The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-05-01

STRANGE BUT TRUE.
$4,000 rs THE AMOUNT
THAT YOUNG CHARLES RU-
DOLPH HAS FALLEN
HEIR TO.
After a Search of Five Years the
Young Man is Found in Ashe-
ville--An Interesting
Story.

By the merest possible accident,
Charles Rudolph, of Philadelphia,
the heir to thirty, nine thousand
dollars was found in AshsSille, in
front Of the Grand Central hotel,
last Thursday, bv a gentleman who,
in carrying cut the dying wish of a
friend, mas spent five years in fruit
less search for q wayward young
man. The story reads like ro-
nance, but true it Is, every word.
Mr.. John Krider is the gentleman
who has been searching for Rudolph
and has spent many sleepless nights
and made many efforts to find the
Young mar, and a CITIZEN reporter
found him at Mr.. J. B. Harring>
tons, No. 1919 HaywOo street last
evening After an introduction,
Mr. Krider told the reporter that
he was a neighbor of the Rudolphs,
who lived on Race street, Philadel-
pEia. some thirteen years ago. Rus
dolph and his sister Lucy. were the
on V children in the family. Ru-
dolph's mother married the sccoad
tine. and his step-tather was so
brutal and cruel ,hat young Ru,
dolph ran away, whittier no one
knew Time passed oD, still no
news ever came OF the young man
or his whereabouts Finally | is
sister married, and the result of this
marriage was the biith Of a son.
The old mother had died sometime
before this marriage, and shortly
after the birth OF the child the
father died. The child lived for
some time, but finally, It TOO passed
away leaving the sister wid>
owed mother. 1t seems that
before young Rudolph ran away he
was engaged in the huckster busi-
ness around the city. Wei, !ime
rolled on, and i'll no news came of
the runaway. Then his sister met
with reverses in financial affairs,
but she was plucky and soon re-
gained what she had lost. She
dealt in oil stocks and was success
fu, to degree. Then she took sick
and sent for Mr.. Krider to come to
see her, and upon her diving bed
exacted a promise from him that he
would find the young man. MIR.
Krider searched high and low, and
at one time thought that he had
discovered him in the person Of Il
bureau Of information agent at Port
Jervis, New York The newspapers
were used and advertisements were
inserted in San Francisco, Chicago,
Cincinnati, and Denison (Ohio) pa
pers, besides others. Mr.. Krider
then went back to Philadelphia, and
inquired of the baggage>master at
the Pennsylvania depot if he had
ev,r checked any baggage for man
answering the description of Ru-
dolph. He said he had checked
such baggage to Knoxville, Tenn,
and was so positive about it that
Mr. Krlder started to Knoxville, but
stopped over here. The rest is soon
told. Young Rudolph had come to
Asheville with a couple of friends.
Mr.. krider asked railroad agent il
he had seen man answering de~
scription; agent had seen such man
in company with two others get off
Knoxville train; followed him up;
saw him front of postoffice; in front
OF Grand Central met him; identity
was disclosed; bond fixed; papers
delivered over to Rudolph; he left
for Philadelphia; Mr.. Krider at Mr..
Harrington's; everyone happy; and
the curtain falls upon the second act
in life's drama.