The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
How Lost Money was Recovered after
Lapse of Five Years.

STORIES romantic, stories tragic, stories
OF matters of common place fact, stories
almost surprising the farthest stretch of
fancy, stories of all kinds, and each reveal
ing more or less that unusual though oft
quoted sequence about fact being stranger
than fiction, might be given, based on de-
velopment brought to light through adj
Vertising. We give below story in point
An Der true tale,' and only one of many
tnat might be given-in connection with
the " Personals % in the Herald:
Five years ago Mr.. Homer E. Sawyer
cane to this city from Boston He stopped
at 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, to make assurance
doubly sure as to its safety, keeping his
| pocket pinned. Being en- route to New
Orleans, he went to a railroad ticket
office, bought ticket, took out his money,
! paid for the ticket, carefully pinned it as
| before and returned to his hotel Ee
| shortly missed his money, but on 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 it. This was on
| January 8, 1865. 1t rained hard all day
/ The supposition was that the money soon
| 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 irremediable loss.
=" What shall l do about itg" he asked
| Mr. j. T. Richards, proprietor of the
| Belmont Hotel, after reciting to him his
| loss.
Advertise in the Herald" answered the
keenly penetrative MIR. Richards.
The loss of the money, though with no
| statement OF the amount, was advertised
| call on Mr.. Richards There came no re-
Spouse to the advertisement. Mr.. SAWYER
went to New Orleans, where two wears
ago he died of yellow fever That adver
| tisement was seer in the Herald The
finder remembered it-remembered the
name of MIR. 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 wrote a note, without signature, to Mr..
klchar4s, asking him to. specify in
| Herdtd personal particulars of the loss
of the money and to whom it belonged
| This letter Mr.. Richards received on the
4th OF December last. In the next morn
lng's Herald he inserted the following
personal
VI years ago Ga snowy day. about 81 500 IN
| greenbacks; owner is dead; any communication
Ior us WlaoW Whols IN very needy circumstane
Sawyer. MS L.
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
. ished
4 FIVE YEARS AGO MONEY LOST
"a. Mrs. H E. Sawyer III Warren avenue
| Boston: amount 81 $50; smallest bill $50: the
rolfm1ght have separated in losing.
But yet the anonymous letter writer
was net satisfied He wanted to know
more about the death Of the original own
er 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 this address,
so 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:
M ATERS-H. E. S.-MARRIED OCTOBER
~ %, 1853, Hopkinton, Mass, by Rev E. s.
HUI; died Oct. 10, 1867, at New Orleans, of vel
low fever The remains were brought to Massa-
chnsett5 and inferred. By express to III West
q | avenue. ~
Ina fourth note the money finder-for
there can be no doubt of course but this
was the individual writing-asks about
the circumstances of the widow of the
one losing the money, the expense of ad-
vertising and if there is no shadow OF
doubt that she is the widow of the oriei-
nal owner of the money. This calls out
: the following personal:
IT E. s. is THE RIGHT PERSON: I CAN
II. give bonds to that effect. Her only means
OF support is singing in church. Paid ad't S15
j. P. r.
It 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
T yelled, restored the money to Mrs Sawyer
| not only the money lost, but interest on
! it from the day of its loss till the day of
} It's restoration, and expenses of advertis-
t ing; altogether $2,160. On the 10Th inst,
t this money was given to the widow and
2 her fatherless children-the result of one
5 instance ofadvertising YRerazd, 25tt.