The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-08
a $4,000 FIND.
What Is Sometimes Left in Dilepidated
Trunks.
From the Macon (Gd.l Telegraph


From the Macosl (Gd) telegraph
A well-known trunkmaker and repai rer
Of this city was relating TO a few friends a
day or two ago some of the curious facts
connected with his business. He does
treat deal of repair work, and it is in this
branch of the business that he sees the Gu
rious side of human nature.
He says that if he were TO publish an in
ventory of what he takes from trunks tn at
have been sent to him for repairs, and pre-
sumably empty, it would be a tale tn at
would almost make ones hair stand on end
There are false teeth, false switches, 4"
bustles, button hooks, odd stockings. combs
hair ribbons. tooth brushes, and divers
things that would not do to mention here.
He has one invariable rule in the estab-
lisbment, and that is to examine in person
every trunk received for repairs, and if it
contains anything at all, whether IL Is of
value or not. he tags it with the name of
the owner. If tits not of much Importance,
he replaces it when the trunk is repaired
and returns it to the owner. If il is of
value, which is not infrequently the case,
he sends it by separate messenger, or re-
quests the owner to call, and takes receipt
for the article. Some of the articles found
are worth mentioning.
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articles, in which is a set of false teeth, a
set of false calves, a lot of false hair and
several other false things, besides tooth
brushes, combs, button HOOKS, corsets, love
letters and a hundred other things
But these finds are not always valueless.
Sometimes there is a handsome set OF
jewelry, a diamond pin, silverware, or even
money itself. Not a great while ago, a
prominent society lady of this city sent a
trunk to be repaired, and on being ex-
anined there was found two diamond col
lar buttons, a diamond brooch, a pair OF
bracelets and other jewelry to the amount
of several hundreds of dollars. When asked
if she had missed anything from home, she
replied very confidently that she had not,
| and was not little surprised and confused
whom the jewelry was handed to her.
Another instance of where a lady sent a
trunk to be repaired, and in one of the par
titions of the tray, when opened at the fac
tory, was shot sack Of specie He thought
by the size of the coin that it was gold, the
sack being sealed so that the ontents could
not be seen. When the trunk was sent
home he retained the sack of coin and wrote
the lady a note requesting her to call at the
office Accordingly the next day she came
down, and he told her that he had adopted
that means Of learning from her how she
| liked the work, with a view of getting a
recommendation from her if it suited her.
| She said that she was pleased with the work
but did not think that he should have
sent for her to come to- the office in so
trivial a matter He pleaded press of bust
ness or that he would have gone TO her
! house. He then asked her if everything
came to her all right. She said that it did,
and began to get little angry at his seem
| ing persistence. AS she started out of the
| door he suddenly remarked that he had
another question to ask her Inviting her
back in the office, he showed her the bag of
coin and asked if she recognized it. He
said that he at once felt ashamed of him
self. He was sure she would faint, but she
managed to hold up. She was profuse in
her thanks, and he says has been stanch
| friend of his over since.
| But the biggest find is yet to be related
| One day the present week a gentleman
| sent a trunk to the factory, and on being
examined there were found a lot of deeds,
| life insurance policies, stocks and bonds of
a cash value of 90, ZOO. There were bonds
of the Southwestern, Central and Georgia
railroads, ali negotiable security of the par
value of $2S, 000 The gentleman had sent
them down in blissful ignorance of the fact,
and when they were returned to him was
almost paralyzed. 1t only goes to show how
| careless people can be, and it would not be
| a wonder if a good deal of the missing
| jewelry and like things about house tina
| the poor negro servant gets credit for steal
| ing goes In a similar way.