The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-12-26
A DOLLAR ON THE TRAMP.
A Gold Dollar that was Pursued Across
the Continent
PHILADELPHIA Iimes


young lady of this place has in her
possession gold dollar with II mono
gram inscribed upon 1t which has been
the subject of great deal of attention.
Ii was attached to u bracelet by Il chain
One evening in the latter part of Febru-
airy last, after Il sleigh ride, she missed
it. The broken chain showed how il
had disappeared. Search was made, hut
ii was of no avail Finally an advertise
ment caught the eye of habitual loafer
about town. He went to the house and
informed the servant at the door that he
had found the dollar below the steps of
the sleigh the morning after the ride.
and had spent it for whisky at one of the
saloons of the city. The friends of the
young lady determined To find the dollar,
If possible. The saloon keeper remem-
bered receiving the money, but he had
paid 1T to u butcher. The latter recOl-
lected paying il over to drover in Tren-
ton. The address of the drover was Sc
cured and letter written to him, request
ing a reply at once. 1t came, with the
information that he had purchased a
ticket to Philadelphia with it the very
day the Lambertville butcher gave it to
him, and that the Trenton ticket agent
had remarked about the monogram.
The search was continued. The agent
It aside for few hours, but as the drov-
er who paid it to him evidently knew
nothing concerning it, il was forwarded
to- the general office in Philadelphia
with the daily account. The receiver of
the New Jersey receipts ut Philadelphia
was next correspondent with. The beau
tiful monogram had been noted, but had
been deposited in the bank along with
other sums of money. His opinion was
that il could be obtained of the cashier.
So interested in the travels of the little
coin Was its friends in this city that it
was resolved to continue The investiga-
ton The cashier was communicated
with. His attention had been called to
the initials on the back of the dollar by
one of the clerks, and he had instructed
the clerk To place ii aside for few
weeks Unfortunately, III the absence
of the clerk, Il gentleman desiring sever
al hundred dollars in gold, pre-
paratory to California "trip, had
been furnished with the amount,
and the little piece had been massed
with that great sum and gone west
ward. The. gentlcman's name was fur
nlshcd. He represented ii Philadelphia
house, and IL letter was sent him. The
events SO far described took place in
March, and the remainder OF the spring
and summer passed with no IIdings Of
the lost bangle. 4 few days ago. there
came IL letter from Detroit, written BY
the gentleman who had gone west,
which stated that his health had been
poor, SO that instead of returning AT once
from California, as he had proposed
when he started, he had stopped at Cali
fornia Springs for the summer to rccu-
perate. The letter retain the account of
the dollar had been delayed and not for
warCled So that he never received it until
he reached Chicago. He said he had the
dollar i'll his possession, as the mono
gram attracted his attention. The
initials was the same rs "A young friend
of his, and he kept the coin on that nc
count He promised to send the dollar
as should be directed He was as good
rs his word, and the little gold piece is
back in Lambertville once more.