The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-07-17

AaaHornia mas this drama: One
Whitney, having . sum Of money IN
the bank, aud owing an equal sum
consulted one Dixon as to the bs.t
means Of avoiding pay ment. Dixon
promptly couDeiied that whitney
should withdraw the money and lodee
1t secretly in his hands, 90 that Il
could not be attached By legal process.
This was done; but when Whitney
desired to withdraw the sum from his
ingenious aud guileless friend the lat.
ter denied all knowledge Of the trans-
action. Thereupon the dispoiled
Whitney Graves the interposition Of
the law, and makes clean breast Of
it. The legal myrmidons overhaul
Dixon, and it is at last discovered that
he has made over the cash to an evil
woman named Richardson, with the
understanding that both are to fy, re-
joining each other In . distant city,
where they could diffuse the booty In
peace.
Searching and urgent investigation
OF this person disclosed the fact tha:
She had just perfected arrangements
to throw over board her fellow felon
and run away with another man; .
man OF the Hoolum color, with q tax.
ing eye and correct taste for hair oil.
Search for this young man brought to
light the amusing fact that be had
spent quite portion Of this money In
purchasing fugitive outfit for another
young woman, who, as soon as she
had received the articles, did literally
and actually fly with still another
young man about whom nothing 10
known, except that he seems TO be the
only one In this strange succession OF
criminals who has reaped any fruits
of the original crime. Considering
the extreme complication and en-
Of everybody concerned.
and the small likelihood that he will
never get any of his money back. 1t Ii
possible that Whitney now almost
wishes that, instead Of mobilizing his
capital in that secret fashion. he had
quietly paid his debts with it,
On thes27th Of June, the Atlantic
cable brought the sad intelligence
from Florence. Italy, Hiram Pow
ers, the American sculptor, died this
morning, after a lingering Illness"
He was born ut Woodstock, Vermont,
July 18th, 1905, and being Of poor pa
rentage, was for some time waiter In .
hotel, then q travelling salesman, and
afterwards an apprentice to clock
maker in Cincinnati. He received
first instructions In art from Prussian
sculptor who was executing bust of
General Jackson, and in . short time,
he formed excellent busts Of notable
persons. When thirty years old, he
went TO Washington, to see the works
Of art there, and about this time he
was advised by Nicholas Longworth
to go to italy to practice his art, he
becoming his patron aud furnishing
the means for him to live abroad. In
1888, he completed his figure Of Eve"
which was received with great favor
by the judges Of art in Europe. This
was followed by the Greek Slave"
which was exhibited at the London
in 1851, and was then
shown in the principal cities Of the
United States. Copies of these were
in great demand, and were ordered for
all the great collections Of statuary In
the world. For more than thirty
years he has resided In Florence, pa
tiently working with his chisel. His
later works are the ideal figures NAM
ed al Penserosa," the "Fisher Boy"
California America" statues Of
Washington and Calhoun, and busts
of Justice Marshall, and Adams. Web
ster and Van Buren,. t