Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-12
a How Lost Money was Recovered after
a LsDse of Five Years.


y STORIES romantic, stories tragic, stores
y of matters of common place fact, stories
almost SURPRISING the farthest stretch OF
fancy. stories of all kinds, and each reveal
inc more or less that unusual though oft
onotedk sequence about fact being stranger
than fiction, might be given, based on de-
velopment brought to light through adj
yertising. We give below story in point
an " DER true tale, and only one of many
that'might be given-in connection with
the " Personals in the Herald:
Five years ago Mr.. Homer E. Sawyer
came 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
doubiy sure as to its safety, keeping his
pocket pinned. Being en- route to New
Orleans, he went to railroad ticket
office, bought ticket, took out his money,
paid for the ticket, carefully pinned it as
before and returned to his hotel. He
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 s, 1866. 1t 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-
fuse-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 it?" he asked
Mr.. ]. p Richards, proprietor of the
Belmont Hotel, after reciting to him his
loss
Advertise in the Herald" answered the
keenly penetrative Mr.. Richards.
The loss of the money, though with no
statement of the amount, was advertised
as Mr.. Richards suggested, the finder to
Z call on Mr. Richards. There came no re-
Spouse to the advertisement. Mr.. Sawyer
went to New Orleans, where two years
ago he died of yellow fever. That adver
tisement was seen in the Herald 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
HoraId 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
ings, Herald he inserted the following
.,H" PERSONAL: -.
MONEY LOST ON BROADWAY, FIVE
" WI years ago "a snowy day. about $500 in
=, greenbacks; owner is dead; any communication
for his widow, WHO'S IL very needy circumstances,
win be gratefully received by j. p R., for Mrs. II.
Sawyer. ~e -
~ The above was not sufficiently explicit.
Another letter, by the same anonymous
hand, was written to Mr.. Richards, supon
which the following personal was pub
lished: No.
Ak.-FIVE YEARS AGO MONEY LOST
IA. Mrs. ii. Il. Sawyer, III Warren avenue,
Boston amount $3.50; smallest bill $50; -the
roll might haye'separated in losing.
But yet the anonymous letter writer
was net satisfied. He wanted to know
more about the death of the original own
en- 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:
NTATERS-H. E. S-MARRIED OCTOBER
w 49, 1885, Hopkinton, Mass, by Rev. e. S.
Hill died Oct. TO- 1867 at New Orleans, of yell
low fever The remains were brought to Massa-
chnsetts and inferred, BY express to III West
avenue.
In 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 origi-
nal owner of the money. This calls out
the following personal:
II e. S. is THE RIGHT PERSON; I CAN
IL give bonds to that effect Her only means
OF support is singing in church. Paid ad't S15
1n+t j. P. r.
1t is unnecessary to trace this story out
in all its minute details The ANONYMOUS
letter writer became satisfied with the cor
RICHNESS of Mr.. Richards Statements.
And we come to the end. A lady, closely
yelled, restored the money to Mrs. SAWYER
mot only the money lost, but interest on
it from the day of its loss till the day of
its restoration, and expenses of adyertis-
ing; altogether $2,160. On the 10Th inst.
this money was given to the widow and
her fatherless children--the result of one
instance ofadvertising ~ T. Herald, 25ta.
Trade Marks.