The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-11
WISE LAWYER RANDALL.
He Decides Not to Advance 500 to
Man Who is to Get Million.

From the NeU York sun.
When William Calvert left England
some time ago, he says his uncle Frederick
gave him a valuable seal ring and scarf
pin, heirlooms in the family, with the adj
monition that under no circumstances, no
matter how pressing might be his wants,
should be part with them. But W llliam
did not obey this request. He spent not
only all the money he had, but some
months since he Knocked, as he says, the
meMentoes at New York pawnbroker's
shop for 800 Calvert became reduced,
and went to work in blacksmlth's shop in
Paterson. Yesterday he turned up at the
law Office Of Richard Randall in that city,
and pulling mourning letter from his
pocket, handed it to the lawyer. 1t was
from his mother, and was a most touching
maternal epistle, full of good advice and
hopes that he had reformed from his fast
ways But the interesting portion of the
letter was the following:
Your uncle Frederick is dead and has
left everything to you, and do hope that
you will do with it what is right"
The letter went on to say that the es-
tate amounted to about 100000 but the
legacy was left conditonally. IL was not
to be paid to the heir unless he should first
exhibit to the solicitor of the deceased,
Mr.. Lauriston, the ring and scarf pin, in
order to prove that he had kept the prom
lsed pledge of affection, which had been
given him as a test of his fidelity. Ii these
things were not produced the money was to
be devoted to other purposes. The uncle
Frederick was an eccentric man, and he
had done this without letting William
know anything about the momentous re-
suits that depended upon his keeping the
jewels. The letter furthermore said that
Mr.. Lauriston would be likely to arrive at
nj kivon A,,I ), 10 x-AIf To ha
| correct, for Calvert had carried the letter
in his pocket only day or two when, on
Friday night, he received a telegram from
Mr. Lauriston, dated from the Hoffman
house in New York, stating that he had
just arrived and desiring Calvert to come
down and see him at once. But here Cal
vert was stumped. He had pawned the
trinkets and had not the money to redeem
| them. So he applied to the lawyer for adj
| vice.
You had better borrow the money some
where and get the Things out Of pawn at
| once, said Mr. Randall.
Il have tried to do SO" replied Calvert,
but | cannot find any one to lend it to me-
l tell you what L will do. | will give you
$4,000 to take charge Of the case and col
lect the money for me, you to take your
| pay out of the money when it comes"
But you must redeem the pawned jew
elry first, said Mr.. Randall.
II haven't the money. l thought per-
haps, inasmuch as l am making such a
good offer, you would let me have the 800
and interest, and l will go to New York
and redeem the things and go and see Mr.
Lauriston at the Hoffman house"
Mr.. Randall declined to go into this sort
of speculation, and he began to think that
the whole thing was clever scheme on the
part of Calvert to get hold of 800. He
looked at the letter and telegram and they
bore every appearance of being genuine.
but at the same time Mr.. Randall declined
to take the case until the jewelry was
first produced. Mr.. Calvert tIen left, and
soon afterward was seen taking the train to
New York, since which time nothing has
| been seen of him in Paterson. Whether or
not his story is correct there was no means
yesterday of finding out. If the documents
| are true, Calvert is an heir to 81 900, 900.
If not, he has concocted as ingenious a
| scheme as was ever invented to raise 500.
No man named Lauriston is or has been
at the Hoffman house.