The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-08
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might raise. In fact be would taAe a I'VE
q. and. lie necessary, less.
This story 90 excited tile money king
|nrotens tea Oh che clothing dealer ttiat Me
asked where the old man was, and was IN
formed that he had hidden away re tfleI'
asked permission OF the stranger 10 let aI'
other csuntry1naH OF his into the secret wiz
kent d store over the way. This the stranger
rather reluctantly consented TO 90, ahu nlush
valuable time was consumed BY asking ques-
lions relative to the speculation. Inc stIa an.
ger at last. toward the shades 81 evening,
consented to conduct the parties where tue
old man was, on the express condition ti.at
If they made bargain he was TO nave Snare
Of the profits By putting In his watch.
They started to find the possessor of the
aoia vybo WAS at last discovered in seclnded
snof In the valley belonging to w. w. Han
nah ESQ. When discovered, he skultcd off,
ns if fearful, but upon being informed that
s,e na,ties were friends he became more
mjet and entered into conversation. He
told the same story told by the stranger, and
added that the amount in his possession
weighed eight pounds. He also showed
then, filings from one of the bars. which had
been tested at a jewellers. This they were
at liberty to have tested if they would only
not expose him in the transaction. Inc
shades of night were already thrown around
this group of spectators in the valley, ana
under its cover they transacted their Dusl-
ness unpoticcd. They took the sample TO
one of our first jewellers to he tested, ana
after free use of acid he pronounced Inc
dust fine and pure and worth as much as any
cold At this proof of the truth OF the story
told them they became enthusiastic, and the
STRANGER who accompanied them on the
testing tour urged closing the bargain at
once.
To consumpaate this object they travelled
from the rayine to Front street ana from
Front street to the ravinc several times, ana
occupied several hours in getting together
s1e5 or Whereabouts, the price asked for the
mold, The stranger turned in his gold watch
for his share. and the Front-street parties
1aid over 800 in money, and ut late hour
the old man delivered to them his eight
pounds Of bar gold, stolen from the bank.
retaining, as he said, a smaller bar which he
desired to have manufactured into chain
for himself. The grccdiness of the pur-
chasers prompted them to bargain for this
also, and after considerable parleying trade
was made whereby the old man should 90
into the clothing store and receive for this
special bar of gold suit of clothes. About
Ii o'clock in the evening the "gold specula-
tors together with their two friends,
skuikcd into the store, where the old man
donped his new suit, probably valued at
about sl5, and then left. The stranger also
departed with the understanding that he
should call early in the morning. when the
new firm of "gold brokers'" would settle
upon the manner of dividing their profits.
During the night the Front-Street mer-
chants slept uneasily, for upon figuring up
| what the eight pounds OF gold were worth,
they found it amounted, together with the
premium, to about 81 800. Early the next
morning the merchants met (but the stranger
| was ABSENT and flied off at once some OF the
| gold and took it to another ieWcllcr near by,
who tried it in the customary way and pro-
| nouuccd it brass. They Immediately Went
| TO the icwelcr who had tested their samples
| the night before and requested him to test ii
| again. He at once pronounced the sample
| then presented ESe metal, and informed
them that he would pay them the price OF
| gold for their first sample and the price OF
| brass for the latter.
Now the trouble began, and along Warren
street 10 Front street there was some OF the
| tallcst swearing ever heard. Here and there
the excited purchasers, of eight pounds OF
brass. ut So per pound, went hunting foi
"their countryman" and the sold man,
| who, upon search, they found had taken the
midnight train. and 10 doubt were on The
| way to Chicago for more gold and more Gus
toners.