Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-07
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noFels of AIekanl7r Dam 1s, tns elder.
last seek Herr Peszi, Postalaster st
Aeazeaz. a s8laa iocaAty IL the District q
Linz. bad - take 3 saal Il 30 n9rlns, To-
getheF 4ith s0sae papers II value, - the
Town of Stsyr. Ia ths train hs entered
into . conversation vita respeesabiy-
dressed individual. eho gave himself out
g be al iasuraRce broker. aud was eyi-
deuEiy vel acquainted with Steyr aud the
surrounding country. They Travelled to-
geth r as Tar a. Linz. When the stranger,
announcing his intsati0n " puttlng ap al
az the same hotel ss his companion, sug-
sested that they should drive thlther from
the station together. To this the Post
master agreed, aud accordingly they both
got into a tw9-horse closed convey
ance that was waiting outside SD 9rtiy
after starting the pseud0-insuranee broker
offered the ansuspectlng Postmaster his
sauf box. aud no sooaer had Herr Peszl
partaken OF rs contents than be lost con-
scioasAess. Whsa he began 70 recover his
senses DO was being driven a. a furious
speed across the open county. While still
IN a confused state Herr Peszl asked his
companion whittier they were bound, but
instead II replying the latter applied
damp cloth TO Herr Peszl's face, VII ich
caused the Postmaster u relapse into his
former UNCONSCIOUS condition he has NJ
recollection OF what occurred for some
time afterward, but in tho morning be
once more revived and found himself IN
a tn mar hfa
had never seen before. Another man in
PEASANTS dress was leading the horse.
Here Peszl at once remarked that his bag OF
valuables had disappeared, together With
his fur coat. which had been replaced by a
thinner one made OF a kind OF Tyrolese
hOmespun cloth. They were driving
alons a valley unknown To Herr Peszl.
In the course OF half an hour
they stopped in front of a dilapidated
peasant house, built OF rough gray stone.
The Postmaster was bidden TO alight aud
was conducted TO large, bare room on
the ground foor, where ne was kept a
prisoner for four days. Food was brought
70 hm by man dressed as a peasant.
Last Tuesday, about three O'Clock in the
morning, Herr Peszi was aroused from his
seep by the SAME individual, and after
dress n himself, was led about 20o PAGES
from the house, where a sledge was wait
ing for them. II was showing hard and
almost pitch dark. As they drove along
Her Peszl pressed his jailer with questions,
but all the answer he could ge. was that
he was being driven home. About an hour
and half from the time of their start
they pulled up within forty yards of a
small railway station. On alighting Herr
Peszl found himself face TO face
with the man who had travelled
with him 70 Linz. That mysterious in
+ dividual handed TO Herr Peszl his fur
coat and money-bag, together with tick
ct for Steyr, whittier he urged him to re-
. turn at once, as he was wanted by the po-
loo All thss shs ---s-ls "a couple %
I minutes; the tram was in the station aud
+ Herr Peszl had only just time TO take his
seat without asking further questions. On
examining his money bag he found it
empty, which can not have caused him
much surprise On reaching home he was
showa the following telegram, received at
the Neuz .ug Post-ofiice during his alb
sence; THANK God, am alive, and hope
to return ia two days. Let them know in
steve A thousand greetings. Signed,
Peszi" The hero o. this extraordinary
adventure is a man of such excellent char
acter that, so far. his narrative does not
seen 20 have excited any suspicion on the
part OF the local authorities.