belonged. This letter Mr. Rich.
ards received on the 4th of Deceem
Der last, In the next mornings
HTald he inserted the iollowin 3
perSCnal:'
"MONEY LOST-On Broadway,
five years ago Ga snowy day, about
$500 in grecnbackS owner is dead /;
any communication for Lis widow,
who is in very needy circumstances
will be gratefully received by j. =,
H. for Mrs. ii. Sawyer.
The above was not sufficiently cX
plicit. Another letter, written by
/ the same anonymous hand, was writ
ten to Mr.. Richards. upon which
following personal , was pu bllshed
" A,-FIvL YEARS AGO MONEY
/ LosT.--Mrs. II. f. Sawyer, III War
rem avenue, Boston; amount $3.50
smallest bill, so; the roll might
have separated in losing.
81. =. r."
( But Yet the anonymous letter VII.
! ter was not satisfied. He wanted to
know more about the death of the
original owner OF the money and the
date OF his marriage. The name OF
( Waters was signed to thiSthird note,
with special request that the answers
should be directed to this address
so there could be no mistake that he
was holding his communication witt,
the same party. The following thirC
personal was the result of these III
quiries:
WATERS-II. +. S. Married Oct
2S, 1898, lIopkinston Mass. by Rev
+. 5. Hill; died oct. 10, 1867, n
New Orleans, ofyellow fever. The
remains were brought to Mass. ant
inferred. BY express to III Yves
avenue.
In fourth note the money fnde
for there can be no dubt of cou-S
but this was the individual wrltln!
thcm-aSls about the circumstance
of the widow of the one losing tn
money, the expense of advertiser y
and if there is no shadow OF doub
that she is the widow OF the origina
owner of the money. This calls on
the following personal:
IL. T.. :. Is THE RIGHT PERSON.
can give bonds to that effect. lie
b only means Of support is sing ing i
a church. Paid ad't Sl5.
j. i. II.
It is unnecessary to trace this ste
, ry out in all its minute details. Til
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