Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-09-17
A Death Bed Reparation
RObbing a Friend and then be-
queathing him a large fortune
many years after-infOrma-
tiOn wanted of Henry
Coulter.

morning appeared the following
advertisements:
} INFORM ALTON WANTED IMMEDI
} 4 ately of the wherea bouts of Henry
} Coulter or Golfer who, in the years 1850
} 5l-52 was with the firm Of Dent, Vantine &
} Co., at Knights Ferry, and afterward at o.
lympia, w r. In 1854 he was de'raudeC
J out of large sum of money by party who
! fed to South America. This man died re-
, Gently, leaving an estate valued at over
! 100000, entirely to Coulter, by way of re-
! para tion. Please address ATTORNEY, this
Office
} The circumstances which lead
to the insertion of this advertise
ment were as follows: Some
J time in 1854 the firm of Parker
& Golfer were doing an extern
sive business both in this city
and Olympia, W. T. Mr.. Parker
attended to the business in this
city, and Henry Golfer looked
after it in Olympia. Charles
Jessup was then a young man,
residing at the time in Olympia.
/ He was a friend of Golfers and
being about to visit San Francis
co, the latter intrusted to his
care a package containing S4,-
I00C, 10 be delivered to Mr.. Par
ker Of the house in this city.
Jessup, instead of delivering
the money, suffered himself to
be led into temptation and fled
with it to South America, where
all trace of him was lost. The
affair led to a disruption Of the
firm Of Parker & Golfer, on ac-
count of the latter's inability to
prove conclusively what had be-
come of the money. Golfer
went out of business, and his
whereabouts have hot been
known for many year.
1t now turns out that Je5sup,
on the strength Of his stolen
capital, accumulated an im-
mense fortune III South Ameri-
ca, and some years ago returned
10 his native place, Westfield,
Mass, TO spend the remainder
of his days. A short time ago
he died, leaving his former friend,
whom he robbed, or-his heirs, if
there be any, a clean 100000,
Among his papers after his
death was found the following
certificate:
In June, 1851 received from
Mr.. Golfer, of the firm of Par
ker & Golfer, a package Of gold
coin, 81 800, more or less, which
l pledged my word and honor to
transmit or deliver TO d. II.
Parker, San Francisco, and
whatever injury has resulted [
alone am guilty to bear the
blame. Golfer could not help
himself at the time. / write
this to exonerate my friend and
relieve my conscience on a sick
bed.
"CnAs. JEssUP of Westfeld,
Mass"
The administrator of Mr..
Jessup's estate sent statement
of the case to a lawyer in this
city, with directions to have
! him find Mr.. Golfer, or his heirs,
if he be dead, and with that
view he inserted the advertise
ment referred to. A Chronicle
man on Saturday sought out the
attorney and asked what luck
he had had.
"Weli," nc said laughingly,
II can find trace Of any guam
tity of Henry Golfers. They
are as thick as blackbcrries.-
Let me see, I have a list Of the
answers l have received. And
here he read from a paper:
J. d. Hunt, of II Steven
sons Building, writes that Hem
ry Golfer committed suicide on
the Mariposa estate in 1868,
while in his employ.
G. G. Wilson, of SOL Minna
street, says he saw Golfer eight
months ago, and knows his
whole history since 1850.
An army officer says that Col
ter was honorably discharged
from Company ID. Second
Artillery, June 20, 1868, and
the same day started out to pay
a sum of money to Mr.. Nc
Kenna on Drumm street. Af-
terward he was found dead in
Oakland. He further says that
said Golfer was in the United
States service altogether about
thirteen years, and that he was
the identical Henry Golfer of
Knights Ferry and Pugets
Sound.
Another says that Golfer died
a