Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-26
LIFE's UPS AND DOWNS.
A Tramp Who VIII Come Into
a Fortune Of Forty thousand
Dollars.
Lynn lMa...l spsoIll . Boslon Hsrala.

Lynn tMaSs.l Special to Boston Herald.
Colonel ALLEN G. :Shephard arrived
this afternoon from Bellfontaine, o..
where he had been to intercede for one
Ilchariah Clemenston, arrested there
as a tramp. Clemenston came on
with Colonel Sheppard, and is now
stopping with him at his home 10 this
city. Clemenston' career has been a
romantic one. His father, who car
ried on the business Of planter at
Demerars, South America, died in 49,
rs, leaving an estate valued at 5000 600
or more. His children we're educated
in Boston, and the family lived at var
ious times in that city and New York.
While the family was residing near
Boston, Zachariah evinoed a consider
able desire to enter upon the industry
of farming, but previous to that time
he entered the shoe factory Of Breed,
Dole, 4 Co., in this city, his parents
desiring that he should learn the
rudiments of the shoe business. This
was in 1872. Colonel Sheppard was
foreman Of the factory, and here he
got acquainted with Olementson. The
latter tired Of the shoe business after
few months, and still had a strong
desire to enter upon farming. In fact,
he seemed to possess a small mania 10
be a tiller Of the soil. He wanted his
father to buy him a farm, but he re-
fused to do so. Zachariah went out
West prospecting, but did not settle
down there as was expected, and came
home TO Boston after six months. In
1874 he left home for good, never re-
turning, and losing track OF his people
by their going to England to settle up
the estate of his dead father. When
his mother and brothers and sisters
came home from Europe they adver,
tized for Zachariah, without receiving
any tidings Of his whereabouts. Mrs.
Clementson is now in New York, in
feeble health. She has a son in the
wool business in Boston, but now
absent in Australia. ZAchariah is
now about thirty years OF
age, During the nine years that he
has been missing be has led the life of
a tramp aud Outcast, having done" all
the Western States very thoroughly.
He has worked at farming, on and off,
when not tramping, and has sampled
the soil Of many States in the Union.
About November l last, Zachariah
entered q house 10 the town Of West
Liberty, Ohio, aud asked for food.
He was arrested therefor. The Ohio
tramp law is harsh one The mere
entering upon an estate and asking for
food sends the offender to the peniten-
tiary. He was detained in Jail at
Bellelontaine, ten miles from West
Liberty. The County Attorney pro-
posed 70 make an example Of
him, as tramps were so numerous
theresbouts. Zaohariah told lawyer,
who had become interested in his
case, that he knew Colonel Sheppard,
Of Lynn. The lawyer wrote to Col.
and that gentleman imme
diately notified Mrs. Ulementson as to
her sons whereabouts, At her re
quest Colonel went to Bellefontaine,
whore he found the young man highly
pleased to see him. Colonel Shep,
hard found that young Ulemenston's
mind was affected, and that he was
rather melancholy at times, although
not violent. The trial was set down
for Monday last, but Colonel Shep-
hsrd's appeal to the County Attorney
and the Judge was successful, and the
charge against Clemenston was not
pressed, and Tuesday they started
East. Iachariah's condition is owing
in great part to the exposure and
hardships endured. The fortune
which awaits him from his fathers
estate will now be turned ovcrto him,
amounting to about $4,000.