The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-01-25

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| TlstnIstaa's unfortunate wife ~hd Iatn
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TIE rbei AcsreHni ilsrn WAITED IA
| Mvesrs. Nmiik iun.s. In whuwe .in
| plasmen. Thompson hasi lwrts. and ~
eeftainsI Two iasts wiisi confirmed him
| in his surr~lsian. Tie ITau ha.l ht.n
pail In thr fuivien firm whseh Ind
bought tie Hossls III exactly thr samr
proportion II nuirs anil ruld ~ the .nm
left with tile commi.sin,airc. anil tie
date upon which they w.rc phil CORR.
sprnlel will, that III ,he mysterious ~.
1 ru@it. Tie unfortunate hiatus iii lhs
chain III evidence was that nobody knrM
/ the numbers III thu hank notes which Ind
formed par, ol II.
"What .io won think. sirg" continued
copp.
replied tint thought shr solution
probable. Int that W. should proceed
very cautiously la the testing ~ every
proof.
After turning oycrthe nastcrc carefully
Ia my min,l, came 10 tho conclusion
that the only means II identifying tho
sum paid Id Thompson with TINT left
with Scrpt. Corp wonll b. com.
parisen III the numbers ~ tho notes III
each instance. Int then came formula.
blr difficulty. Thu foreign firm had
b.cn dissolved aiil iss members hnd left
England. They had already informed
M,ssrs. Smitl, A Jones TINT they hal
omitted in take tic numbers ~ tin hunk
notes. ~hieh.had been RENTED IL them
from tie continent
The PIN ~ Inst bit upon was M fol.
Iowa.
Wlrn the ET50 were paid iniu tin dc.
puril account, Vii. notes Mhicl, formed ii
portion oi the rtim Mert Mnt hy III 81
tho llank ot England In Tho regular
course ~ hnsincns, nrd were there cnn.
cclcl. ] precftaineI III TIM Bank If In.
gland tlu iininr und address ~ the firm
10 whom ILL. notes Ind been first issiit.l,
mud then traced them through, thn Hev-
eral hands through which they hai
passsd. Following up th" clcw. d,s.
covered ilHl some Of item hal been
r.nl I'll lunh Al patip. wrote III tlis
Innk, i.1nirinE /, whom they llasl bren
paid, nntl IL my gleai qualification waa
informed tilal they Ind been sent ~ the
very firm III London few lays before
, they Ind handed them ever u Ihnmp.
ron.
Here, then, wan tn missing link. nisl
. ] hnd ao longer my doubt ~ NY min,l
, TINT the money paid to ia was thu slint
ns TINT wheel, Ind been lont by Messra.
! Smith 4 InIer.
llansri Sptpt. copp waH ovsripycl
nnl wished 10 M ~ once 1, MR.. Thafnp
son nnI rive l.sr tile gnpd news THIS
however, ! wunll not permit, m
: Thought ii would he h.itef Ia cn,leavor
! Iii the iifAt Instance, to ascertain tbt
fai. II the poor foreman. i. therefore
: called upon Mrt-fA. SMITH 4 JuneA NH
! informed I'll, III thnt | Ind obtained err
{ tain information, wlsieh led me - le
LEV. ihnt nnni 81 I,5D pail into III.
! hunk VIVA identical will, that lp.s H.
! them, Int TINT lie only person VII,
, romlL satisfactorily prove the iArt win
j Thompson, md thns h. must ther, fore Ii,
j, found. liiey promised ~ do tltelf le~
J 10 nis my inquiries, NIL employed a dc
! tnetiss fur tho purpose. IN thr eo,irs'
~ few weeks they were able u iliarn
: mo tint Thompson hnl been iicovefc,
|. In i'atis. working nn.l.r al assume,
! nntne, md that, Oh hrlng informed d
! the discovery, be hal nj once com. owe
70 his family. who were oYerjoye,l 1T hi
!. return.
On tn following In, Thompson ealle,
. NJ iii. lank, mil WINS recognized ii
! Serfs. Gopp ~ the very individual vii,
haa left the money with him.
! Tie explanation gwen ly Thompson
!, ~ the transaction war. tint hia eoife
: Ind heen ,llnggrl nj Hi. house wllrr
liz fl.pi, null Ills watch stolen from hlm
!. H. Ind. however, n.rsel himself hy
!. violent effort III. following morning /.
J. bc NJ his poet TN the lighter. nntl, III
y though half htupeiIel, Ind with nom
:, difficulty received aa.l counted over III
j money, tInt On going ashore he lin
!. repaired u public honsc near Iii
!. docks, III order ~ g.t snmc soda water
|. that, alter taking IL, he Ind ramble
through the streets IN his way to III
!. workshop.
v Hin mini, however, was Il complet
blank IN 10 everything which nesllrrr
aftcrwarl, until lie found himself yin
q Ia narrow alley, surrounded by i'll
looking people. When hc came 10 him
/. .elf he VIM paral,xe.l by fcar u
finding, M hc Thought. TINT he liz
% been robbed u lin ling. IliH brain WI
laxax1 vsith tIs tI,.t,uitt ~ fh1 gaa~f, .