The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-23
HENRY GOLFERS WINDFALL.
TSan Francisco Chronicle. !

On Monday last the Chronicle published an
account OF search for one Henry Golfer, to
whom fortune of $500, 900 has been left by
Charles Jessup, who lately died in Massa-
chusetts. The circumstances which led to
the legacy are peculiar. Golfer and f. IL.
Parker, at present a well-known merchant IN
this ciry, were in 1851 in business in Oregon,
and Golfer intrusted Jessup, then a young
man. with $4,000 to bring to Mr.. Parker. who
looked after the business here. Jessup en-
beZzled the money, and lied with it to South
America. Parker at the time accused Golfer
Of stealing the money, and believed tor
twenty wears that he did It. The firm was
broken up and Golfer. who had already be-
come somewhat addicted to drink, went to
the dogs completely. The Chroa;cie has al
ready explained how Jessup made Il large
fortune in South America. and how he went
home to Massachusetts, to enjoy it, and died
there u few months ago, leaving to the man he
had wronged twenty years before $4,000.
Golfer was advertised for in the Ghronicte,
and any person knowing of his where
abouts was requested to send word to an
attorney in this city, W. w. knowlton, care of
A. l.. Bancroft & Co
THE LOST FOUND.
Last Wednesday morning Il little, old, dried
up man, about tO:ty, was potterlng about a
country hotel, near Watscnville, doing his
regular chores for his bed and board. The
little old man, whose weight is not one hun
bred pounds, has for years been devotee of
the bottle, and ON this occasion he was par
ticularly shaky and nervous. His eyes rolled
nervousy about, and his little red nose shone
ike wet radish. He had worked but mo-
ment or two Che was securing some knives at
the time) when man came huryinS into the
room with a copy of the Chronicle III his hand,
a, oh al (tDlfar RnuSa
yourself man, You've been left $500. OOO.'
The little old man stared wildly about him,
and his knives and brickdust fell from his
nervelesS hands. With trembling grasp he
seized the paper and hurriedly read the article.
cat last at Last. :" he yelled. They said
stole it, and now the truth is out Great God!
After twenty years Of patient waiting my honor
is cleared and my good name is returned to
me
Like a flash the circumstances all came
back to his memory, and, buryi & his face i'll
his hands, he fairly wept for JOY. Then he
told his friends all about the case, relating
each detail, how he lost the money, how he
was accused of stealing it, and how, in conse-
quence, he had wandered about the earth for
twenty years with the brand of shame upon
his brow.
OFF FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
There was no more securing OF knives that
day. Golfer Strengthened himself up; by the
help of some friends he got some clean
clothes, and on Thursday morning he left for
San Francisco to find Mr. knowlton, the law
yer, who advertised for information concern
ing him. That gentleman had gone to Ore
gon but he had left word that he would be
back in few days. and so Golfer went in
search Of his former partner. That gentle
man was found after some little trouble. He
vaI at In n
the Cosmopolitan Hotel to await Mr.. Knowl-
tons return. Mr.. Parker confirmed the in
telligence of the windta!l, and laughingy told
Golfer that, as the original $430O that was
stolen was half his property, it was no more
than fair that half OF the legacy should be his
also.
Last night Mr.. Golfer called at the Chronicle
Office to thank the people there for giving him
the news OF his good fortune. He was labor
ing under great excitement, being, as he said,
more pleased and overjoyed at having his
name cleared than at the news of his sudden
wealth He said that since the robbery he
had been good for nothing. He came near
drinking himself to death several times, and
he had worried and fre,ted over the thought
that by all his old acquaintance he was be-
lieved to be thief, until he was untitled for
any respectable employment For years he
had been wanderer over the whole Pacific
coast.
HOW HE LOST THE MONEY.
In answer to Il question how he first lost the
money, Golfer said that he was bringing the
cash (S4S0O), which belonged to his firm, or
rather it belonged to other parties, though
they were responsible for it, from Olym ola to
this city Jessup and another man, whose
name he had forgotten, left in the same
steamer with him from Olympia-the steamer
America On the way Golfer says he got on a
terrible spree, and while in that condition
gave the money to Jessup to carry to Mr..
Parker. He did this, he says, because he did
not want Mr. Parker to see him in the state
he was in. Jessup ran away with the money,
and that was the last he ever heard of him
until last Wednesday. Ruined in pocket and
bankrupt in character, Golfer turned over the
business to his partner, and became a wan
derer. He did little of everything. He
became guide for a surve ying party of the
Pacific Railroad, guiding at one time General
Mcclellan (then Captain McClellan), who was
running survey across the continent. He
then enlisted in the army, and served thirteen
years, being discharged last from the Second
Artillery. Previous to this, however he had
worked for Dent, Vantine 4 Co., at Knights
Ferry. Dent was brother-in-law of ''that
man up there, said Mr.. Golfer, pointing to a
picture of President Grant on the wall, "and
I've seen him many time at Knights Ferry.
He was Captain Grant then, and could drink
more whisky than l could, and that's saying a
good DEAL | can tell you, for in those days l
could punish a fearful quantity"
Why She Couldn't Sleep.
At one of our summer resorts the other
night lady of delicate physique was COM
planning that for years she had been unable to