, 1876-11-22

feH@f ef s%s} IN on asSe 5ss GPBss s
bad been With The firm few months, they be-
obffque, but thought that II might he induced
10 return TO o perpendicular by slight watcls-
Ing, provided he wcrc caused to bcltcSa that ho
WAS the subject OF n vigorous espionage. A few
were discovered, nnl l.o was then informed that
hfs services were flu longer required. 90 ho
stepped down and out, and became at nssl.ll.oue
attondaut On the Wabash Arcnno Methodist
tho pat Of Tartaife 10 @ perfection. 4>' ''S' ">'
About the time that the Retcfs began tho
War BY firing on Fort Sumter, Conrad SUCCEED
cd IN borrowing e3,500, to which l,s added hla
savings and rcchlRtlons, nntl
EMBARKED IN TIE BANNING DuR1NEss,
locating htt establishment % C1ark street, near
Like. lie still kept up bis relations with. tho
Church, mid eventually succeeded tt mnking
grcgasfon that hc was elected Chlrct, Treasurer,
md lntrustcl with all its fiscal business. lo
waS regarded as M exemplary and tising young
nuslness m ma, xho n wSnld ssetual'y make ~
after tho suspension OF the Now York City banks,
lie fountt an alnlost illlinitabc field for tho cx-
crcise VI Ills financial talent. l!e did rushing
hustness in the buying and selling Of ,mtsecf::
tho Wabash Avenuc Church placed implicit con-
ilenco In tho rosy statements Of their Trchsur-
CT, opened aecntints with him, and filled Ills
golfers with deposits. 1te refused to 60 into
ecale.l pleasure IN occasionally showing tho
moro prominent Of his Church lirsthern tint Ills
discount Inc Was llladc mp entirely Of the very
bcst commercial papcr, protected BY unloubted
waxc,l fat. The receiving teller 'rss buslly en-,
gagged II taking In depostts, whilc Mr. Conrad
wns putting up lob whereby he should take III
The lcpositors. And tho time when that
catastrophe sllnlld occur was not far Distant
Conrad went Into
srECuLAT1Au IL s1oCEs IN WALL. STREET.
1Ie ha,lllel huge bucks OF tho fancy
stocks y of those tlays-Fort Wayne and Har-
lem. Occasionally he would tnakc winning,
but as rule the market went l,nvk OH him, and
the money Ut Ills dcJosltors disappeared ltku
snpw beioro tho summer SUI. Late In October,
1854, fio wos Obliged to shut IN slup, aitcr hav-
ing tho day bciorc sold over s15ood0 Ut WORTH
)rss drifts on New York, for which he hal re-
ceivcd tho currency. An examination Of Ills
affairs by the Assignee to whom he turnr,l over
the Hks resulted IN showing TINT his liabilities
wcro $331.074 and Ills asscls $l92 III. Tho llf-
iercnsc . between these two sums aud about one
tors.
Immediately following tho closing Of his
bank, Conral Disappeared from The gaze of his
victims. lie was not hcard Of for some months,
when l!c made Ills urpcaranee nrounsl tho New
fork dold-fsoonl: There le opcratcd quite cx-
Neutrality-suspicious. ahratf, and Buinrtlmcs.
tlloap), generally, not. Finally he rot played
out In New York, and atong tn 1868 Or 1850 he
HRTuRNEp TO cI!fcAGO,
mud obtained q. situation as boo1;kccpcr with
t!oncry ilrm. with tl.em he remained for
about y year. when by accepted Situation rs
rany. 1sclng good talkcr, he was quite
successful In pcrsuaaing people that life
insurance WINS Il religious duty incumbent on
every man who was the head of d. family, or
summation. For the Equitable he sectircd
snrEe amount Of 1.cw and valuable business;
aud bis old friends rnioicca to SIC Him oncu
39ats mere % the road to prosperity nls7 l'e vas
pany.. Ills career with this Company was a
iu!xcd one. lie secured plenty Of business for
1t, but his manner OF conducting the finances
under his control excited tho suspicions OF tts
make q visit to this city. An Investigation WIS
ordered, and It resulted In the discovery OF
GREAT DEM or cKo0KEDNEss,
his accounts being short to large amount.
Jhc M President q ti'e Company ass'lmed the in,
de',tctlncss and took 4 mortgage on tho Conrad
homestead, ut Riverside, to protcct himself,
a'd the ex.ba1kGr's connection with life iusur-
ascc sas severed in early spring Of 1879, For
7 couple II yents or 80 he hung arounl the city,
ncuuatntanccs. When he could nu longer l,or-
row, hu developed an Ingenious ulan for shin
Ming along on forged checks for snnll amounts.
ue Was NcrpesaallY drawing on Peter to nay
Paul, In almost every instnnec drawing little
1noru on sllo farmer tl.an the latter. using the
difference to tlefrny Ills actual cxpcnscB. One
Of hfs lnst exploits IN this linz iYns to swim
dlc Frank Wentworth out ot sa5 on n
forged check. Frank, whn Ind on several &C.
casIons befricndca him, became thoroughly dis
guste'l, and took measures to l,nyc him arrcstcd
and indicted. Conrad got wor,l OF tic i,llpcnd-
tng dangcr, and maie hurried Walt to Now
York. wtcrc for the last eighteen months l.c las
been living Oil the prtcccds OF The religious coll
itdence-ga1ne. What he did with tho results OF
his pcg,llations and petty swintlsing schemes Ills
most tnttIuatc friends never tould learn. Ilo
was not adicted to fntempcrancc, md 1t was not
known positively thAt he Ind any cntanglIug al
1lanrcs, though Il Is slrew.lly suspected that at
one time ho foved wel but mt wisely CHARM
lug brunette who lived OIL Wabash avenue, ucar
the Clubhouse. previous to tho july tIrc. He
IL now "sottlcti,n md fur the next four years
vii! undoubtedly do more honest work than ever
le did III his whole life.
TIE COURTS.
TIE LAMAR JSSlIEAE.R c0Nrtvv