The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02


Bonds and Stocks---Eow Did this Poor
Man get so Much ?---The Stolen Property
" Recovered.
Correspondence OF the New York SUM-
Il SoUTn BEND, Ind, April Is.
e Since our own prosecuted Colfax was
lendorsed on his return home by meet
cling gotten up without regard to expense
ehe Processes TO be better satisfied with
his changed condition, though he grievcs
: about the ingratitude of republics, and
: -Often sighs over mans inhumanity to
man. lie is now engaged in setting up
lthe pins for nomination to Congress.
.and is willing to pay high price for
that honor, knowing that it can be made
to pay as a material investment. and ex-
eIpecting to use it as moral plaster for
rhis wounded character. Ills CORE spon-
fdence is less vOluminous than it was in
clformer days, but what is left of il is
quite sanity in sentiment, SO as to be
WORTHY of the best periods Of any Chris
titan statesman. just Mt this time he is
in a more cheerful state Of mind than he
was month ago. Glad tidings came
recently to relieve his anxious bosom
and improve the state of his threatened
exchequer.
1t will be remembered that toward the
'Iclose Of Congress his room at hotel in
,lWashington was entered and robbed
while the late e-Prcsident was set
|tling points Of order and explaining his
contradictory testimony at the Capitol.
A sharp thief got wind that Schuyler had
concealed a box of valuable bones and
stocks in his trunk during the invest-
cation, where it was supposed to be hid
den from human eyes, and sale against
such intrusive scrUiiny as had penetrat-
Jed the mysteries Of his big bank account.
10 open that trunk and carry off the
precious contents was the work of an
expert. whose keen scent had made him
a fellow lodger with Colfax for that cx-
lpress purpose.
When the robbery came TO light Scluv-
Ter is said 10 have collapsed as badly as
when Oakes Ames cooliy handed him
the convicting check for POO, payable
to +" ) e., or bearer Every sm;lc was
knocked out OF him. and he forgot on
the. spot u whole volume Of parlianeu.
;arv prccedents. What was to be done in
that dilemma became the supreme tho't.
THE box contained fortune. and 10 lose
Iit was 10 sacrifice the gains which had
cost the owner his good name. If the |
truth was told. all the sham supcrstr,ic-
lures of quibblcs, lies, and worse would
tumble to pieces like house of cards and |
perhaps be followed by prompt impcach-
lmcnt. So exposure was adroitly stiflcd, I
the public was put on false scent. and
the huge robbery WIS dwarfed to a mere
Itriile in order to distract attention.. Only
u thousand or two dollars. some iewelrv.
I,aces, and female toggcry were stolen.-
Nothing more. That was the story
which Schuyler cooked up at the time,
and caused TO be teIegraphed all over the
country. When i'm point of fact tenth 4
of million had been stolen, which he
did not dare to admit except secretly to
the authorities. Even rs il was, curious
people in these parts, and others who
know much more than they have yet
told, naturally inquired how il came to
pass that Schuyler was carrying about
bonds i'll this loose way, just as if he
was not member Of the temperance So
ciety, or had never lectured before the
y. Nj. Z. A. The whole affair was mvs-
hushcd up. and by downright
lying. too, as 1t now certainly known.
The sequel to this story is at last out,
and it explains the contcntcd air Of
Schuyler. Before leaving the national
Capitol, he knew that the police had got
on the track Of the thieves, and that the
bulk of the stolen property had been re-
covered. Now he knows that the loss
will be comparatively small, owing to
the skill of the men who worked up the
case. Indeed he has reason to "snlile.rl
for the amount carried of was between
NINETY AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS in United States coupon bonds
and stocks ofvarious kinds which would
a tale unfold il exhibited to public view.
Coliax has always pretended to be
poor. That was one Of the elements Of
his defence i'll the recent investigation. |,
lie could not have received so large a
sum as twelve hundred dollars Without
his mind and memory being impressed
with financial event Of that magnitude
He did not affect much style or makcl
many operations here, for that would |,
have started comment. Yet all the while
he had thousands standing TO his credit,
at Jay Cookies bank in Washington CITY,
and large transactions, which, accord
ing to the testimony and the criticisms
upon 1t, astounded everybody who
had believed in Schuylcr's protcstations
of poverty. Where did ali this money
come from and how did Colfax happen
to have a hundred thousand dollars in
bonds and stocks in his trunk? That il
the question now. Did some other dead
man 1almost n total ctraurarv la.,..