St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-06
An Extraordinary Case.
\ MISER RpI:KEp OF ONE III NDELI
TIIOl SAND DoLLAES.

olSNth street. BrNant M;I> IrpIItcu Ia
he Il miScr possessing great wealth.
which he WaS too mlSrIlN too enjoy in
Il natural manner. No friend nr rcli-
tive ever visited him. and hc kept no
domestic. buying his own provi>ionS.
cooking his meals. AMI keeping his
apartment clean himself For fnm
Years past Bryant kept Il stand against
The iron railing of the old North Dutch
(hurch. 1T the corner of Fulton and
/ W llllam streets. for the o>tcn<ihlc pul-
pose of dcalim" in nll coins. muliIltcd
currency. etc. but his chief hu>me>>
! WAS found hl the police tn hc the pur-
CHASE "f postage stamps rl't'rcd 10y
messenger boys tInm their employ ci>
/ Bryant Wa> in the habit of lciNimg
his room every weekday morning" and
not returning until evening. Dulim"
/ his absence the door OF his room wa,
secured 10y two ordinary locks and Il
patent padl"ck. The care which he
exercises in securing these i;lStrming-
let Tia" tenants in Ihc house tn hr!i,.lr
that the room contained gIcat wealth.
But there came Il day when he did not
return at ighttall. owing tu the fac
that hr had fallen into the hands of the
police and W;> locked up iuI receiving
stolen goods. lio arrest wis effected
under the folluWiu. circumstances !
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