The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06

fore starting, be decided to run do wn
to Bitter Square, and see what sort of q
place it was. He reached the place, but
was not prepared for the surprise that
awaited him. Turning his gaze on an
old tumble-down building, his eyes were
confronted by an ancient, dusty sign,
Warwick & Claggett."
The rest of the informatiOn-how he
found the occupant of the old building
to be man who had been Sidney War
wick's chief clerk years before; how this
man informed him that one of the
daughters of Warwick was married 10
Signor Arditi, the orchestra leader, and
at that hour living in London; how the
other daughter was married to a lead
ing physician in Richmond, Virginia-
all this was related in detail. The
strangest part relates to the brother
William, who was reported to have died
in the army in 1864, leaving wifeand
children in Virginia. Mr.. johnson
found Mrs. Arditi at once, and from her
had the points substantiated as to the
place of residence of her sister.
Returning to America, the lawyer
proceeded to inquire into the case of the
supposed deceased William. Abundant
confirmation was found for the story in
the fact that an administrator had set
tied his estate, and his wife firmly be-
lieved him to have been dead. Mrs.
Arditi, however, did not believe 80. She
related an incident in the experience
of Adelina Patti during the latter's en-
gagement in New York in 1866 which
caused her to believe her brother was
living. Madame Patti hadtold her that
man had applied to her business
manager in New York for free tickets
to the opera, baging his claim on the
fact that he was brother to the wife of
Signor Arditi. Madame Patti had told
her of this, and she firmly believed it
to be no other than her brother. Traces
of him were finally got in San Francisco.
There the lawyer went, spending over
two months in fruitless search in differ
ent parts of California, Finally he found
that a man answering his description
had been known in San Francisco under
the name of Sidney, the middle name
of the man he was looking for. The man,
it was found, had left long before. Dis
couraged, the lawyer came home, think
ing he must have died. His widow was
on hand to receive his portion of the
money. Just as they were about to make
division of Mrs. Arditi again advised
stay. Not long afterward an anonymous
letter was received by Mr.. johnson, urg-
ing him to look for the missing man in
New York. In that city he got infor-
nation that a man answering the
description of William Warwick wasi in a
certain town in Vermont. Off to that
town the lawyer started. There he
found his man, a waiter in the very
hotel he put up at. 1t required but short
time to convince the lawyer thathe was
on ths right track. In fact, William
Sidney Warwick had again taken his
right name, rather peculiar thing for
him to do considering the fact that he
was nearer his wife at that point than
when in San Francisco under another
name. In five minutes after he had
heard of his good luck William had dis
charged himself from his situation and
expressed himself ready to go with the
lawyer to New York. They lost no time,
and few days later William and his
sisters had received their money.
1t seems that William had been in
the Confederate Army, and at the close
of '64 turned UP among the g missing" /"
Everybody thought he had found SOL
dier's grave. 1t is said Williams domes-
tic troubles caused him to make dead
man of himself and become wanderer
over the face of the earth. He is a fine
linguist, speaking four or five different
languages, but has not been very sue.
cessful in any thing, being too much in.
between himself and his wife. William
got his meney, but where he is now is as
much mystery to his wife as ever.
Mr.. Johnson's search has lasted nearly
five years, and in that time ne hai
travelled over sixteen thousand miles.
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