, 1881-12-20
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left Davis Millions Alleged
to Be: Purely Myth
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It Least So Says Col. Harrison,
an Ex-Confctlcrato or.
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Another Ex- Rebel Is Inclined
=: to Think JEFF Feathersd
His Nest.
p}sp]easure Of the Guano .specu'ators
Over. the Notoriety They Have
Acquired.
", H. Vnnlcrbilt's Youngest
Daughter to Be Married
Today. -
a Wife's Brains Beaten Out by
a Sick and Jealous
Husband.
Death Of the Latter from the
Effects Of a seif-Inf|icted
Wound.
Fierce Dendnc'atton Of tho '1rennepin.
'Cannl Scheme by o Local
.. Piper. -
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APoliceman Shot Dead by a Dissolute
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Death Of the Latter from the
Effects Of sef-|nficted
> Wound.
Fierce DenancIntton Of tho '1rennepin.
'Canal Scheme by q Local
Piper. -:
APoliceman Shot Dead by q Disaoluts
Fellow-0fflcer-A Serious Rail-
road Collision.
JEFF, DAVIS. M1nI,1oNs.

JEFF DAVIS. MILLIONS. I,
THEY ARE ALLEGED To nn:TuhEr.r MYTH
IcA1~,
Special ntspafeh 10 Ths Chieaeo Tribune.
NEW 'ypnK. dec. 10.-Dcfore his capture
BIZ Union soldiers, according to the published
statements of Gen. Joseph Il. John.
ston, Jefferson Dayls' received over ST.
10000 belorglng to. the Confederate
Treasury, the ,nnJor portion ut which
lie In Ito way eycr. accounted fur.
A reporter Of tha Timer toslay sought Col.
But.un N. Ilnrrison, who WINS with Mr..
Davis Mt the time or the capture. and nsfett
hin! what trnth there was In tho inslnuntton
Of Zen. Johnston that the President nj the
contcdcraey converted the vast sttn to his
own use. ..-''- .,,
",lr. Davis never appropriated Il. penny
belonging to the CoMfederacy,'t replied,
.co]. Harrison, guile warmly. ~ have tlle
highest personal rrR,rd for' Gen. Johnston,
but II he made tho statement attributed 10
hln lie certainly hNs Deen' Mlslnfor1ncd. |
all Inclined to doubt the nccurnry of the III
tetylew. As was with AIr. Davis when. he,
WIS captured, can say of riy own knowl-
edge that
lie HAD no spEclE,
which Gen. Johnston, Is inhde to say the
inuney consisted OF, md In fnct no funds
whatever, with hiln.. There twere seyernl
,saec:ls~ n1Ml tti ambulance LII thin train
during the retreat. soutl. Tile ambulance
belonged to Capt.' Moody, OF, ,2lisslss!pp1,
and contained lis private broparty., TIC
wagons were dsed to convey thu luggage Of
Hrs. Davis and tho rest of,the fnmlly.'
"But Con. Johnston says that the special
train followed or preceded tho Ilea.l OF the
Government Of tho Contederaey lit tho re-
treat"
"rhat eertainly In not so, aud, whnt Is
more, the funds ut tile Cunfederncy weIc not
placed in the hands OF Mr.. Davis. They were
handled entirely by George d. Trenholm, the
Secretary Of tho Treasury.
THERE MAS soME SPECIE
IN Augusta OF Washington, On, III charge
Ct the Treasury officers, week beforD ulo
capture OF Mr. Davis, but exactly liow much
lido not know. 1t nm sure 1t did not amount
to $5oo,ooo. Why, there WIS not aa,5o0, ,ooo,
tha amount alleged, to have been In the tra!ll,
III the whole Confedsraey, .T!,o South was
seoobed clcan. and might. say, scarcely II
dollar WAS left In It. The Unlted States
SSseF'yst Ss assa1e ae wst eS5s a1astyc W.
ES'ps' Esiope p Il Il tera t'f had fesat;2y csn 25 ena %
Confederate funda about tho Government
III
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am prone to eopsler tic rpports ut tlils late
day little batter tbnn "f :
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soidIers, h,,t nfnfw - feicrranhjn neknn,yis
edrnIcj,t Of ,ta rt:ceipt wna re.coiveti> md no
nl6ney was disbursrd i"' 's~"' "'" "o
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