Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
How Lost Money was Recovered after
Lapse Of Five Years.


a Lapse OF Five Years.
SToRiEs romantic, stories tragic, stories
of matters Of common place fact, stories
almost surprising the iarthest stretch of
fancy, stories Of all kinds and each reveal.
ing more or less that unusual though Oft
lquoted sequence about fact being stranger
than fiction, might be given, based on de-
vsiopment brought TO light through ad-
veftlsing. We give below n story in point
Ian ~o'er true tale" and only one of mary
that might be giyeir-rin connection with
the " Personals " In the Herald
Five years ago Mr. Homer E. Sawyer
came 10 this city from Boston. lie stopped
a. the Belmont Hotel, in Fulton street.
He had 81 $50 In bank bills, which, for safe
keeping, he carried in his pantaloons
watch pocket, and, 10 make assurance
doubly sure as 10 its safety, keeping his
| pocket pinned. Beng en- route TO New
Orleans he went to railroad Gticket
Office, bought ticket, took ont his money,
paid for the ticket carefully pinned IL as
before and returned 20 his hotel. lie
shortly missed his money, button examin,
alton found his pocket pinned. The only
! conclusion he could come to was that he
placed the roll Of bills inside the waist Of
| his pantaloons instead of in his watch
| pocket, and thus lost H. This was ON
| January 4, 1865 10 rained hard all day
! The suppositiOn was that the money sOen
| got mixed up with the slush of snow and
mud Of the street and with the street re,
| tuse--for they cleaned the streets in those
! days--would find its way TO some dump.
| ing ground, an irremodiable loss.
"What shall | do about i'll" he asked
! Mr.. ]. Z. Richards, proprietor of the
| Belmont Hotel, after rccitlng To him hts
loss. ..r.
! Advertise IN the Hydld," answered the
kCenly penetrative Mr. Richards
The loss of the money, though with no
statement of the amount, was advertised
as Mr.. Richards suggested, the finder TO
call on Mr.. Richards There came no re-
! sponse TO the Advertisement. Mr.. Sawyer
went TO New Orleans, where two years
ago he died of yellow foyer. That adver.
| tisemont was seen in the Urdld The
! finder remembered Aforementioned the
name of Mr.. Richards, TO whom the infor
nation 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 re.
store the money, but with this determine.
tod resolved not To let himself be known.
He wrotea note, without signature, to Mr..
Richards, asking him to specify in
Herdid personal particulars of the loss
of the money and To whom IL belonged
This letter Mr.. Richards received on the
4th of December last. In the next morn.
ing's Hcrdid he inserted the following
personal
MONEY LOST - ON BROADWAY, FIVE
vi years ago Ga enowy day. about 1880 In
groenbacks; owner is dead any communication
| tor HIS widow, whois In very moody circumstances
will he gratefully received bYJ, r r., for Mrs. IL
Sawyer,
The above was not sufficiently explicit
Another letter, by the same anonymous
hand, was written TO Mr.. Richards, upon
which the following personal was pub.
lished;
A FIVE YEARS AGO MONEY LOST;
"A. Mrs. Il, L, Sawyer, III Warren avenue
Boston; amount 81 $50; smallest bill 800; the
roll might have separated In losing.
But yet the anonymous lottor writer
was not satisfied. He wanted to know
more about the death Of the original own.
or of the money and date OF his marriage.
The name of Waters was signed to this
third note, with special request that the
answer should be directed to thus address,
50 there could be no mistake that he was
holding his communications with the same
party. The following third personal was
the result of these further inquiries:
w ATERS--H. Il, S-MARRIED OCTOBER
w 2S, 1888, llopknton, Mass, by Rev. E =.
mn; died Oct. 10, 1867, st New Orleans, of yol.
low fever, The remains were brought to Massa
ehnsotts and Inferred. by express to Ill West
avenue.
In a fourth note the money flnder-for
there can be no doubt of course but this
was the individual wrlting--asks about
the circumstances of the widow Of the
one losing the money, the expense of ad
vertiSing and if there is no shadow o
doubt that she is the widow of the origi
nal owner of the money. This calls out
b the following personal;
II E, s, Is THE RIGHT PERSON; | CAN
: IL. give bonds to that effect. Her only means
OF support is singing in a cLurch, Paid ad't $40
j, =. r.
II is unnecessary to trace this story out
in all its minute details. The anonymous
letter writer became satisfied with the cor.
rectness of Mr.. Richards statements
And we come to the end. A lady, closely
+ veiled, restored the money to Mrs. Sawyer
not only the money lost, but interest on
1t from the day of its loss till the day OF
J its restoration, and expenses of advertis
I ing; altogether 50, 100, On the 10th inst.
{ this money was given to the widow anC
9 her hthcrlcSs children--the result of on,
$ instance ofadvortising,--N YHer0ld, 25th