The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-30
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AND ntnstle.
4 ysser 1netatnf stittsN MsHeets upen
raehsrh's ABILITY as i Ftnnueisr.

4 Igaey tnHlatnf WtttsM Ilslleets Upgs'
raehera's Abitliy N FI.sMueisr.
some 81 these who, dufjtia tic occupancy ii
tho Htates1t0use BY Packard occasionally
spent ati hour af I'D eaail day hi chatting with
llIs friends III paeltafds Uflue. ASSUME ~ Hay
that At vaiintts times Packard was terribly
sh0Ft of funds, and Old occasions attempted b
inahs forced iUans from some tf his people.
tine Instance Is related where
fttH btiHa Hvf 1ttrf
In Bne If thess leans. although lie did realize
$4,000 from The party 10 whom he made the
appeal II seeins THAT Oh one occasion, when
Tie pealefs were bowling f0t their pay
aud there was none 10 give tlatti. Packard
sent for b certain indlVidual NAMED Harwigl
who had fads d ''spae now and tl,efi III war
rants, and ID test ttefwigs fshlty 10 the eatise
exhibited ID him, whst In the presence 81
some Of his ehlaftains. d pile Of warrants
amounting 10 $1,000 oil told He then re-
marked to his visitor thht ~ he had done
pretty we'll hi the way Of Hpeeulatiohs In State
warrants he trusted tliat be- WBuld be- able 10
take the pile before him aud
ttvB A tittteB ron Tttts AMOUNT,
expecting, u course, that Hefwie would rea
fiise HetwiH feoled him, however. and, TAX
Ing Iii The situation III giaDeu, he consented
immediately. and. giving Packard The ebeeb,
he poaheted Lie warrants. mud bidding Pack
Htd adiau he left
How tb FHt even wis a question that was
settled III his mind before he got 10 the foot Of
The stairs, and stfaiHhtway he called u cab,
got Into ", proceeded to another point, and
got from his boz $4,000 more IN statH warrants
and then drove 10 tho office Of b certain tax
collector III the city He toll the aalhut9t of
his
tIuNtFidHNT ACCOMMODATION
rendered Packard. and how he had gone to
his stitait III the hour of need, winding Zip
with aii invitation 10 blir collector 30 take d
few Thousand dollars worth Of his. warrants
anu give htl the fash thereon, aiid hold the
warrants as rollatefala, ot turn them III ~
uash,
This worked splendidly with tas collector
MOI 1. anti Ilefwig realized welt from II. A
visit was paid, tllen, 30 another collector
with the Same. result, and No. wes ealle1
iifjOfl and readily yielded To the honeyHH
words pf Iefwig. who by bis sttewdtsss
Ind then accumulated
$4,000 tn aaEHNBAUBs
for his $4,000 In warrants taken from Packard,
aid another $4,000 worth which he lad bought
previously ~ ~ nuh Stageal .WnHbHef EaHA%
ard heard If the shfewd trick that day Or not,
but he did ON the day following and II is said
thai the air WAS bite about him for little
while when the three tas collectors referred
10 met III hiH Office and compared ,,gtts.
just how any part Ut thai $4,000 In war
rants eati he
TURNED IN Az CASH
to the State treasury has not developed yet,
nor Will II be. perhaps, until few titial sett lss
tupnts are made, Hnt'wiG don't Bother hire
self about that much, however, and were the
opportunity offered. he. no doubt. would tea
peat the operation we're Ms good profit 10 be
realized from Tho investment,