The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-06-20
AN HONEST cABMAN.
Nov Nnik Mnrla. :


 gwen two coaspieuous illustrations ot Ai, honesty, the las, ot which was displayed one day about thrue weeks ago, Mir Edwin Parsons, of No $ Hne street, seal on that day to the Ssocx Exchange, to bs deposited ia the Stock Exchange vauleS A package of securities worth 60 GOO The messenger, without knowiae it, ynuxl have dropped i,, for abou, o'clock ,ha, afternoon Reilly picked up the package He vas driving hiS cab. which belongs to the New York Cab Company. Limited down tAe street. when he spied the pack, age Reilly nAs a habit, the value ol which he learned three years ago. ot keeping hls eyes open, and he thought that the package might contain ssn,e. thing ot value. The parcel was soon Tn his hands
 That night at home he txAmined its contents ca the outside were Mir. Par sons initials, E pr Oa the iuxite were several papers strung together on q thread, The papers looked as if they might he valuable, and Reilly resolved to hnd the owner. The next day he d,a not drive his cab, but took the package ss a broker on Exchange Haee, and asked him II the contents were valuable
 Well. l should say so." exeiaime i the broker as he looked over the papers Why, these are coupons They ate as good as greenbAckS, and are worth So GOO, Do they belong ,o youg" The broker had suspicion that Reilly had stolen them.
 Reilly answered that he had found the package, and desired to find the owner tn order that he might return il to him In this undertaking the broker volun. tcered 10 assist. For hve days Re,ily abandoned his cab. and entered into the search for the owner. with no success Advertisements failed to bring any re sp"nse. In the package were the Oeto- bef coupons of one hundred bonds ai the Chicago aud Western Indiana railroad These coupons are payable at the bank ing house oi Drexel, Morgan X Co. The broker took the last coupons 10 DisAel Morgan X Co, and after relating the story of the discovery, the hrm informed the broker ,ha, Mir. F. pArsons, of No s P1ne street, was an owner oi Chic ago and Western Indiana bonds. As the iniiials :" F.. F." on the package cortesponded to the initials ot F. Parsons, the broker wen, to the office Of that hrm and met Mr Parsons,
 Have you any coupons "f the Chicago and Western Indiana bonds n inquired the broker.
 Certainly" replied Mir. pasons.
 You are sure you have them z"
 "Yes pu, them in the Stock Ex. change vaults las, week"
 Do you remember their numbers "
 Mir. Parsons answered in the affirma tive, and named the numbers, which were in a series Of one hundred Then the broker informed the astouiahed capital ist that be, and not Mir Parsons, held the coupons, and telling him the story oi Reillys honesty and of hts hVe days search for the owner, returned to Mi Parsons the los; secuTii ies, with the suE- gestion tha, he reward Reilly.
 Certainly" said Mi Parsons. and taking $ao from his pocket he asked the broker to give it to the cahman, al the same time gleeiully slowing away his S9 GOO worth of securities, which had oeen los, without hts kno~ingit.
 Tais IS not the inst time tha, Reilly has been the finder of lost property Three years ago, as was published in the papers at the time. Reilly, who was then employed by Fifth Avenu. florist saw garbage man driving along the street with big. battered trunk on hts cart. Reilly stopped him, and bought the trunk for fifteen cents. IL remained for months unopened in the florist, place. when one day Reilly was ordered to take t away. He then emp,ied Ii. and to his aslonishment several pieces o jewelry rolled out. The trunk wal covered with express company pastss But after sorapinR these of the initiali "W. H. V." were discovered. They sug. gested the name of William H. Wander bilt, who did indeed prove to be ,hs owner Of the trunk and the jewelsy That time Reilly got A substantial reward for his honesty, for besides a large gif ot money he was given a position on ihs Fourth Avenue iaiifoad, owned by Van desbiit, a place he retained until a shor time sgo, when he began to drive fo, the cab company.