Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-04-24
UNCLAIMED AND LOST.
ARTICLES THAT ARE DEPOSITED AND
NEVER CALLED FOR.

deemed Pledges That Make SAD STORIES
Speakinc to an old bank cashier the
other day, asked him whether thele
was not an enormous amount OF properly
living unclaimed in bank cellars and IN
safe deposit vaults.
"A very large amount said ne. but
not nearly as much as some people III
agine When property Is piacCu III
charge of bank or safe de >osit com
panv it is generally put there by people
of pretty strict business habits, ana
careful record is kept, not only by tue
depositor but also by the parties INTO
whose charge it is given. That reduces
the chance of valuables being overlooked,
but still very large quantity does re-
main unclaimed All the custodians OF
such property can do is to preserve 1t IN
tact and hope for its redemption in the
course of time.
us there limit to such a timer
asked.
illegally there may be, but am not
prepared to say what it is, since every
case has to be settled upon its own mer-
its, Sometimes the boxes which have
been regarded for long time as contain
ing valuabes turn out to be mere collec-
lions of rubbish and the wonder is why
they were ever preserved. But bank
official never expresses surprise, because
he meets so many peculiar people and
his whole time is occupied in keeping
| things straight.
But surely list is kept Of the con
tents of packages left on deposit:
"When desired, yes but when sealed
parcel OF box is deposited the bank does
! exactly what common carriers do; signs
| Contents unknown, and unknown they
| remain, whether delivered to the owner
or awaiting reclamation. OF course
every place of deposit has stories to tell
about mysterious boxes, strange parcels
and odd packages which have been lying
in secure corners Of their strong rooms
| for years, but | am inclined to think that
as far as banks and safe deposit com
panies are concerned, the vast bulk of
such property is redeemed soon or later
Lawyers nowadays are very apt to dig
up every possible form of claim to valu-
abeS of any description in the hands Of
public bodies, and very faint clew is
sufficient to start them off upon a sue
cessful hunt They often come upon rich
possessions while searching for wills,
and the first places, after counsels offices,
they start for, are the banks and safe de-
posts.
The desire to hoard in some form or an
other is a very widespread one, and every
one could enumerate among friends and
acquaintance considerable number in
whom the boarding spirit is distinguish
able, The difficulty of accommodating is
as often rewarded by loss as by possess
sion, but the knowledge of that fact does
not diminish the desire to hoard. In the
case of a miser, to whose heir the accu
mulated property goes, the very opposite
motives are found to exist. The misei
shudders al the idea of his coveted pos
sessions falling into other hands than his
own, even when those hands are merely
a bundle of dry bones, while the heir i.
all eagerness to clutch the property il
order to dispense it,
Misery habits, if they ever prove to bC
y
with age and a certain kind of expert
ence, although a sort of avariciousnes
may always be traced in the progeny O
one who has boarded 1t does not al
ways take the form of grasping TO
wealth, but, as often as not. takes shan,
in a desire for superiority of position
power Of dictation or uncommon popu
larity
THE MISERs WAY.
1t is your miser who rummages out
place Of hiding, to avoid any of thos
things he loved SO well on earth bein,
handled, even by those legally and equi
tably entitled to what he is compelled t,
leave behind him. The hiding of treas
ure 10y a mere miser does not long re
main mystery, because if his habitatiol
IS carefully searched it will surely b.
found. He could not in life bear to b
far away from it, and in his last mo
ments it is morally certain it was TIN
thing his fingers with their clamm,
touch turned over before he said GOOD
10y to it forever
The misanthrope who breads to trus
his fellow man, and is distrustful of him
self, Is Il great factor among the creator
Of unclaimed property Even whel
making will, as sort of posthumou
expression of hate toward humanity h,
places it in some spot where not even :
lawyer can find it. When his bones hay,
been Whitening decade or two som,
workman stumbles ON his grabbed writ
lnGs and nine days wonder is the re
suit. Those to whom his property shoult
have descended have suffered poyert,
and have joined the great majority. ape
his after death revenge on society Ina,
been gratifed
Then there are those who go down +,
the sea in ships, who, before the las
voyage, deposit valuabes where the,
alone could claim them. The dishones
appropriation of others goods must no
be forgotten. He breads to carry th,
possessions he has stolen about his Nor
son, and hides them from prying ewes
lie takes flight, hoping at a future dat,
to claim them, but either some new ad
venture secludes him forever from soci
ETY., or he ends his worthless life. under
a fictitious name, in some distant land :
New York Star.
She Knew.