Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-03

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q He is not lost but I'll more surely found"
81 sSs<Ss Lakeside Ao''th|y.
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@kPEklENCES WITH DEIECIlfE Is
y
cHAPTER THE LOSS.
Nor lonr act, ! foreign firm in Londo
ked me Is assist them in recoverin
! me bonds. the loss of which would hav
lbarrassed them them very much. Th
,.cumstances under which these docr
,nts had been taken from them wer
- peculiar. q much so that they coul
. rfily move Is the affair themselves with
1 ininring the credit of their house
! 8 son oy the senior mariner zonn
& ahent 81 v.sars' If aGe was emnlove
i 7 the Arm and acted az q sort of cont
ntial CLERK - eacretarv 10 his fathe,
"a srrior ,,ortnorw.u nftan ohl,oad :
AZ Tho ron 1 ;.,ss- for several HaalS
oether. and e a. senior had very del
e health ana nften absentad bimsel
-, nm the nffice for : dav or two on that ar
mrt Ia had cire,, viii the fnII coneen
h;s n a. f,,a in ION nower to SION f.
= 81 ,ls ' s.s ,.r,,ret;op i &c eal1aJ
he son had. aaNa8 ONLY found out Whe
! 10 Ia. len eradually falling into ba
. ,hitas M ~ f1Snss-r to his fatbar nsa,
hat ,,,,,,cr rrecee md otbarryisa ID ,nnc
at IL Nd heer far wiser to hava Iaf
, one - TMffari Nm, M croGitora had bae-
.essinc i'm yerv hard He had som
syerdne ancentancea which the bo1de
!, reatened a. sfejl his father Of if the
ere MT a Eep m He also owed mono
tradeamen .rd had aven ,nora IL;
editahla 1;ahilit;Aa wb;cb he won1d NJ
the worl1 his fafher sbonId know ot
~ aonra t;rea raat ha had naad h;
,wer of s;0ninr for the firm tn sig
money III fS76er had been unweIl
a1s iuniorsrNr{neY was to be absent 70
as me weeks. sna tie check book, as we
IL the ban s pass-book, were lett in hi
snls. At last he had got so deep in tn
= re of debt md difficulty that there wa
L. { two roads omen for him-the one /
u Axe clcan brcasf of it. tell his fatbe
i he "a done. and ask him to paw hi
hts; tho ether to leave London an
us1rope and - - to America. In a
b IL hounlN XII the latter; but befor
!, ring So sout by check from tn
:. ink - zwhole balance then t
-e cdil = ilrm. Fortunately thi
:. Is only : ~ hundred pounds, as sew
al largo ptances had fallen due
5 Tort tine foro. But in addition t
IDS money "a took with him bonds to
g'Ige amou6k which represented tn
eater paff 81 the capital of the firm
heee, being shares on foreign companies
aro p8yablo Ito bearer" and therefor
Was surmised that he must have pledg
81 them. He had been traced to Paris
I'd from there to Havre, where he ha
albarked for America. mention thes
rious circumstances to show how it wa
at the firm itself could not act openl
the matter HNpQpt lnJurlng very great
their credit u the con- lefclal world
why II WAS tney requested me TO nm
=, y Poss,Ms, Wnetner .neSe stole1
:. nas ueic pleueo4s 4 80, "here, ana 10
J. j ae ailao su1 ~ Teueeih tne1n a
|. 1apty anu as qui.c:1ly as was posslDie
"a cue veIy Ale.t one II Is True
az sun SUI. 9 ciue.-Wss gwen me as 10 Whef
iu4MIy Nearly all I'd
: . IS s. As.Wnlcn tne young man had draw
a--S ~ ~ - ~ ioiiS LOU poSl
sced % the bank where very notoriou
onellender kept his account. This in
vide1 hA4 The vsry worst of characters
tlsvin&a veil known, been SOM
iafs 8 lAl1 ~ with the robbery o
J Welt ohk in London-not in
! ed s Msthe work, but as in
tigaLoE 1ece1y % the plumber, ant
wing be plumber very mucl
ore ~ ~ A1ey actor in the affair
Y y ~ eould never be PROVED
!. - ll Is kne consequence wa
i = - = " ~ 9en, whereas the clerl
J. I ~ go - the fraud had beer
s ma serVl1ude.
/. CHI & he WRONG SCENT.
y y ine4 ~ firm that employed
Re TO Iec04N eoe bonds for them wa
& get1s hts back, but to gre
EN- Gee creating any scanda
i any tell gSa almost of as vital i'm
sortanc9 !ox eel1 redit that the conduc
the senior son should not h,
siown g 1f - the missing propert,
sould be This was t5e reosn,
by theys{I0 ffsh 70 sn az oaT i ;e 81,
i after themseIy was to Pp oct ~ - th
i ,nds had beer nix. Thcv IA as 80 II en'
sct me to do any detectjve yo rtH NOV 1859 eH