Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-14

to bring five or six friends with him.
Mr.. FELTON, could not believe his
ears, but Mr.. Reese repeated the in
vitation and it was accepted. The
same day Mr.. FELTON,, six friends
and Mr.. Reese went to the restau-
rant and dined sumptuouslS, eating
the most expensive dishes and
drinking the choicest wines. Mr..
Reese was not seen to pay the bill,
however, and it afterwards turned
out that he had obtained a judg-
ment against the restaurant keeper
which the man was unable to pay,
having nothing in the world but
his stock, so Mr.. Reese was con-
strained, as he expressed it, to "take
it out in eating" This was the
only time that he was ever known
to treat anybody to anything.
AT the time Of the great excite
ment in San Francisco over the Lii
mantour suit Mr.. Reese made him
self somewhat conspicuously unpop-
ular. twill be remembered that Ii
mantour claimed the greater part
of San Francisco under an alleged
Mexican grant, and began suit to
get possession of the property.
When the case came up it was
charged that Limantour had forged
certain documents, by virtue of
which he made his claim. Crimi-
nal proceedings were instituted
against him, and he was arrested
and put under 100000 bonds. No
one would 90 bail for him, and Mr..
Reese came forward, signed his
bond, and he was released. There
was beliyed to be some mysterious
reason for this action, but nobody
discovered what it was, aud Liman,
tour afterward withdrew his claim
About twenty years ago a San
| Francisco woman Of doubtful posi-.
| ton sued Mr.. Reese for $4,000 foi
breach Of promise of marriage. L
was universally believed that the
suit was only a trick to extort
money, but the jury, nevertheless,
seeing that it was the wealth,
Reese who was defendant, gave hei
Il verdict for $4,000. From tina
time Mr.. Reese was as much afraiC
of all womankind as old Mr.. Welle
himself was of "the vidders."
Mr.. Reese was never known Il
keep a horse or carriage unless h
got it accidentally in trade. H
would wait ten minutes at a stree
; corner before getting into car, j
the hope of meeting an acquain
tance who would pay his fare
When taunted by a friend one da
! in regard to his miserly habits h
said: Well, | can't help it;
know it's foolish, but it's a diseaS
, I've got" In all matters not COZ
nected with money he was a man {
J great intelligence and liberal view
, In appearance he was very distn
guished, being about six feet tw
, inches tall, of fine figure and broa
$ forehead.
1t is believed that Mr.. Reese hf
left all or the greater part of h
Z fortune to the Jewish charitable il
: stltutions. 1t is known that whe
be was in New York recently h
promised Mr.. Jesse Seligman
: leave 100000 to the Hebrew O.
e phan Asylum of this city, and othC
| bequssts to the amount of $4,000
j. are reported. His only known re
atives in this country are his sister
: Mrs. Rosenfeld and Mrs. Rosenberg
!, of Chicago, the wives of the seniC
t members of the wealthy firm
d Rosenfeld, Rosenberg & Co., of thu
(, city, and Mr.. Frank, a wealth
i merchant of st. Louis, the son ,
a a dead sister. A friend of the fan
+ lily said yesterday to the writer th
t if it turns out that the Reese 70
G tune has been left altogether
o charitable institutions there may
0 a contest ever the will, though it
e not likely that the relatives wi
S object if only part of the fortune
a left to charity.