Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-23
HONEST DANIEL Reilly
A Cab Drivers Search for ,n.
oA $4,000 Worth OF Coupons.
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seen In Wall street. and drives for sev va.
bankers and brokers. One dav last wee
ne had fare down town and was dr;v;n
through Pine street to Broadway
I was ABOUT quarter to five in the afta,
noon ana the street was then almos
IIeseTCeG' Lying on the step in front c
Cne Dullolng No. Pine street, Refill
saw small paper-covered parcel. HI,
Jumped OH the cab, picked up the bundl
ana, without stopping to open it, tossed
~ INTO the boot. and drove on with hi
fare to South ferry.
After he had disposed of his customer
REILLY opened the parcel, and was sur
prlseu TO lind that it contained backap,
Oh unpaid coupons of the bonds of t6f
Chlcago and Western Indiana Railroad
company and fewfother equally yaIua.
pie securities. There was no name unor
the coupons and no other means of idan.
tlIylng the owner, except that upon. the
OUTSIDE OF the parcel were written in one
corner the letters &c E. p" Next MONDAY
helily took day off and set about find
ing the owner of the coupons. He went
10 broker in Exchange place who had
occasionally patronized his hanson and
showed him the securities.
These coupons" said the broker. care
worth $4,000, and they are as negotiable
as greenbacks. You can sell them any,
where and at any time for $4,000. There
is no clew to the owner, but he will
doubtless advertise for them"
LOOKING FOR THE OWNER.
Reilly, like an honest man, made every
effort to find out to whom the coupons
belonged, and even gave up his work to
devote his whole time to the search.
Strangely enough the loss of the securi-
ties was not advertised, and the claimants
broker friend could think of no way to as
certain who "E. P" was, but to find ont
who the transfer agents of the Chicago e
Western Indiana Railroad Company were
and ask their assistance. Drexel. Nor
gan & Co. proved to be the companv's
bankers, but they at first refused to give
the name OF the owner of the bonds bear
ing designated numbers. When the cir
cumstances of the case were explained.
however, they referred to the books and
found that the bonds were registered in
the name of Edwin Parsons, of Charles
q Co., capitalists and brokers. of
No. Pine street.
The broker called on Mr.. Parsons with
the cabman and the package of coupons,
and rather an amusing interview took
place.
care you the owner of Chicago &
Western Indiana bonds numbered SO and
'o?" asked the broker.
81 ann was the reply. "Why do you
ask?'
Because the coupons have been found
n the street. Why didn't you advertise
for them ?"
''My dear sir" with a bland smile,
for the simple reason that l haven't lost
hem. My coupons are safe in the Stock
Exchange vaults"
HE WAS VERY SURE.
care you sure?"
Certainly; had them out only the
'ther day and took them back myself
md placed them in the box. l have
hem safe. You haven't got my coupons.
There's some mistake"
eyes, there is mistake" returned
he broker, dryly. care these yours ?''
md he handed Mr.. Parsons a package.
Mr.. Parsons bland confidence suddenly
changed to look of CONSERVATION.
GOOD heavens !" he exclaimed, |
'agerly running over the package, "these |
Ire mine; but how did you get them ?'
"You needn't trouble to count Them"
aid the broker quietly; you'll find them |
vi there. They were found by an hon
st man." and he recited the circum-
tances, and limited that as Reilly, the
lonest cabman, was a poor man with a
amily and had lost five days from his
york in his search for Mr.. Parsons, some
eward would be in order. Chen" said
he gentleman who told a Herald re-
'orter the story yesterday, "Mr. Parsons
nut his hand in his pocket, pulled out a
oil of bills as thick as your fist and pre-
ented Reilly with 500"
Mr.. Parsons, it appears, had several
undles of securities in his hands when
e left his office for the Stock Exchange.
lie must have dropped the package con-
inning the Chicago and Western Indiana
oupons just after leaving his Office, just
pposite which they were found.
MRS. vANDERBILT's DIAMONDS.
Three years ago Reilly was employed
S driver for a florists establishment up
OWN. One day he saw junkman driv-
10 through Fortieth street with an old
Ol up VI Illo WdsOh'
Jelly wanted trunk and he asked the
lnkman how much he would take for
bis one.
twenty-five cents" said the junk
nan.
'I'll give you fifteen" said Reilly.
"Done," said the junkman, "take the
runk."
Reilly carted the trunk to the shop
here he was employed, where it lay for
ONE DAYS before he emptied out the.
taste paper with which it seemed to be
artly filed. When he did so he found
beautiful diamond earring, flashing
mid the rubbish. Then he made more
areful search and found a diamond ring.
he two were worth $500.
There seemed 10 be nothing about the
runk to show to whom it had belonged.
t was all pasted over with express COM
anies' labels and was evidently an old
raveler. When Reilly washed OFT some
these tags he uncovered the letters
w. II. V" painted on the side OF the
rink. He went to William II. Wander
ilFs house and learned that the diamonds
ad been lost by Mrs. Vanderbilt upon
aturning from Saratoga, and that the
evidence OF THEFT had
ointed SO strongly to a servant that she
ad been dismissed. Reilly was hand
omely rewarded by Mr.. Vanderbilt, ana
Tas afterward employed as a driver on
ne Fourth avenue cars, where he re-
named until a year ago.
The Exiles of KhOlmOgOry.
Most If these exiles were young men
xnelIed from the universities on political
rounds, but there were also represent