The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-25
MONEY FOR A DOOMED MAN.
Trustee Holz Sends Charles Miller
the Balance Due Bim.

VIC DdlduCS Du6 tdlEns
From the Nelo York Herald. april %.
An old man, who evidently had not had
much experience in sending kilograms, went
into the office Of the Western Union COM
pany at Twenty-third street and Fifth ave.
nue. yesterday afternoon and, after much
labor with pencil and blank handed in
a dispatch to the receiver. which read as
follows:
Give these few dollars to Charley and tell him
good-by. GEORGE HoIz.
II want to send s1S with this telegram to
Cheyenne" he said. He told the receiver
ana then he asked anxiOusly;
The money will go to-day. won't it? 1t
would be Of no use unless IL did"
Nv by are you so anxious that IL be paid
| to-dayF asked the receiver, whose curiosity
was aroused by the old mans manners
THE boy is TO be hanged tomorrow"
was the answer, land want him to have
the money TO buy new suit OF clothes to
| be buried in"
HoRRIFIED OPERATIONS.
The young women who handle the dis
patches in the office look Mortified and one
| or them asked the old man to tell his story.
| 1.-THE boy" he said. as Charley Miller.
| He was born In New York and is only
| II years old. His father and mother died
some years ago and he was placed in an
orphan asylum. He has one brother and
two sisters. | was appointed trustee of
| their parents estate which was worth
about 81 900, so Charley's share of it was
$3.50.
HE learned the printing business and
went west. About two years ago be re-
TURF ed to New York, but be didn't care for
| life here and soon started west again. He
had drawn most of his money from me, and
long before he reached Cheyenne he was
penuiess and hungry. On train he fell in
with two mon who had plenty of cash He
| waited until they had gone to sleep and then
he took a revolver ont of the pocket OF one
the men, killed them both, and stole all their
money and jewelry and jumped off the
| train.
| Another man was arrested for the crime,
but eventually Charley gave himself up.
He has been tried and convicted twice, the
first vardict being set aside. Every effort
has been made to get the governor to COM
mute the sentence, but without result.
He wrote to me for IS with which to
buy presents for the people in the Jail be-
fore the execution. In looking up my ac-
counts to-day found that | owed the poor
fellow &C and resolved that he should
have it before he died. 1t will help to give
him decent burial"
''sEND IT 'ool.r EcT.'"
| The telegraph receiver was very much
| touched, but, turning to business matters
after little pause ne said:
This dispatch will cost 81 TO-"
''Send it collect" replied the old man.
Can't do it."
The old man pondered. Never mind the
message" he said, finally, "but just senG
the money. They'll know who it comes
from" He took the blank. crumpled it uE
and left the office.
j. B. Richie, of Maj. Ponds agency, wa.
in the Office at the time. He overheard the
| conversation, which attracted some atten
ton and repeated it to me. "If you reat
a thing like that in a novel" he said, 'you
would think it strained for dramatic Of.
fect.n
1 found that George Holz formerly
kept q cigar store ct No $50 Wes
Thirty -seventh street, but now lives In
New Jersey. HIS daughter was In the
cigar store in Thirty street laS
evening, and she corroborated the story oil
the murder and the hanging, which is SO
down for this morning.
But | don't know how you found out
that pop sent that money! she exclai med
she is a poor man and he has done all il
his power for Charley Miller and can do M
more"