Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-12-19
L DOLLAR on THE TRAMP
A Gold Polar That Was Pursued Across
the Continent aud Finally Captured.
philAie,phia Times


\ young lady of this place has III her
possession y gold dollar with mono
gram inscribed upon il which has been
the subject of a great deal of attention.
II was attached 70 y bracelet by a chain.
One evening in the latter bart Of Feb
ruary last, after q sleigh ride. she
missed it. The broken chain showed
how i had disappeared. Search was
made, but 1t was of no avail. Finally
an advertisement caught The eye Of u
hsbitual loater about town. He went
10 the house and informed the servant
Ut the door that he had found the dol.
lar below the steps Of the sleigh the
morning after the ride, and had spent
/ II for whisky At one Of the saloons OF
the city. The friends Of the young
lady determined to find the dollar, il
possible. The saloon keeper remembered
receiving the money, tut he had paid
it to butcher. Tho latter recollected
paying il over to drever in Trenton.
The address OF the droyer WAS secured
and letter written IL him, requesting
a reply ut once. Il came, with .he III.
formation that he had purchased
ticket to Philadelphia with It the very
day the Lambertville butcher gave il to
him, and that the Trenton ticket agent
had remarked about the monogram.
The search WAS continued The
agent remembered the dollar. and said
he laid it aside for few hours. hut rs
the drover who paid il 10 him evidently
knew nothing concerning it, it was Tor.
warded to the general office in Phila-
delphia with the daily account. The
receiver Of the New Jersey receipts At
Philadelphia was next correspondent
with. The beautiful monogram had
heen noted, but had been deposited in
the bank, along with other sums Of
money. Ills opinion was that II could
terested in the travels OF the little coin
were its friends in tins city that it was
resolved to continue tho investigation,
The cashier WAS communicated with.
His attention had been called to the
initials on the back ofthe dollar by one
Of the clerks, and Ito had instructed
the clerk to place it aside for few
weeks. Unfortunately, in the absence
of the clerk, a gentleman desiring sew
eral hundred dollars III gold, prepare.
tory TO q California trip, had been fur
nished with the amount, and the little
piece had in some way been mixed with
that sum and gone westward. The
gentleman's name was furnished. He
represented Philadelphia house, and
letter was sent him. Tho events so
far described took place in March, and
tho remainder of the spring and all
summer passed with no tialngs Of the
lost bangle. A few days ago, however,
there came letter from Detroit, written
by the gentleman who had gone west,
which stated that his health had been
poor, SO that instead of returning III
once from California, rs he proposed
when he started, he had stopped ut
Colorado Springs for the summer to re.
cuperate. The letter relating the nc
count of the dollar had been delayed
aud not forwarded, so that he never
received il until he reached Chicago.
He said he had the dollar in his pos
session, as the monogram attracted his
notice. The initials were the same Ms
those of yourg friend of his, and he
kept the coin on that account. He
promised to send the dollar rs should
be directed He was rs good as his
word, and the little gold piece is back
i'll Lambertville once more.