Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-20
n. FRASER GRANTS DISAPPEAR
ANrE

Reports About His Business Transae-
tfons-A Rice Receipt which = t'ank
Gave Tn and Did Not Get the ai"neS
for It-An Investigation To 20 = is
nv the Ranks Interested 4 . D@y-
T,a disanpearance CT Mr.. H. Frazer
CIT and his reputed crooked business
,-s,s.ctions were the general topic q
conversation yesterday. KumoIs o. -
kfnds were sf0at, ana Ae
..rt Of The losses Of those VIZ
- trusted % his INTEGRITY ~, y e sIl
- f--.~.7 a. i54Ires ranging from SzJ-VgO Up
pia~s~L 80 - Ss1 COO. Yesterday being
Ss1-7,-- + vras difficult, in fact almost IN
----ilfe ~ discover the fun particulars
- C-s1t's shortcomings. de nad con-
3.,o..5 large cotton. naval stores
- rice business in this city
~ a numOer Of years past
nader the name Of II. I. Grant i 90.
mss f-m was dissolved a month or 50
40 1r the wItbdraEal Of Dir. +. f. Cheat
nam. since which time the business n47
been carried on in the name Of ID. I.
Grant. Grant was also a rice planter,
and last year was President OF me
savannah Board q Trade, and was con-
siderei a merchant Of the highest com
rnereiaI integrity. The report therefore,
that he had gone wrong was IKE y III
terbslt out Of an uncl-uded say. ne =
probably one Of the last men Il ne so
who would have been sus pectSl u I .1.-9
ANYTHING open @ the slightest Suspicion
o. Irre-u larIET.
Pom the many rum0rs ahoat- the fol
Irvviug appears 70 De about the facts IN the
case: On Saturday, M e y. " So
weIl-kuown attorney. called on the oEleers
.ftha Savannah Bank and Trust con-
rauv and the southern Bans O t-e state
" Georgia. anu stated t1at NJ Grant :
affairs were II very ra1 c1I-lll-9l- 4l1
-1ar hs was authorized q maAe Al
srrar-emeut boxing q 3 settlement g
his Grants transactions Win thar
respective tauks- ms Vas t1e 1rsi A.
-suaticu thai the CEcsrs O. t11se lns-lEl-
mons lad q anything being Wro1E =
Grants business relations VIII t1sll-
II Vas busy day II
laukirE circles. - i vss IL ll-s ~
he usVUzr1 q re la-ce advances IlAae
% merchants 5u-i-C tie planting : ssS1l-
ar1 Ii vas Ir- Es1ssl--s - 60 Ia a. -IF
rEz-1 -Er1l 1-ts- Far k.rc h9LTS- 4h4
even tn = Vas necessity s-'e--
zeal a-- fail exam .lit -- 1E s. it-isi-
mad ---lT us morning. E11uCh- hoW-
ever j. k1eEE 3, s-osrsr1-a1a tas STATE
EA-- l-z1 Grant Las vr1lSe1 tle IslA =
a-5 EES -ssE.zsszrec. ssh t1s
-z-ks ZEE11e- h1l5 large 2ocl1ls
E rE--raa1 -ecalqJs lo- 1AFA.
--a-es and considerable s11--t II MI
-=-zl--s f7- nee On which t15y 1aFs p z-ls
a1vz-css- W1Et proportion q t1sss
are f-zu5ulz11- L s1v- : 81 present. NJ
asszrrzi1z-.z On Frl1ay Grant = :
custom a-v. -4-1al ---l enc O IL
ms q rzezz-.- f1r naval st1-=s l=-1 y
g a. collateral. IT The Elrplse q
selling rLe invoice and returning
--e ur1cz=1s Il tEe hank - 2 AZ for IL 4a-
Eau-es H should have Ua1e god 1ls
--riuk ticket SIS the VroUis-s % ra-
S1-l amounts are ca---d o. >2tUrla-
tu- BE- tailed GU do 50 Ll-s prl-z .F 3
-1e straw t1l- broke me camel I;
eleE.- a. decided him % leave
lie settlement q his a1a-r;
ID re hands q At attorney and gut
-1vn. There are reports q other trans
actions W1ie1 may OF may no- prove Z
- Fre---f1u1d=i when investigated Il
=az reported that Grant lefr the city CT
Friday night ID buggy, but james
. Davis. his c1l0red porter, wac let toFF Z
with his master. and who returned yes
. -erdav. stated that ne left him a. ay
cross and that Grant told aim ne a
-uinej. and gave lim message U give Z
MS Grants fat1er-il-l1w. There WI
probably Be- full developments to-day.