The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-07

poorhouse in one OF the Eastern Stat 6
he cent a communication to q New
York weekly on some agriculture
subject, and signed it S s. Conan,
The editor knew my father, and als'
my uncle, aud he cent fer the latte
! and showed him the communication
, Ny uncle went to the place indicated
and searched the institution and t.,
ttown thoroughly. He found the mar
who wrote The letter in the iDstiu
ton, and found that he had kno WI
him years before in connection witt
an advertisement in q newspaper O
some patent. And what was the mos
astonishing thing about it was that hi
full name wfs the same as my father's-
Samuel Stillman Conant. But the mos
singular circumstance happened TO mt
personally. Only a few months ego
went to Europe, and came home by
way Of the German line of steamt r.
After the vessel had sailed | wen
down into the cabin and saw sight
that, for moment, made my bloc
stand still. Seated at table, writing
was man that looked exactly like any
father. dc had the same hair, the
ssme forehead, the fams nose, the
same mustache, and he wore q pla n
gold ring on one OF his fogers, pre-.
Cisey like the one my father wore
He had on god eyeglasses like my
fa'her's, and WIS writing la that
methodical manner, apparently tucn.
ing his thoughts over in his mud, iust
as ! have seen my father do thoufauds
OF times. | ft1od as ore tfansfxpd for
a moment Great Scott, thought /,
have | run against my long loRt
+ thcr away over here in this unex-
pected manner
Just then he aro3e from his seat
aud walked zero tn cabin. instant.
! ~ the likeness vlnished. He was a
mule, short man, many inches belO y
my iAther in stature, aud | saw A. once
that l was mistaken. Yet, q person
teeing the strar ger sitting down IS !
did, would be d sceive1 jutt as | was. "
DO you think Your father wen,
abroad ?"
" don't know. don't see how O
could. | know he didn't have any
ready money, and could Lot have gor e
far without means. He took only Sl5
rem the liarpers the night he left
there for the last time, and / know
where he spent most OF that. OF
course he could have borrowed almost
any amount among his numerous
friends in New YORK and Brooklyn.
but do not thiok that is possible.
becau' II he had il eeems a. though
they would have come f.rward end
made 1t known before this time. Now,
he knew n gIest many Captlins al
ealing VESSELS, but he would not be
likely to ship with them, and il he
had shipped with stranger IL seems
TO me that even then it would have
transplred ere now. think the only
way he could have gone abroad would
have been in some such way gs ttat
and therefore don't think hs left the
country. A man supposed 10 be my
father was tracked ID Jacksonville.
Fla, by railroad. We got the mum.
Der OF the ticket that man travelled on.
ald found the man who bad it. He
said he bought it in New York, and
weat to F!onda and came back on it,
and he was not my father"
wei, do you think he is dead?"
That is the qu,s ion. Again | say
l don't know hone not. He might
have jumped into the East river from
the Hamilton ferry boat tina, n 'ght he
came from Coney Island; but 1t seems
strange, il he inteodedNo commit sui-
eide, that he should come from Conev
ls and, where there are so many plac ~
that he could have drowned himself
Besides, 1t was only about 8 o'clock.
The deck hands were all on deck. and
they eaw nothing unusual. Besides.
what became Of the body2 IL seems
to me that it must have turned up
somewhere before now. In my opin-
ion, the best place he could have se.
lected in which to hide would have |
beel New York tv. There are places
there, like tombs OF the labvrinIhs of |
tenement houses on the West Side,
where, by Disgusting himself, changing |
his name and conctaling his identity,
a man could live for years without be.
ing discovered"
Then take ii for granted YOU have
not given up the ssarch?"
NO, we have not; the last bill we
paid Pinkerol was only few weeks
ago and he told us 10 consider the
matter still open, aud he would con.
,lnus to fellow any clew that might
present itsef. We are still waiting and
hoping That is one reason we have
stayed IN this house and kept home
precisely aB it was when he left it,"
"Dld YOU ever sea anything wrong
10 his mind before he went away ?"
NO, did not And yet since he
LETT things have been remembered
mat were not noticed at the time, that
his friends did not think were queer.
A few nights before he left he and |
attended u meeting OF the Auth RS
dub, of which he was member.
DE appeared all right, but member
asked me II there was anything the
matter with my father. | told him
nat was not aware of anything, and
.sked nm why be asked the question,
de said because nj the meeting OF the
Board OF Directors early in the even
ng my father got very angry without
'Tparent reason, and it was so unusual
thing-in fact, something he had
lever known him 10 do before-that
10 thought there must be something
he matter with him"
Wilbur +, StOrey's Will Confirmed.
CHICAGO, Ill, August 6-The APP
'ellate Court this morning announced
hat IT bad affirmed the decision OF
uupA ROGERS In ,ph;nh ha s,,..I..nI |