Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-06
THE NEWS TO MR.. DowNEY.

THE NEWS TO MR.. DOWkEY.
Mr.. Schoolcraft having read these
letters over. telegraphed to Mr..
Downey at the Greenbrier White Sui
phur Springs, West Va, to return here;
that important business demanded his
attention.
Mr.. Downey could think Of nothing
demanding his attention here, and was
disposed to treat the matter IS joke.
Besides, he was very sick and suffering
great pain, and he asked for particulars.
Mr.. Schoolcraft replied substantially
that he would have to explain in per-
son; that if Mr.. Downey could not
come, he would 60 to the White.
SO it was arranged that Mr.. School
craft should 60 to the White. lie went
Monday. Tuesday night he and Mr..
Downey returned to the city together.
THEY LOOK IN THE BOX.
Yesterday morning Dir. Downey and
two friends went to the State Bank and
got his tin box out of the lock-box in
the vault. Mr.. DowIey had a care
fully-made-out list Of his bonds and
stocks, and he found upon examination
all Of his registered bonds and 81 900
coupon bond of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company, but the fol-
lowing coupon bonds were missing:
North Carolina State 6's, $4,000.
Virginia 3's, 1900.
Petersburg railroad, Glass B bonds,
10000.
The market value of these bonds is
eos,
1t has been ascertaned that nearly
all Of them were sold in Baltimore at
the Stock Board, and are now probably
in the hands Of innocent holders. 4
large part of them were sold on the
22d. lie got the money by express
before he left Richmond. He must
have had over SIS, 900 in cash when he
left here.
CALM, sToUT-HEARTED, PHILO-
sophie.
Mr.. Downey is quite a wealthy man,
but nevertheless the loss is a heavy
one but he bears it with great calm
ness and with great good sense. No
one who saw him yesterday could have
imagined from his appearance or con
versation that he had been robbed Of
$2S.0OO.
The $4,000 Carpenter left with Mr.
Schoolcraft, Mr.. Schoolcraft promptly
turned over to Mr.. Downey. He be-
lieyed that it was Mr.. Downey's money.
and his course was plain to him. This
reduces Mr.. Downey's loss to $4,000.
To a Dispatch reporter Mr.. Downey
stated that individually he did not care
about the loss; that the s3S, 600, to-
gether with $1,000 more, making in all
100000, had been put aside, the inter-
est thereon to be paid annually to the
Confederate Soldiers Home lately es-
tablished in Richmond. He further
said that the cottage which he is having
built at the Soldiers Home would he
completed, but that the annuity which
he desired tn give to tho inmates OF the
Home would not, he regretted to say,
be forthcoming.
Personal.
Carpenter is twenty-four years Of
age, and was born in Hanover. When
Mr.. j. L. Schoolcraft was the proprie-
tor of the Enquirer he had Carpenter
there as an offce-bOy, and Carpenter
has been with him nearly ever since
and was trusted in the extreme.
Carpenter, besides occupying the po-
sition Of book-keeper for Campbell (
Schoolcraft, was the cashier Of the
Virginia Baseball Club, and handled !
all their money taken in at the gate. |
They have not lost anything by him as
far as they know.
The house Of which Carpenter speak.
is near the north end of Tenth street,
and is worth between four and five
thousand dollars. 1t was stated yes
terday that it was decided to a trustee !
for the benefit Of Carpenters wife and /
children.
Carpenter is tall, thin, and rather |
pale man. Has brown hair and eyes,
and goes clean-shaved, except a slight |
moustache. Is very quiet. His habits
have been good, and he was devoted to
his family. His only visible eTtrava-
gance was the keeping Of horse.
The rumor is persistently circulated |
that Carpenter carried off a young |
woman with him, and name and resi-
dence are given. An intimate friend |
Of the fugitive yesterday morning re-
quested the Dispatch to deny the re-
port.