Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

DEAD PAUPERS G0onS
SELLING AT AUCTION rs.
PROPERTY or SUICIDES oOH


Thursday. 1t was held nj bn, sooA place
and though that is not its ofriciaI street
IL occurred to reporter who baa name as
called so as most appropriate on ,.s"'u !
The auction has an odd and one'
origin. When a man commit 2,Vwsons
by pistol or knife the coroner ta,, suicide
session of the weapon. If the ,ass pos
no friends or relatives, and leav Avn las
will, his clothes and any personal nv, - no
That he may have go with it. ''iecls
After the unfortunate ia laiat
the sod OF Potter's field, and All tb beIea'l
formulas have been observed tbe o . ,ega
ner hands all these things over s.rv !. eo a'
pubilc administrator. The LARGO n,' 'ls
Der OF suicides in this big citv fbs auii
ferrous deaths of unknown NJ ny hss
women and the deaths in the non a aua
rots serve to swell this officials ~ gar
ing collection Of estates and heirlaos n,es'-
such size that special man IL A,s %
busy looking after them. AepI
Should any of these articles ho 49,,
able they are placed in the Office s. ,aiu
else sent to u safe deposit cornnann q y y
the bulk OF the stuff that falls into -. -
administrators hands is of LITTLE v,, 'A'
consisting mostly of cheap furpitra
clothes, bedding, revolvers. kniyaa
odds and ends, of which every n,a,, anu
sesses his share. These things are s psp
to the storehouse at Duane street 4s ~
joining the Newsboys' Lodging hove
and there they accumulate mil A., ~
grows too big for the place, when than
are auctloned off to the highest b;ddos
THE AUCTION ROOM.
When The reporter entered the nloo.
the sale was in progress. The r sra
tioneer's pulpit like stand was in ~.
middle of the room, and that func,;oa
airy, in silk hat, was deeply enoaeaa :
overcoming the objections of noorr
dressed, stout Irish woman to buviras
cheap watch that might have been siIyer
or steel The room was filled with
motley gathering of men and women /,
was poor looking crowd, altbonab
here and there "A scintillating spark be.
trayed a diamond on the person If
Chatham street curiosity" dealer M.nv
people who daily pass the curiosity sbon,
on the Bowery have wondered where q,
the odds and ends displayed in the win.
dows come from. Had they attended
this auction they would have known
There were perhaps dozen of these
dealers present, and they bought largely
Then there We're many women, poorly
dressed creatures, who stopped bidding
when the article passed the dollar point
Where they came from, or what they
wanted the stuff for, nobody knew save
themselves. The auctioueer pot Ms
money-he didn't care. The curiosity
dealers shrugged their shoulders-it was
none OF their business. The stock Of.
fered was scattered about the room. II
included knives, umbrellas, old clothes
bedsteads, rusty bayonets, billiard balls
carpenters rules, peddlers outfits.
chrOmus, revolyers. chairs. tables. stove
pipes, etc, all mingled in rusty, dusty
confusion. The sale proceeded after
this manner. the auctioneer saying:
How much dye bid? Forty, forty
forty-forty-fve? Fine silica umbrella
Maybe a duke owned it; maybe
duchess; maybe a bum stole it. Forty.
five. Once, twice, down she goes Mrs
Mulligan, that's the name, isn't it,
Forty-tive cents Now we have lot No
25S-a saber How much d'yee-anl
so on.
There WAS story connected with
every one Of these articles a romantic
one undoubtedly in many cases, but no
one there knew it or eyinced the least
desire to learn anything about it
UNROMANTIC BIDDERS.
a suit of clothes was held up by the
boy.
How much dye bid?'
Those nearest the stand felt the cloth
and examined the clothes carefully, then
a bid was offered, and another, and so
on until the hammer fell Mrs Null
gan must own a second hand clothing
store, for she bought a great deal Of
clothing.
Lot No. 347-one coat and vest How
much dye bid:' came the monotonous
formula of the auctioneer.
"Lemme see, cheyio1 orwhat? Whats
it made Off asked Mrs Mulligan She
examined it closely for a moment with
an eager face. Then she sand in dis
appointed way:
Its got hole in it"
Yes, sure enough, there was small
hole in the coat, right above the upper
outside pocket The auctioneer pressed
his finger on the spot for a moment and
then remarked in matter of fact voice
Il guess that's where the bullet Went
through"
The coat and vest were sold, and when
some poor fellow buys them he VIII
never know that bullet once pleFcsi
his coat and reached mans heart
where's lot $780, asked the auc'
tioneer,
The assistant handed up package
wrapped in dirty piece Of yellow paper,
1t was united, and with clatteflnS
noise a lot Of revolvers and knives leH
out on the table, Big reyoNeTs' MY
revolvers. old fashic+ed ones SCI COCA
ing affairs. Colts, Smith d WeSs9ns'
bulldogs, American and European lna may,
daggers. bowie knives, stilettos' oFishS
rusty, all kinds and in all condlu9 Hni
and the sight was enough to send gun
through man. The people VINO |st9
gathered in that room, however, Wu ~
see anything suggestive in tins anu u =
fered their bids on each weapon a. .
was put up as though it were an every
day occurrence with them. +,
Then pawn tickets, for small amouu ,i
generally, were sold for twonty-n''. 'r r
thirty cents apiece. When the "st t.