Stevens County tribune., 1880-01-01
A DOLLAR ON THE TRAMP.
A Gold Dollar that Was Pursued AcrosS
the Continent and Finally Captured.
philadelphia Times.

A Gold Dollar that Was Pursued Across
the Continent and Finally Captured.
[Philadelphia Times.l
A young lady of this place has in her po-
session q gold dollar with MONOGRAM in
scribed upon it which has been the subject
of great deal of attention. 1t was attached
to bracelet by a chain. One evening 10 the
latter part of February last, after a sleigh
ride, she missed it. The broken chain showed
how it had disappeared. Search was made,
but it was of no avail. Finally an adver-
tisement caught the eye of habituaI loafer
about town. He went to the houss and in
formed 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 remembered receiving
the money, but he had paid it to butcher.
The latter recoliected paying it over to a
dover in Trenton. The address Of the droyer
was secured and letter written to him, re-
questing reply at once. It came, with the
information that he had purchased ticket
to Philadelphia with it the very day tho
Lambertville butcher gave it to him, and
that the Trenton ticket agent had remarked
about the monogram.
The search was continued. The agent re-
membered the dollar, and said he laid it
aside for few hours, bur as the drover who
paid it to him evidently knew nothing con-
cernipg 1t, it was forwarded to the general
office in Philadelphia with the daily amount.
The receiver of the New Jersey receipts at
Philadelphia was next corresponded with.
The beautiful monogram had been noted,
but had been deposited in the bank, along
with other sums Of money. His opinion
was that it could be obtained of the cashier.
So interested in the travels of the little coin
were its friends in this city that 1t was re-
solved to continue the investigation. The
cashier was communicated with. His
attention had been called to the initials
on the back of the dollar by ono of the
clerks, and he had instructed the clerk to
place it aside for few weeks. Unfortuna-
tely, in the absence OF the clerk, gentleman
desiring several hundred dollars in gold, pre-.
paratory to California trip, had been fur
nished with the amount, and the little piece
had in some wsy been mixed with that sum
and gone westward. The gentleman's name
was furnished. He represented o Philadel-
phia house, and letter was sent to him.
The events 80 far described, took place in
March, and the remainder of the spring and
all summer passed with no tidings 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, 80 that instead of returning to
once from California, as he proposed when
he stared, he had stopped at Colorado
Springs for the summer to reCuperate. The
letter relating the account of the dollar had
been delayed and not forwarded, so that he
never received it until he reached Chicago.
He said he had the dollar In his possession,
as the monogram attracted his notice. The
initials were the same as those Of young
friend of his. and he kept the coin on that
account. He promised to send the dollar
as should be directed. BE was as good as
his word. and the little gold piece Ia back in
Lambertville once more.