Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-07
THAT LAST VOUCHER.
AN ALLEGED sNow-sHovELER FINDS
HIMSELF IN A HOLE.
William Jones Picks Up Ezra joys
Voucher and Signs 1t Away for
Goods and Money.

William Jones is boarder at the city's
limited accommodations at the City Prison.
Mr.. Jones is not there of his own choice,
however, but because of the grippe-the
grip of the law.
Some days ago Ezra Joy, who returned
with the army of snow-shovelers from the
mountains, lost the voucher he had re-
ceived for his work and on which he was
to receive his pay, $780, for fifteen and one
half days labor. He promptly reported
the loss of the voucher to c. H. Cummings,
the local paymaster for the railroad COM
pany, and nothing more was heard of it
until Jacob Zemansky, son of the proprie-
tor of the Golden Rule store at Third and ]
streets, presented it to Mr.. Cummings on
Wednesday. duly signed, for payment.
Mr.. Cummings asked him where he got
the voucher, and the young man replied
that he received it on Tuesday from Mr..
Joy in payment for goods and cash re-
ceived at the store.
He was informed of the fact that JOY had
reported his voucher as lost and that
SWIMMING
trick upon the Zemansky family.
The young man stated that two men had
called at his store on Tuesday, one of them
pun chasing goods to the amount of $25 and
receiving S. in cash for the vouC her, repre-
senting himself as Ezra Joy, and signing
the voucher in Zemansky's presence. His
companion had accompanied him for the
purpose of identifying his friend as the
rightful owner of the voucher, which he
did, and thus the storekeeper's suspicious
were not aroused.
Zemansky says he then "began to smell
a fish" and started out in the hope of run
ming across the bogus Mr.. Joy and his
friend. He visited all the downtown dives
where most of the returned snow. shoYelers
were wont to congregate, but without sue
cess. He was about to renew his voyage of
discovery above Second street, when he
encountered on the street the man who had
called at the store with the alleged Joy,
and caused his arrest by officer Cunning
ham.
Thus encouraged he visited other places
on Z street, between Third and Fourth,
where ex-eonyicts made their headquar-
tiers, but failed to find his man. In turn
ing a street-corner, however, he suddenly
came upon him, in company with two
other fellows, and endeavored to interview
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Mr.. Zemansky that he did not know him,
that he was in a hurry, and had no time TO
waste in conversing with strangers.
Zemansky says his first impulse was to
attempt to arrest the fellow himself, but
soon abandoned that proposition. as he
didn't like the looks of the bogus Mr.. joys
companions. So he merely followed them
along in the hope of encountering an Off
Ger, and soon again met officer Cunning
ham, who arrested the swindler and locked
him up. At the police-station the pris-
oner gave his name as William Jones, and
denied all knowledge of the swindle. On
being examined he did not have cent.
Zemansky was Disguised at the prospect
of not recovering his money, but will APP
pear against Mr.. Jones on the charge of
forgery that has been entered AGAINST him