The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-01-25
AN ADVENTURES.
A China Merchant Robbed and 10
the Poor House

NsStat Ndas ~ 0ouu -. 50" Sdu
was l. very prosperous merchant re-
siding in China, where he had extern
iensiVe business interests aud was also
tine owner IF considerable real estate
and improvements thereon. He re
garded himself As wealthy. and was
50 considered by all who knew him
His business was large aud constantly
increasing. aud he seemed Ia he a
favored child Of Fortune, destined 10
amass wealth, the Possession of which
by an East Indian ar China merchant
i. considered a ma ter Of course. /,
was at this period that Fortune lave
the frs. Of series Of frowns which
have driven the prosperous merchant
almo.t into beggary. have made him
a wander.r, and have eliminated b.
almost depriving him o: his earthly
exisience--if not this, at least t. DAYS
aud perhaps weeks Of suffering up,n u
CIT in the City and County Hospital
His Nemesis has been a woman,
SET pen, which has been nurturei in
his bosom en'y 20 turn upon and
strike him with the psngs Of extrsva-
gsnce and treachery. She was young.
beautiful and accomplished. and
thoroughly fascinated him, and Sue
ceeded in M, only gainirg his unre-
served confidence. bu, la obtaining
such firm hid upon his purse that
ruin soon stared him in the face. H.
was biindly infatuated. aud she waste
fully ani uascrupu!ously extravagsnt
There could he but ore result. Piece
nv pee. his property was converted in-
,n c,in, Only 10 be recklesslv sqnsnder-
ed by his evil genius. His business
s.ruc kmany a RICK ana became cnm
p.ele wreck. but smsll remnant of his
fortune rem aiming. The woman now
found she mad hl.d her victim Of hi
dollars until The f,w had nearly c.,.-
81. ard she determines ,o throw him
aside as being Of no further Use. H..
hal some money left. sni never dresm
i.,g that her pro-. ssed love tor him
sells Vas other than genuine. ailswe.i
nearly nj! IF it-so,n- $40. O0J to- get
:n'0 her p'ssessson. This was all sh..
desired. aud, cooiv appropria':ng il.
-he d-canpei, cunning {" San Frsnci.
CD. where she married ship bruker.
sho is well known in mercantile cir
ciss. The assumed love of the adven
'uress had taken s-mi-h;y h"i upon
Hprgahs affections, and her robber,
and de.eriion brnke he heart ami
ruined Him. He lett his business 10
others and it soon collapsed. and pen
niless and bowed down with mis- troub
les he wandered to this citv. H. had
friends here. aud being fine scholar
and good business man. they readily
secured a position FIR him. Hi
troubles had been too heavy tor him
10 bear up under. however. and so az
fec,ed mis- spirits tina: he neither coul 4
keep his place nor others provided
for him. II is only when a man.
fortunes are rising that so-called friend
are wiling. aud even eager. to render
assistance. Horgsn was ON the down.
grade and he received none. unless il
might have been push tn expedite
his movement in his downward cOu o.
He soon resche! the b,ttom. anil
was gla,l to accept a jph shoveling |
coal in the hold of a vessel on the CITY !
front. Yesterday he began his sec.
ond days work, but as early Us Z
O'Clock in the morning fell into the !
hold of the vessel. fracturing Iii, |
right wrist ard receiving other severe
injuries. He was removed to ihs
city receiving hospital. where he told
his story as it appears abnve, his man. |
ner and conversations indicating that
he was speaking the truth. He was
non after removed to the City and
County Hospital.