Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-31
roUGH SAM. LAWYER.
rHa Remarkable story of His Eveutful

T owing dispatch received last
.r- says tine Chicago Tunes of
ruught the first information Of
r- -4s TO be an ineEplicabIe mys-
E.#E..-. Aug. 2I-Ile Iojy ~ q He
.... .. entity uul iere.. was found near
.-"#r. bic haa tl'= letter ol him
.r.-#.. sam. LaTrer. lu run away
.~er. p. VIII Ile- please send my
..- -H.. 70. Ilsa I'D tu T.. Lap EnWIcI. The
.. through some Helcnt lreathed
-aae .u bis neck.
man whose body has been fouud
II tHa most noted of the century
..# .ls wonder ut the medical profession.
r time be hal TJ0meG with Mr..
IH..#.H. ON Sunday, two weeks ago,
.EH -aj his intention of going to
Ea F.. He hastily packed mp all his
papers ... started Tor that point The
...... RI. .=- visit there was TO make set
possible. with the directors of
..l#us which Jailed some time age. He
bad deposited i'm Tue bank, which
aH-.utHa GaJ saved i'm nineteen months.
& ra- H cheerful spirits. and promised
Miss lHlHuWlgn- 90 whom me was en-
That he would marry her rs soon
Il. Nothing was heard Of him
days. His friends were growing
IS rIeu letter was received uv
ned, dated at Philadelphia,
which informed her that bee was in a hos
r.#. there. The story of ms experiences
. leaving this city was somewhat
-.-l--- he had not gone I'D Erle- as II
E.- ua- necessary - do so. CON the train
met and made the acquaintance 90 one
Tie directors 1i the ietuucr bank. Law
related the object Of his trip % Erie,
1H. Tie director 40 once consented TO give
3d. $4,000. Layugr accepted Che otter,
..Iu- only too glad to do sU- and lie went
IN Ills W1y- so he SAYS rejoicing. lie
N4HH resolved % go Lu New Qrh- where
la wished .1 look after the Arrangement
.. business matters. AT one u the sta
lions lu the road l. got OIL 90 secure some
r.lre-lmelts. He Eas attacked and Uru-
tally beaten ly two men. who evidently
wished r1 secure possession Of the money,
which be- carried Oh his person. He found
That Doe could not proceed further, as me
suffered much from the injuries inflicted
.E his as-8,lJuts. He went TO Wayerly,
.ut there also he could not find any com
urr. Fearing that his injuries might re-
suit fatally. EC went t1 Philadelphia and
place. himself i'm hospital, lie was
r-.tFalu-. lH alleges, when, at tic ear
nest solicitation of some persons who
claimed To be his friends, he went 70 New
York and was placed in what be supposed
@. he IL hospital. 4 woman was i'm con
slant itE-ujIuCe upon him. lie had been
u this place several DAYS, when he made
the discovery that he was not in a hos
p..a.. lut that he had fallen into the
-lEI. Hi gang OF thieves. who had
robbed him of the $4,000.
The ABOVE IS the story which the first
letter brought 20 Miss L8pk0wicL. ON
saturday last another letter was received
H...l ta.l still more narrowing sale.
Finding himself almost peumllss, LaynCr
concluded t1 visit tue EoUmauiaH Consul
u Sew FORK and make arrangements for
l- reception Of a large sum of money
Which ae expected from B0umauf8. The
sl- which was to come was Sli3.Uu1. On
visiting the COnsul's office, 50 his story
goes. Ha found the former absent, bar his
treasurer was ia. 10 the treasurer he
made aUQWu his name and business.
Before aa came to this country, he stated,
p. owned g large vineyard i'm ROumania,
" Halea country he was native. he
--- 81 -E with "a young lady. the GaUgh-
Itt q wealthy merchant. and mis- alice
ulns, as be thought being recipTOcated,
They became engaged and subsequently,
united In WedlOck. His father-in-law
proved himself 10 be a very Uuamiable
person. and was not satisfied with being
ulsa-relaJle himself but used every eff
Ei o. make his daughter quarrel with
-sE husband. In this object the fatheT-in-
Jaw was successful. and as a result Law
Ae- aud ms wife became estranged. Law
D.. came TO this country, and. going to
Has-lH-t1n. secured a divorce from his
Eu-- While in Washington he learned
-at4 iJther-in-law had taken forcible
possession Of his vineyard. he brought
~. II recover possession Of the property,
e-a. after prolonged litigation, he was
t.--.l4.G>. He obtained judgment for
ft-r#H. Layner notified the ROumanian
consul I'D New York that he had won his
sung and made a demand that the vine
!e-. by sold and $4,000 sent 90 him. OF
course the eN-lather-in-law was notified
Oh .-s demand, and he Immediately start
vt-H -lis country. He arrived in New
i--s a.uu- the same time as LaVuer.
taiH was the story that LayDeF related
s. - ealsufs treasurer, and when he
-aa LHi-Led, his eN-father-in-laW was
-s- ea into tue apartment il which be
-..t s-s treasurer were seated. The eX-
----e--in--aW produced a roll Of bills and
s-s.#Eto mis- intention Of getting down %
--i--sa al once. He counted out Sll3.-
y. and rendered il to Lavner, but the lat
---' s-iAAils there was something wrong,
----Ha .ae money. He alleges that he
r--.-t wards discovered they were bogus.
aus tA-idl-er-lr-.aW, finding that he could
Aoott.. INK LaFEer- sand 10 the latter:
- E44 % not take that money. we viii
zt.lsF hl- you OBJ drive YOU craZy." Law
--t states IN the letter that he did not
--eU these threats, as he believed the
money would be paid 10 him ON oct. 5. 4
When 10 is due. This is the last inf7rma-
.1l received from the deceased
-l--l Tie above dispatch was flashed over
--e wire.
N letler Lavner was murdered or not
Is a mystery, and VIII probably remain
=. ile Lapkowiches are positive in their
assertions that he was perfectly sane
N-en he started for Erie, and that he had
rr=fel SHOWN any symptoms of INSANITY
-5 aaJ roomed with them for some
.-'-.ls. and always bore himselfin a cen
-----.tl-t manner. When visited last
-l-a 9T reporter for the Times, the
..eA- .adE tJ whom he was engaged ex-
77=A leI self positively that she did not
se -I3t Lavner was dead. If he was
--... s-1 did not believe that he had been
--eE-d. ON the contrary. she was in
---t 30 think tIat he had gone crazy
.-- --= expectation Of receiving such a
--s amount OF money and committed
-----tr. Although his stories Of his expe-
E---e with the persons who assailed
-- ana the thieves in New York seem
l-l- $ Lat Incredible, they are given a
e-l5laLce Of truth by the suspicion that
ZIG man has been murdered, II is prOba-