Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-03
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Psiig kenyon, sgsd sixty. rscsutly
died in Grsswoid. rural usnufsctursng
town 10 the eastern part Of Co1secsie1t,
leaving property worth. il IS estimated.
f7O000. Kenyon wzs 3 bachelor, lanks
kesn-eyed and bald. ard q typical Yam
kse- He died q miserable cid raiser.
| 1ns boast Of bis life vas thst be started
= rnaehinist st y snd st u vas vegth
[ $75.0G0
Pel1g Kenypn's mother wss hard
/ Used Yankee wgtnSE. honest huk sEs0i-
lions. When her son lift the oil farGl,
msEe than sEo scOre years ago, jest as
F.. tie ploEisg for osts WAS shout 70 begin,
70 seek his fortune in Boston machine
shop. the widow Ssz mad st him. She
TOOK bold Of the piSS handles herself
and told felig rsver 20 come back snTil
be had made his pile. he finally eos a
position as vstehneaH at Henry Hen
dersoD's large waseEoase. Ous Sat1r-
day afternoon the eOuss received after
banking heurs q cash payment Of SluS,-
| 600 for crop Of nsolas=es. 1ee money
vas placed IN the cash box 10 the etflee
| for safety. The safe was both fire and
burglar proof, and the presence Of a
trusty watehman in the buiidiIlg cor
WINGED Mr.. Henderson that the ersat
| packages of bills would be as safe there
| ss anywhere. That night, as soon as
Kenyon vas left aions, be opened the
cafe and the cash box, stated the bills
/ into his pockets, locked the doors be-
kind him, walked to the depot and took
che evening train for Putnam, Coma. at
L O'Clock that night be drove 40 10 the
Old homestead in GrisWold. At O'Clock
next morning he was At the Putnam de-
pot again, but minus the money. Ga
Sunday night be resumed his duties as
night watohman IN the warehouses of
Henry Henderson. He was arrested on
suspicion, but nothing could be proved
against him. One day Mr.. Henderson
| walked into his cell and said:
Pelig, this thing has gone on long
fen0ugh. You stole that money
Well. what If l cidf' eooIly replied
Peiig.
q What il you didf you scoundrel!
Why, IN send you TO State prison for
life.n
"No, you won't, Mr.. Henderson.
Massachusetts Law provides seven years
only for the man who steals from his
employer,n PeliR rerlied. laughingly.
"What do goa meanF said Mr.. Hen
derson.
Il can't earn $4,000 in seven years,
Mr.. Henderson, and you kGOw / N bound
TO be q rich man. Nov, have got that
much, and after I've been punished
seven years for taking il it's mine; don't
you seer
The merchant was baffied. For $50,
900 Mr.. Henderson finally signed an
instrument putting Kenyon out of
harms way with the lions share of the
money in his pockets. Kenyon was re-
leased and went al once to GEiswold,
orawlsd under the horse stable in the
red barn at the old homestead. and drew
forth tae bundle Of $4,000 in bills in
tact. He counted out $4,000, and, go
ing into the house, said:
4 Mother, there's nay pile
No coed will come of II, my soB.
she sternly responded.
In ten years be lad doubled and tire,
bled bis fortune, but in tue meantime
his mother bad died, as had all his neal
relatives. He went back 10 tho old farm
in GFiswold and made il the fairest IN
the land. Bot the honest country PEG
pie held aloof from him, and for the
rest OF his life Pelie Kenyon lived alone
a soured and rapidly aging man, with
no enjoyment save the piIing mp anc
RioatIng over bis ill-Rotten wealth. Hs
was found dead, alons, in front of hi
chest Ct treasure, sitting upright in hii
chair.