Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-12-12
The Story ola Bag of Gold.

On the west side of the street leading
down from the Bluff street bridge to tho
Union Depot, in Kansas city, stands
small frame house, which, before the
street was graded up, stood upon props
and sticks II is called the Texas and
Colorado Saloon This house has had
a card nailed upon for some time, upon
which was painted blouse and Furn-
ture for Sale A few days ago stran-
ger entered the house. and after brief
conversation with Louis Mezzadrc, the
old Frenchman owning the saloon, con
cluded the purchase, and yesterday after
noon called upon the proprietor with wit
nesses to consummate the deed. Tho
terms of the trade were these The pur-
chaser, Mr. Glow was to pay Mczzadre
500 in cash for the house and all it con
trunk and clothing The agreement was
repeated in the presence Of witnesses, and
the sale effected, and the money paid
over. 1t was now that the strange and
singular part of the transaction took place.
The owner asked for a hatchet, and be-
fore any one could imagine what he was
about to do he walked to place in the
wall known only to himself, aud proceed
ed to chop away the plastering, and in u
short time dragged from behind the
broken lath and plaster bag of gold
containing So 900 Before the crowd
present could realize what was the mat
ter or how this strange discovery had
been made, the strange man had goue
on board Of the eastern bound North
! Missouri train, then leaving the depot
and started cast. The question natural
~ suggests ITSELF whose money was it
Who put it there, and how did the strang-
er know it 1t is one Of the most singu-
| lar transactions in real estate ever brought
to public notice in Kansas city.
Since the above was written it has
been discovered that the old Frenchman
had gold and silver sufficient stored in
key beneath the house to purchase the
finest residence in Kansas city. An old
servant states that the old mi4er bad
brought this gold aud silver with hitR
from Texas, where he had accumulated
il suddenly and in most mysterious
malper. Some say lie obtained it on
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oD','''e,' - ~ ausgJ1'e - ..eoPl's no
'se,'ie : II ~ 49, P@,1 L. 80 ap.i
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l'"''s9' 4''"'19 ~ 1'"'e9, 49, =
a Dyoaoe RoN,ycr some twenty
years sinee sa0s tbo Cincinnati Times
| Tho douohfer of nj that fine--one al
our wcajfby merchants wns marr;ed nm
der the m6st antterino ansniees. IL was
not however yerv lonp before the pa;r
discovered that tbnre WA not anvthin0
eopoon;aJ between them and after Iiying
| togetber aon,o p;nn yoorq anl bav;nv
three Children thev bv mufual agree
ment were divorced the children remain
ino with the father tbe mother helm
nermitted d SEQ then at her own cor
venience Tho yifa won't home r. her
father who shortly afterward died hon
lesslv bapl,rnnt INA woman Who pr,
viously ae the child Of luxury and Che
wife Of opnIonce. had never known whas
it was to want for a single thing, sud
denly found herself tbrogn out UPON thu
world. and forced to seek livelihood az
pcse ~ cp"la = :, h's. sue "naer'ooh
sqI' G. H. I.op5, ny" a..onI I hnas5
a'io llaaiiy heeP'ng very pun Dohrd-
lns ''0u ~ - ''ous y "'iion a'u s.o SUI
ecu o1'e aay m'iop ai,iose uiivon ~
aospa.r' que .uus'orIu up o'uiuSo anu
"cus 70 ieF ioflneI nome and hsheu 'n'
ono Wno sa !. npr ~ 'pc mistress q
tnc mouse 4 s ne, woulu ,io1 oeirienu nar'
oYen eyer s. nue. aS sne was on 1ne
POM 2 S "a n pr wan ana nag 1
gara cohoill91l 700 Pla'nty showed. "o-
men ears ana neafis are ever open u
cue suaetilisS u ris'r 'p0fo unloieuua'o
'cl'ow-psin9s' inc u'iiV =, w9'iiai,
was lhVi'sa 70 rel,'ain in1'i tl,e nlspan',
returned, "n'cn sue Felucsan'iy uiu' am
Wneh - came slo '''a'sot W. enptonsniy
u' w Il - "''a 'pu'uany "s'ppu ~
in tho house over which she had once
ruled as mistress. Aud there she IS to
be found to-day, seemingly satisfied with
the change, and apparently not caring
that the love that WIS once pledged sol
emily before God to her alone is now
bestowed upon another.